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misling · 08-01-2011, 10:14 AM

I'm having a weird problem with Calibre and my Kindle.

My Kindle has ~2000 books on it. About half are mobi and the other half are azw with a few azw1 (topaz). All the books on the device are in a collection.
I have the latest version of Calibre (I download the new version every Saturday). I have the Kindle collections plugin installed (I have others as well, but probably unrelated to this problem)

1. I create a new empty calibre library 'Kindle Device Stuff' and switch to it.
2. I connect my Kindle via USB
3. I wait until the device button appears and all the books on the Kindle are listed under it. The library is still empty at this point.
4. In the 'device' view screen use the "add to library" function to add all books from the device to the empty library.
5. I switch over to the library to see the books that have been added (they are all added). Here is where the FIRST problem shows:
PROB 1: All the azw/azw1 books are marked as being on the device in Main memory with a checkmark in the column. All the mobi books are NOT marked as being on the device (even though that is where they were loaded into the library from).
6. I run the collections plugin option to import the collections from the Kindle. Here is where the SECOND problem shows.
PROB 2: All the mobi books are shown as being in a Collection. All the azw/azw1 books are NOT shown as being in a collection.

End result from the library view:
all Mobi books are 'not on the device' but 'in a collection'
all azw/azw1 books are 'on the device' but 'not in a collection'

Real situation: all books of all types are 'on the device' AND 'in a collection'

My purpose is to move books around between collections. This situation makes that impossible.

Anybody got any ideas?

08-01-2011, 10:14 AM	#1
misling Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 510000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle	Kindle device problem with both library and collection I'm having a weird problem with Calibre and my Kindle. My Kindle has ~2000 books on it. About half are mobi and the other half are azw with a few azw1 (topaz). All the books on the device are in a collection. I have the latest version of Calibre (I download the new version every Saturday). I have the Kindle collections plugin installed (I have others as well, but probably unrelated to this problem) 1. I create a new empty calibre library 'Kindle Device Stuff' and switch to it. 2. I connect my Kindle via USB 3. I wait until the device button appears and all the books on the Kindle are listed under it. The library is still empty at this point. 4. In the 'device' view screen use the "add to library" function to add all books from the device to the empty library. 5. I switch over to the library to see the books that have been added (they are all added). Here is where the FIRST problem shows: PROB 1: All the azw/azw1 books are marked as being on the device in Main memory with a checkmark in the column. All the mobi books are NOT marked as being on the device (even though that is where they were loaded into the library from). 6. I run the collections plugin option to import the collections from the Kindle. Here is where the SECOND problem shows. PROB 2: All the mobi books are shown as being in a Collection. All the azw/azw1 books are NOT shown as being in a collection. End result from the library view: all Mobi books are 'not on the device' but 'in a collection' all azw/azw1 books are 'on the device' but 'not in a collection' Real situation: all books of all types are 'on the device' AND 'in a collection' My purpose is to move books around between collections. This situation makes that impossible. Anybody got any ideas?