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NiLuJe · 10-29-2012, 01:46 PM

@SampleAndy: We're not quite sure how/when Amazon backups collections on eInk devices, so, yeah, the 'Import from another device' feature can seem a bit wonky, at times. You might have better success using K4PC/K4Mac as the 'source' (or not, never played with that

).

If you simply want to 'clone' collections from/to a non-touch (K2/3/4) Kindle, if both use the exact same content (meaning same metadata/exact same path for sideloaded content), you can simply copy the collections.json file from one to the other. A restart later on the target device, and voilà

.

That said, I'm (like a good deal of people), personally using this fantastic Calibre plugin, so I can't speak for any other tools

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10-29-2012, 01:46 PM	#11
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@SampleAndy: We're not quite sure how/when Amazon backups collections on eInk devices, so, yeah, the 'Import from another device' feature can seem a bit wonky, at times. You might have better success using K4PC/K4Mac as the 'source' (or not, never played with that ). If you simply want to 'clone' collections from/to a non-touch (K2/3/4) Kindle, if both use the exact same content (meaning same metadata/exact same path for sideloaded content), you can simply copy the collections.json file from one to the other. A restart later on the target device, and voilà . That said, I'm (like a good deal of people), personally using this fantastic Calibre plugin, so I can't speak for any other tools . Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-29-2012 at 01:50 PM.