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Originally Posted by kiwidude
Ok, here is a new beta version to replace the one I posted earlier. This has my first attempt at the checking of MOBI files for EBOK and ASIN, which was requested recently on this thread by CRussel, for users who have a Kindle Fire.
I don't have such a device myself so I have had to guess at a few things in conjunction with Kovid's tips in his post, but I *think* it is right. Hopefully someone (CRussel?) can give it a whirl and let me know if the results you see gel with what you know about books that do and don't place correctly on your Fire.
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Thank you! I'm currently using java mobi meta editor find & fix ebok/asin issues but having the ability to check from inside calibre would be great.
After much trial & error and examination with mobi meta editor one weekend, I found that I need the following to have non-amazon mobi files show up under books rather than documents on the fire...file must have Field 501 CDEContentType = EBOK and Field 113 ASIN = value, “fake” asin works, Field 504 ASIN not needed...so far field 504 only seems to matter if you want to "share" rather than "sync" files on kindle keyboard.
With calibre release 0.8.50, using the AZW3 (kf8) format with sharing unchecked to convert non-mobi files for the fire has so far resulted in files with EBOK in 501 & an "asin" in 113.
I still have many older mobis to look at before sending them to the kindle keyboard, so I'll try the beta version on some of those later tonight or tomorrow.
Thanks again!