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kasch18 · 07-06-2011, 10:20 PM

Anyone know the process for sideloading kindle books onto an android phone and ipad2 so that they will sync between kindle apps? I've converted the book with the most recent version of calibre. And as far as I know I have to manually add the .mobi file to my kindle folder on my android and ipad 2. When I do this the books don't sync to the furthest read location.

When calibre converts an ebook to mobi it creates a .mobi file and a metadata.opf file. Do I need to transfer both files to each individual reader device or do I just need the .mobi file. I've tried both ways without luck.

Also, where do I find the ASIN and EBOK in the metadata I've been reading about in this thread. Is this something I may need to edit manually? If so, where do I find that.

Thanks.

07-06-2011, 10:20 PM	#57
kasch18 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: iPad2 & Droid X	Anyone know the process for sideloading kindle books onto an android phone and ipad2 so that they will sync between kindle apps? I've converted the book with the most recent version of calibre. And as far as I know I have to manually add the .mobi file to my kindle folder on my android and ipad 2. When I do this the books don't sync to the furthest read location. When calibre converts an ebook to mobi it creates a .mobi file and a metadata.opf file. Do I need to transfer both files to each individual reader device or do I just need the .mobi file. I've tried both ways without luck. Also, where do I find the ASIN and EBOK in the metadata I've been reading about in this thread. Is this something I may need to edit manually? If so, where do I find that. Thanks.