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xari · 09-04-2010, 09:56 AM

Hi There,

Received my first ever Kindle yesterday (poor, scared UPS guy...

).

I'd heard about Calibre and ended up setting up my intended K3 book collection in Calibre in advance, including editing metadata and setting up the tag/collection system I want to use. For most books, I even re-converted them from .mobi to .mobi to make sure my changes (new cover art, etc.) were set.

When my K3 arrived, using a tip I'd read in another thread, I set up [most, but not all of] my collections on the K3 prior to transferring books over from Calibre. (IIRC, the person suggesting that tip said that it would help Calibre send the books to the correct collection.)

However, when I sent over about 10 books from Calibre as a test case, not a single one showed up in the collections that were already on the K3. Nor did they create any new collections (e.g., the ones I hadn't already created on the K3).

Help?!!

Qs:

1. Should I *not* have set up the collections in advance on the K3 like that?

2. If I delete the books currently on the K3 (and the collections there too, if necessary), and then--from Calibre--send over the books whose metadata I've already edited and tagged, will the collections show up the way I want on the K3?

Any advice would be MUCH appreciated!

TIA, xari.

09-04-2010, 09:56 AM	#1
xari Kindle Obsessed. Posts: 96 Karma: 6436 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Here and There. Device: K3, K4, Kindle Fire.	Push Books from Calibre to K3; Tags Unrecognized Hi There, Received my first ever Kindle yesterday (poor, scared UPS guy... ). I'd heard about Calibre and ended up setting up my intended K3 book collection in Calibre in advance, including editing metadata and setting up the tag/collection system I want to use. For most books, I even re-converted them from .mobi to .mobi to make sure my changes (new cover art, etc.) were set. When my K3 arrived, using a tip I'd read in another thread, I set up [most, but not all of] my collections on the K3 prior to transferring books over from Calibre. (IIRC, the person suggesting that tip said that it would help Calibre send the books to the correct collection.) However, when I sent over about 10 books from Calibre as a test case, not a single one showed up in the collections that were already on the K3. Nor did they create any new collections (e.g., the ones I hadn't already created on the K3). Help?!! Qs: 1. Should I not have set up the collections in advance on the K3 like that? 2. If I delete the books currently on the K3 (and the collections there too, if necessary), and then--from Calibre--send over the books whose metadata I've already edited and tagged, will the collections show up the way I want on the K3? Any advice would be MUCH appreciated! TIA, xari.