Getbooks not searching Amazon

Holydoc · 01-12-2013, 04:38 PM

I noticed while searching with Getbooks that Amazon was not showing up in the search results. I then cleared all stores except for the 6 Amazon selections and searched again for a book I knew was on Amazon. I received the message:

"Couldn't find any books matching your query."

I used the:

Title: Wired

This book is an ebook that is free today on Amazon. I received the same message that it could not be found.

Thanks again for such a wonderful program!

chaley · 01-12-2013, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holydoc

I noticed while searching with Getbooks that Amazon was not showing up in the search results. I then cleared all stores except for the 6 Amazon selections and searched again for a book I knew was on Amazon. I received the message:

"Couldn't find any books matching your query."

I used the:

Title: Wired

This book is an ebook that is free today on Amazon. I received the same message that it could not be found.

Thanks again for such a wonderful program!

Sometime in the last few days Amazon changed their websites (worldwide) in a way that broke calibre's getbooks. We are fixing the problem for release in the next version of calibre. We are also looking at ways to be able to react more quickly to this kind of situation.

Thanks for taking the time to report the problem.

chaley · 01-19-2013, 01:14 AM

The fix has been released.

We also changed get books so that we can fix connecting to a store without requiring an update to calibre. This change will let us respond much more quickly to problems. Of course, we can only fix problems we know about, so thanks again for taking the time to tell us.

Smalis · 04-05-2015, 12:17 AM

The problem either still exists or has re-emerged. I searched in Get Books for Title: Wired with just the Amazon Kindle store checked. Search returned no results.

On a related note, I would like to perform a general Amazon search (not limited to Kindle store) on a book in my library. Can I do this directly from Calibre?

kovidgoyal · 04-05-2015, 12:55 AM

Should be fine now. And no you cannot perform a general amazon search in calibre.

01-12-2013, 04:38 PM	#1
Holydoc Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Kindle Fire HD 8.9	Getbooks not searching Amazon I noticed while searching with Getbooks that Amazon was not showing up in the search results. I then cleared all stores except for the 6 Amazon selections and searched again for a book I knew was on Amazon. I received the message: "Couldn't find any books matching your query." I used the: Title: Wired This book is an ebook that is free today on Amazon. I received the same message that it could not be found. Thanks again for such a wonderful program!

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01-19-2013, 01:14 AM	#3
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,733 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	The fix has been released. We also changed get books so that we can fix connecting to a store without requiring an update to calibre. This change will let us respond much more quickly to problems. Of course, we can only fix problems we know about, so thanks again for taking the time to tell us.

04-05-2015, 12:17 AM	#4
Smalis Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	The problem either still exists or has re-emerged. I searched in Get Books for Title: Wired with just the Amazon Kindle store checked. Search returned no results. On a related note, I would like to perform a general Amazon search (not limited to Kindle store) on a book in my library. Can I do this directly from Calibre?

04-05-2015, 12:55 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Should be fine now. And no you cannot perform a general amazon search in calibre.

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