Problem reading MOBI file on Kindle

specialvintage · 03-18-2013, 06:54 AM

I have a Mobi file on Calibre which opens perfectly on my macbook pro using the calibre reader.
When I upload it to my kindle it shows but it I get a message telling me to delete it and up load it from Amazon.
Is this a DRMrpoblem - and if so how can I solve it please?
Many thanks
Special

pdurrant · 03-18-2013, 06:56 AM

Are you sure you're uploading the file from calibre, and not some other version of the file?

dwig · 03-18-2013, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by specialvintage

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Is this a DRMrpoblem - and if so how can I solve it please?
Many thanks
Special

Sounds like it as that is a Kindle's standard response when it encounters a book that is DRM locked to another Kindle or Kindle app. The Kindle DRM is specific to the device and not the account. When a DRM locked book is downloaded from Amazon it is coded specifically for the Kindle, device or app, that is downloading the file.

Calibre can manage DRM locked files. The files retain their DRM and can be read only on the Kindle that they are coded for. If you load a DRM locked Kindle file from one device into calibre and then move it to a different device from calibre the second device can not open the file and will give the message you report. If the second Kindle is registered to the same account as the first then simply downloaded from Amazon will "cure" the problem.

GoSharks · 03-18-2013, 10:56 PM

I was under the impression that if you import a DRM locked file into Calibre that you are unable to view it with the Calibre viewer. If I'm correct, then the fact that the book can be read in Calibre would imply that this is not a DRM issue... or has something changed?

HarryT · 03-19-2013, 02:40 AM

You are correct. If Calibre can display it, there's no DRM.

kovidgoyal · 03-19-2013, 04:00 AM

Do a mobi to mobi conversion in calibre before sending it to the kindle.

specialvintage · 03-21-2013, 03:20 AM

Many thank s all
Special

Maggie-Me · 03-23-2013, 08:22 AM

I have run into the same thing, I found the problem was that under preference /Output Options / mobi I had the setting to convert to "New" rather then "Old", check that setting.

03-18-2013, 06:54 AM	#1
specialvintage Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: kindle	Problem reading MOBI file on Kindle I have a Mobi file on Calibre which opens perfectly on my macbook pro using the calibre reader. When I upload it to my kindle it shows but it I get a message telling me to delete it and up load it from Amazon. Is this a DRMrpoblem - and if so how can I solve it please? Many thanks Special

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03-18-2013, 06:56 AM	#2
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,510 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Are you sure you're uploading the file from calibre, and not some other version of the file?

03-18-2013, 10:56 PM	#4
GoSharks SQUIRREL!! Posts: 1,636 Karma: 8400000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: California Device: K-Fire, PW2, PW3	I was under the impression that if you import a DRM locked file into Calibre that you are unable to view it with the Calibre viewer. If I'm correct, then the fact that the book can be read in Calibre would imply that this is not a DRM issue... or has something changed?

03-19-2013, 02:40 AM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You are correct. If Calibre can display it, there's no DRM.

03-19-2013, 04:00 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Do a mobi to mobi conversion in calibre before sending it to the kindle.

03-21-2013, 03:20 AM	#7
specialvintage Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: kindle	Many thank s all Special

03-23-2013, 08:22 AM	#8
Maggie-Me Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 2594 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle PW,Sony 700, Sony 950 (Daily Edition),Nook Color,iPad	I have run into the same thing, I found the problem was that under preference /Output Options / mobi I had the setting to convert to "New" rather then "Old", check that setting.