07-18-2011, 09:44 AM | #1 |
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Can you copy one Kindle to another?
Forgive me if this has been asked before. But I have a very extensive range of DRM-free .mobi books on my Kindle, painstakingly divided into Collections, and I would like to sideload it to a family member's Kindle.
Will it work to simply mirror the entire contents of my Kindle onto the target one, including the Collections file? If not, what's currently the easiest way to do this without then having to sort the many hundreds of books into Collections manually? Thanks! |
07-18-2011, 10:39 AM | #2 |
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Use Calibre. Pull all your current books into it, and import the collections information into the Kindle Collections plugin for it. (This is the a separate plugin for Calibre, discussed here.)
Now, plug in the new Kindle, transfer the titles to it, and then use the Collections plugin to create the collections. Restart your new Kindle and it should see them. |
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If you have two Kindles on the same account you can Copy Collections without using Calibre. You just need to move your books first and then you will have the option to copy collections using the Collections option on the Kindle Menu.
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Thanks for the advice. Just one question though: what would actually happen if I took the easy way out and simply mirror-copied the entire contents of my original Kindle (i.e. including the Collections and the Indexing) straight across to the target Kindle (which is not on the same account).
Will it work, without overwriting the existing registration, owner details etc. on the target Kindle? |
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I would think only for books that Amazon knows about? And, of course, they would need to be on the same account. But still, a good way to do it.
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It is perfectly legal to have the same book on multiple Kindles. That is why most all are sold with multiple licenses. |
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Ah perfect, that's exactly what I needed to know, thanks!
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Not quite. It is perfectly legal if you bought them from Amazon with a multi-device license and copy them to an authorized Amazon device while preserving Amazon's drm. Any other sourcing or copying may or may not be legal.
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I used both Calibre and just copied all the files from the documents. Calibre is veeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyy slow ( we are talking hours here) but it works. When I just copied everything in the document file and the collections files, all went fine in 8 minutes. An added bonus, all my "last page read" bookmarks were intact. This was not for Amazon books, just for books from here and ManyBooks.net.
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... Given that the OP said "extensive collection...", the next steps are:
If you get a simple "0 items found" then you're done. If it mentions any unindexed items, repeat these two additional steps as many times as necessary until you get the simple "0 items found" response without it mentioning any unindexed items. Also read "copy books" in EbokJunkie's post as meaning either:
Sorting the folder by "type" makes it easier to pick out the book files and omit the side-car files that the reader creates. Last edited by dwig; 07-18-2011 at 05:57 PM. |
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meanwhile, thanks for hijacking a practical thread with irrelevant legal advise |
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07-20-2011, 02:24 AM | #15 |
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I think it's unfortunate to jump to conclusions if you're going to take a moral stand.
Let's take a hypothetical and assume for argument's sake that the 1,800 or so books I was asking about moving to another Kindle (the query which launched this thread), came from a no-copyright source like Gutenberg -- or any of the many many other sites which actively encourage the free distribution and spread of e-texts. Moral of the story: it's dangerous to leap on a high horse without first ascertaining whether the thing has legs..... |
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