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mark_e_h · 02-10-2012, 02:08 PM

Looking at the Kindle as a disc in Win7, in the documents directory -

1. - News publications emailed by Calibre show up as files with a .pobi extension.

2. - publications downloaded to the Kindle from Calibre while the Kindle is plugged each show up a separate directory, with the directory extension of .sdr. The actual file, in the directory is a type .mbs

The first (1) can't be deleted from the Kindle. The second (2) can be deleted.

I deleted the 4 I had downloaded (.pobi) "by hand" when the Kindle was plugged in, using Windows Explorer. The result seems ok.

I like the idea of new publications showing up on my Kindle, even when I'm not around my computer. So this might be an acceptable compromise - email the files, and when I finally get back to my office, plug the Kindle in and hand delete all of the .pobi files.

Does this all make sense???

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02-10-2012, 02:08 PM	#4
mark_e_h Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 20 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/IpadMini	little more research Looking at the Kindle as a disc in Win7, in the documents directory - 1. - News publications emailed by Calibre show up as files with a .pobi extension. 2. - publications downloaded to the Kindle from Calibre while the Kindle is plugged each show up a separate directory, with the directory extension of .sdr. The actual file, in the directory is a type .mbs The first (1) can't be deleted from the Kindle. The second (2) can be deleted. I deleted the 4 I had downloaded (.pobi) "by hand" when the Kindle was plugged in, using Windows Explorer. The result seems ok. I like the idea of new publications showing up on my Kindle, even when I'm not around my computer. So this might be an acceptable compromise - email the files, and when I finally get back to my office, plug the Kindle in and hand delete all of the .pobi files. Does this all make sense??? .