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Originally Posted by oddvision
And last question... I noticed when looking at the documents folder of my Kindle when it was hooked up to my computer that there were multiple files for a lot of the books - but not all of them. As I'm cleaning up the titles/ authors in Calibre, I'm finding more duplicates there too. From a few things I've seen, I think it might be different files associated with the books such as the TOC and other metadata - correct? Am I going to cause problems since I'm updating the files with to have the correct title and author? Is there any way to keep the metadata (if that's what these are) and not have to look at 5 copies of the book when I'm viewing it in Calibre?
Thanks again!
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Yes, your kindle will have multiple files for each title. As long as there is only one with an actual ebook extension (eg, .azw, .azw1, .mobi, pdf...) you're good. You'll see in the kindle's home screen if there are multiple books with the same title.
But now I think I know why you aren't seeing authors right in calibre - it sounds like you're importing
all files from the Kindle's documents folder into calibre - not what you should do, because most aren't books.
The best way to get the books off your kindle into calibre is to follow the steps
here:
1. Start calibre
2. Connect your Kindle to USB
3. calibre will add a [Device] button to calibre toolbar
4. Click the dropdown arrow on that button
5. Select [Show Books on Main Memory of the Device]
A list of your Kindle's books will appear
6. Select them all - or whichever ones you want to import
7. Right-click and select [Add books to Library]