05-26-2010, 02:54 PM | #1 |
Junior Member
Posts: 2
Karma: 10
Join Date: May 2010
Device: Kindle 2
|
Newbie question about Kindle & Calibre
I would like to download the books I've purchased from Amazon into Calibre and edit the metadata -- using Calibre to manage my growing library. I have ebooks from various sources, but the majority come from Amazon.
But then, what happens if I get a new Kindle? I can't just copy the files from Calibre to the new Kindle because they wouldn't work. I'd have to redownload them from Amazon. So does that mean all of my work editing the metadata would have been for nothing? Or could I somehow merge the metadata from the "old" files into the new files? Thanks! I hope I asked that question clearly. |
05-26-2010, 03:39 PM | #2 |
Quilt Geek
Posts: 472
Karma: 91775
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Lancaster, PA
Device: Kindle
|
You could download the new file from Amazon, and then add that file to your calibre library entry (effectively overwriting the old azw format file). Then do a send to device (or however you normally get the fixed files onto the Kindle) and the old/fixed metadata would get written to the new file on the Kindle.
Clear as mud, right? |
Advert | |
|
05-26-2010, 03:55 PM | #3 |
creator of calibre
Posts: 44,337
Karma: 23661992
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
|
just click the edit meta information button. In the topright corner of the resulting dialog is an area where you can add/remove individual files to a book entry.
|
05-26-2010, 04:30 PM | #4 |
Junior Member
Posts: 2
Karma: 10
Join Date: May 2010
Device: Kindle 2
|
Perfect! Thanks so much!
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Newbie Kindle Question | jose263 | Which one should I buy? | 13 | 12-05-2009 11:57 AM |
Newbie question about the Kindle bookstore | nwinter | Amazon Kindle | 7 | 11-23-2009 07:58 AM |
Question: Calibre & Sonly PRS505 | alchemyst | Sony Reader | 2 | 09-24-2009 04:40 PM |
Synching with my Kindle - newbie question | emellaich | Calibre | 6 | 05-07-2009 10:29 AM |
Stupid newbie question, Im sorry. Ive been relying on calibre to do my work but it | Dragoro | Amazon Kindle | 33 | 04-16-2009 10:25 AM |