Android, Kindle and MBP files

bizzybody · 05-19-2011, 09:53 PM

Just got a Samsung Epic with Android 2.2 and the first app I downloaded was Kindle.

Then I copied all my Mobi books over via the USB cable, along with the MBP files of the books I have read or am currently reading. Books I haven't started yet of course have no MBP file.

The top one on the list showed a line of dots with about half of them "on". I assumed that showed the relative size of the book and how far I am through it.

*tap* and it opens to... The. First. Page.

How do I get this app to open the books to the place I was in them on my Palm LifeDrive?

Also, is there a way to make it scroll vertically?

TallMomof2 · 05-19-2011, 10:43 PM

If you're using Calibre it's pretty easy. "Convert" the mobi files to mobi and Calibre will add the information to the mobi ebooks that allows you to sync across devices. Load the mobi files onto your devices. Once you're reading in the book the app will save your place and then you can sync across apps and devices.

Of course this doesn't help with books you are presently reading but will for future books.

bizzybody · 05-19-2011, 10:56 PM

I don't want to sync across devices. I already have my books copied over to the phone. I'm shifting everything I do to the phone, the LifeDrive will likely find itself in a drawer.

I just want the Kindle app to read the info from the bleeping MBP files. Kindle format is Mobipocket so there's no reason it shouldn't just pick up where Mobipocket Reader left off on another platform when the .mobi AND .mbp file are copied over.

Most of my Mobi books are from Baen, they work on any Kindle or the Kindle app or Mobipocket Reader on all platforms that's on. The MBP files should also work on Mobi Reader and Kindle, but apparently Kindle has broken their own format.

TallMomof2 · 05-20-2011, 11:08 AM

You might be better off asking this question in the Kindle section.

=X= · 05-20-2011, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bizzybody

....
Then I copied all my Mobi books over via the USB cable, along with the MBP files of the books I have read or am currently reading. Books I haven't started yet of course have no MBP file.
...

*tap* and it opens to... The. First. Page.

I am not sure, I believe Amazon only stores the bookmarks and annotations on the MDP file. The last page read is a setting in the MOBI/AZW file.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bizzybody

Also, is there a way to make it scroll vertically?

What the book text or the books?... Actually it doesn't matter it's a no on both.

=X=

bwaldron · 05-20-2011, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bizzybody

I just want the Kindle app to read the info from the bleeping MBP files. Kindle format is Mobipocket so there's no reason it shouldn't just pick up where Mobipocket Reader left off on another platform when the .mobi AND .mbp file are copied over.

In my experience, the .mbp files (which do include last page read) aren't guaranteed to fully work across various software platforms that use Mobipocket files.

05-19-2011, 09:53 PM	#1
bizzybody Addict Posts: 286 Karma: 7742186 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Idaho, USA Device: Various PalmOS PDAs, Android Phones, Sharper Image Literati	Android, Kindle and MBP files Just got a Samsung Epic with Android 2.2 and the first app I downloaded was Kindle. Then I copied all my Mobi books over via the USB cable, along with the MBP files of the books I have read or am currently reading. Books I haven't started yet of course have no MBP file. The top one on the list showed a line of dots with about half of them "on". I assumed that showed the relative size of the book and how far I am through it. tap and it opens to... The. First. Page. How do I get this app to open the books to the place I was in them on my Palm LifeDrive? Also, is there a way to make it scroll vertically?

05-19-2011, 10:56 PM	#3
bizzybody Addict Posts: 286 Karma: 7742186 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Idaho, USA Device: Various PalmOS PDAs, Android Phones, Sharper Image Literati	I don't want to sync across devices. I already have my books copied over to the phone. I'm shifting everything I do to the phone, the LifeDrive will likely find itself in a drawer. I just want the Kindle app to read the info from the bleeping MBP files. Kindle format is Mobipocket so there's no reason it shouldn't just pick up where Mobipocket Reader left off on another platform when the .mobi AND .mbp file are copied over. Most of my Mobi books are from Baen, they work on any Kindle or the Kindle app or Mobipocket Reader on all platforms that's on. The MBP files should also work on Mobi Reader and Kindle, but apparently Kindle has broken their own format. Last edited by bizzybody; 05-19-2011 at 10:58 PM.

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05-19-2011, 10:43 PM	#2
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	If you're using Calibre it's pretty easy. "Convert" the mobi files to mobi and Calibre will add the information to the mobi ebooks that allows you to sync across devices. Load the mobi files onto your devices. Once you're reading in the book the app will save your place and then you can sync across apps and devices. Of course this doesn't help with books you are presently reading but will for future books.

05-20-2011, 11:08 AM	#4
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	You might be better off asking this question in the Kindle section.

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