Unexpected error

Kinjin · 11-20-2011, 01:19 AM

On my Kindle Touch, if I try to view a book description of a book that I did not purchase from the kindle store, I get an unexpected error. The books I've tried that get this error (everything I have not bought from Amazon) are in ,mobi format. Any ideas?

Joy736 · 11-20-2011, 08:43 AM

I never owned a kindle, but I have never seen book desciptions on the non-kindle devices I owned. Could it be that only amazon-books have the descriptions and that's why you get errors with non-amazon books?

pidgeon92 · 11-20-2011, 11:49 AM

This feature is for books sold by Amazon. It looks on the Amazon product page for that book for the description.

Kinjin · 11-25-2011, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

This feature is for books sold by Amazon. It looks on the Amazon product page for that book for the description.

Yeah, so in Calibre, I have it set to use the Amazon asin number as well as the isbn, and it still gives the error.

Example: I have the following eBook: http://www.amazon.com/Shadowheart-Fo...2214901&sr=8-1

Note, the one I have is in .mobi format, it was not purchased from Amazon, but it is this same book. All my metadata says it is this book, so shouldn't the Product Description point back to Amazon and display this data?

11-20-2011, 01:19 AM	#1
Kinjin Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	Unexpected error On my Kindle Touch, if I try to view a book description of a book that I did not purchase from the kindle store, I get an unexpected error. The books I've tried that get this error (everything I have not bought from Amazon) are in ,mobi format. Any ideas?

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Unexpected error driving me mad	Arthur Nibble	Kindle Formats	1	11-11-2011 04:51 PM
'Unexpected Error' using endnotes, footnotes, etc	Gideon	Amazon Kindle	0	11-09-2009 11:59 PM
kindle 2 "unexpected error"	Kimarie	Amazon Kindle	2	05-08-2009 05:23 PM
"Unexpected Error" - Won't Open Books	Nola_Gal	Amazon Kindle	13	12-29-2008 06:07 AM

11-20-2011, 08:43 AM	#2
Joy736 Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 1078442 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I never owned a kindle, but I have never seen book desciptions on the non-kindle devices I owned. Could it be that only amazon-books have the descriptions and that's why you get errors with non-amazon books?

11-20-2011, 11:49 AM	#3
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	This feature is for books sold by Amazon. It looks on the Amazon product page for that book for the description.

Advert