12-06-2010, 08:26 AM | #1 |
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Kindle to Calibre "Last Page Read" sync
Way back in the past, calibre seemed to remember the last page read: location when I plugged in my Kindle 2. It used to save the data in the comments/summary and I thought it might have also marked them as read (if I'd got to the end of a book). It'd be great if when I load up calibre and the kindle, calibre would track which books I've read
Did this functionality vanish, or is it hidden somewhere? None of the google results I found mentioned this, they were all about general amazon/whispernet type syncs - I am wanting to do it with my own books Also, thanks a tonne for the great software... my only other wish would be for an autoupdater... I think I have about 100 different iterations in my download folder ;-) |
02-03-2011, 10:41 PM | #2 |
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Any reply on this? I'd love to know if there is a way to sync the furthest page read from/through Calibre. Most of my books are on my Kindle, but there are times when I want to use my iPhone to read some of my books (like if I run to the store with my wife, I'd love be able to get a little reading done while I'm waiting for her to come out of the store). But whispernet only sync's amazon books (.azw, .azw1) and/or books purchased from them, and a good majority of my books are in mobi format. So, can Calibre sync the furthest page read so I can have the most current location when I open a book on a different device? Does this require the content server? I hope not, because then I think I would have to manually connect to the content server through the Kindle in order to update content, and the Kindle's browser sucks. Perhaps there is another way?
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02-04-2011, 02:45 AM | #3 |
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Ordinarily, no replies means that noone has any good ideas.
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02-04-2011, 01:19 PM | #5 |
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You'll find the fetch annotations button when you plug in your kindle and select the little arrow next to send to device icon.
Great feature I use it the information for my custom column. |
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02-05-2011, 01:22 PM | #6 |
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I saw that 0.7.44 added the functionality to sync to furthest page with sideloaded .mobi formatted books and kindle.
After installing .44, I immediately re-converted the book I'm reading and resent it to my devices. I'm pleased beyond measure to report that it works flawlessly, syncing my Kindle3 with my Android Kindle app! Joe |
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02-05-2011, 02:01 PM | #8 |
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its a random string automatically generated. You cannot access it.
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02-05-2011, 02:30 PM | #9 |
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oh thanks, I thought I had to add the asin somewhere.
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02-05-2011, 06:48 PM | #10 |
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I spent forever looking for all that stuff, when I couldn't find it, I gave up and just tried re-converting several test books to .mobi and it worked perfectly.
Apparently, it's all handled automatically in the background. Joe |
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02-06-2011, 01:59 PM | #13 |
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You will need to reconvert them to .mobi (even if they are already .mobi) to get the metadata updates that are required for "Furthest Page Read" syncing to work. "reconvert" = select them in Calibre --> Convert --> Bulk Convert --> Output format MOBI
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02-06-2011, 11:19 PM | #14 |
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02-08-2011, 04:38 PM | #15 |
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This did not work for me. I updated to the latest version of Calibre this morning. I reconverted my library after the update and sent a new copy of each book to both my Kindle 3 WiFi and my Android phone. I opened a couple books in each and established where I was in each book by bookmarking and going to that specific location. Then I attempted to sync and nothing happened. On both devices I received a message that I was already synced to the furthest location read. But they did not sync. Both devices are on different locations. What did I do wrong?
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