Not all books syncing

sadievan · 03-11-2011, 05:30 PM

I have side loaded some books that I bought from places other than Amazon to my iphone using DiskAid. Put them in the 'library\ebook' folder. Books from B&N and Kobo will sync, but books from Smashwords do not sync. The sync icon is grayed out.

Any ideas why?

Carol

susan_cassidy · 03-11-2011, 05:37 PM

Companies normally do not deal with books that are not from their own company. For example, Amazon's Kindle app will not sync sideloaded books, only books from Amazon (even on the real Kindles).

sadievan · 03-11-2011, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

Companies normally do not deal with books that are not from their own company. For example, Amazon's Kindle app will not sync sideloaded books, only books from Amazon (even on the real Kindles).

The Kindle App does sync some books that are sideloaded. The ones from B&N and Kobo sync. The ones from Smashwords do not.

Carol

sadievan · 03-11-2011, 06:55 PM

OK. Figured it out. So for anyone else that needs the info. Had to reconvert the books in Calibre. I thought I remembered reading that Calibre now fixed the metadata to allow for syncing.

It worked on the books from B&N and Kobo because those were downloaded in .epub and then converted to .mobi. The Smashwords books were downloaded in .mobi, so I didn't convert them. After I converted the book from .mobi to .mobi, it worked.

I'm happy again.

Carol

susan_cassidy · 03-11-2011, 07:01 PM

You forgot to mention that you were using the work-around to get other books to sync, not the normal methods.

sadievan · 03-12-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

You forgot to mention that you were using the work-around to get other books to sync, not the normal methods.

Yes, sorry bout that. Using calibre to convert.

Carol

grizedale · 03-13-2011, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by PhillipA82

[QUOTE Companies normally do not deal with books that are not from their own company. For example, Amazon's Kindle app will not sync sideloaded books, only books from Amazon (even on the real Kindles)

This is right!

Syncing sideloaded books works for me for the Kindle app for PC and Blackberry and the K3, I use calibre to convert (even if it is already in mobi format you have to reconvert to create the kpnx file) and make sure that not only the same book but the calibre created kpnx file is also present on each device...

DiapDealer · 03-13-2011, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by grizedale

Syncing sideloaded books works for me for the Kindle app for PC and Blackberry and the K3, I use calibre to convert (even if it is already in mobi format you have to reconvert to create the kpnx file) and make sure that not only the same book but the calibre created kpnx file is also present on each device...

I'm glad it's working for you and all, but.... the ability to sync non-Amazon content has nothing to do with the .kpnx file.

It only matters that Calibre is adding/modifying the two necessary Metadata records -- which is why the mobi->mobi conversion is required.

grizedale · 03-13-2011, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'm glad it's working for you and all, but.... the ability to sync non-Amazon content has nothing to do with the .kpnx file.

It only matters that Calibre is adding/modifying the two necessary Metadata records -- which is why the mobi->mobi conversion is required.

mmm, odd, it did not work for me until I transferred the .kpnx to my blackberry..

Gibbo · 11-27-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by grizedale

mmm, odd, it did not work for me until I transferred the .kpnx to my blackberry..

Where is the .kpnx file?, it's not on the books folder.

03-11-2011, 05:30 PM	#1
sadievan Wizard Posts: 1,931 Karma: 5456284 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, iPhone, Kindle Fire HD 6	Not all books syncing I have side loaded some books that I bought from places other than Amazon to my iphone using DiskAid. Put them in the 'library\ebook' folder. Books from B&N and Kobo will sync, but books from Smashwords do not sync. The sync icon is grayed out. Any ideas why? Carol

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03-11-2011, 05:37 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	Companies normally do not deal with books that are not from their own company. For example, Amazon's Kindle app will not sync sideloaded books, only books from Amazon (even on the real Kindles).

03-11-2011, 06:55 PM	#4
sadievan Wizard Posts: 1,931 Karma: 5456284 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, iPhone, Kindle Fire HD 6	OK. Figured it out. So for anyone else that needs the info. Had to reconvert the books in Calibre. I thought I remembered reading that Calibre now fixed the metadata to allow for syncing. It worked on the books from B&N and Kobo because those were downloaded in .epub and then converted to .mobi. The Smashwords books were downloaded in .mobi, so I didn't convert them. After I converted the book from .mobi to .mobi, it worked. I'm happy again. Carol

03-11-2011, 07:01 PM	#5
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	You forgot to mention that you were using the work-around to get other books to sync, not the normal methods.

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