Thread: How does Amazon identify ebooks?
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Old 09-03-2010, 04:13 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Only if you do a mobi to mobi conversion. Otherwise, the original exth records are retained and Calibre's metadata is stored in the external db. So if you just strip and import... I'd think highlights (facebook/twitter) would show up correctly and the book SHOULD sync -- don't quote me.

As for an ebook purchased from another site, I can't see Amazon checking all of the exth records for a complete match. More likely, if the ASIN (record type 113) exists and contains a valid Amazon ASIN -- and the cdetype (record type 501) exists and contains 'EBOK', then things might (just might) work as expected.

Exth record types 1, 2 and 3 may also come into play. If I get a chance to play around with it today, I'll see what I come up with.
I'm not sure that I've done a mobi=>mobi conversion on any of my books, but not all my Kindle-store-bought-drm-removed books show as availble to sync. I have updated metadata on most of them. It would be nice to get the benefits of both (Whispersync-friendly exth records and updated metadata stored in the book itself).

Would that be possible or is it an either-or situation? Does Calibre have to store metadata where the exth records should be? Can metadata be stored in a book jacket record or somewhere else?
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