Kindle, Calibre and Archived Books

nynaevelan · 11-23-2010, 07:34 AM

Hi:

I use Calibre to manage my library, in doing so I change the titles to match my naming convention. In the last few days I have about 62 books that both the Kindle and K4PC are saying are in my archives but are in fact on both the kindle and in the K4PC directory. Is there any way to get Amazon to stop showing these books as being in my archive and recognize that they are on the device??

poohbear_nc · 11-23-2010, 08:30 AM

Amazon stores a copy of all books you have purchased from them - and keeps them in the archives (= on the Amazon servers). This copy remains "in the archives" no matter how many devices you download the book onto, unless you specifically delete the book from your account.

nynaevelan · 11-23-2010, 09:07 AM

I don't think I explained my point. If the book is on the kindle it should not be showing up in the Archives on the kindle, the same for K4PC. This is only happening for specific books, so my question is, what is it about these books that suddenly they are now showing up as being on the device?

FF2 · 11-23-2010, 10:41 AM

I can't answer the question but could your issue be that you have "renamed" items in your conventional methods but that those "new names" do not match what Amazon uses for archiving purposes? Maybe the Calibre forum can help.

Josieb1 · 11-23-2010, 05:07 PM

It is because you have renamed them in some way. It's just something you have to accept, I do the same thing myself

nynaevelan · 11-23-2010, 05:21 PM

If that is the case, why is it only showing 61 out of 372 as archive items? Also, I should mention I have been using Calibre for months to change the files names and I only started having this problem this week. And this is on books that I have not changed and they were fine before.

11-23-2010, 07:34 AM	#1
nynaevelan eBook Junkie Posts: 1,526 Karma: 1464018 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Fire 2020, Kindle PW2	Kindle, Calibre and Archived Books Hi: I use Calibre to manage my library, in doing so I change the titles to match my naming convention. In the last few days I have about 62 books that both the Kindle and K4PC are saying are in my archives but are in fact on both the kindle and in the K4PC directory. Is there any way to get Amazon to stop showing these books as being in my archive and recognize that they are on the device??

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11-23-2010, 08:30 AM	#2
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,795 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Amazon stores a copy of all books you have purchased from them - and keeps them in the archives (= on the Amazon servers). This copy remains "in the archives" no matter how many devices you download the book onto, unless you specifically delete the book from your account.

11-23-2010, 09:07 AM	#3
nynaevelan eBook Junkie Posts: 1,526 Karma: 1464018 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Fire 2020, Kindle PW2	I don't think I explained my point. If the book is on the kindle it should not be showing up in the Archives on the kindle, the same for K4PC. This is only happening for specific books, so my question is, what is it about these books that suddenly they are now showing up as being on the device?

11-23-2010, 10:41 AM	#4
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	I can't answer the question but could your issue be that you have "renamed" items in your conventional methods but that those "new names" do not match what Amazon uses for archiving purposes? Maybe the Calibre forum can help.

11-23-2010, 05:07 PM	#5
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,009 Karma: 18018738 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Libra2, Clara 2e, Kindle PW SE & Kindle 2022	It is because you have renamed them in some way. It's just something you have to accept, I do the same thing myself

11-23-2010, 05:21 PM	#6
nynaevelan eBook Junkie Posts: 1,526 Karma: 1464018 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Fire 2020, Kindle PW2	If that is the case, why is it only showing 61 out of 372 as archive items? Also, I should mention I have been using Calibre for months to change the files names and I only started having this problem this week. And this is on books that I have not changed and they were fine before.

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