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Old 03-02-2013, 11:45 AM   #3
Ephemerality
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Device: PW1
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Originally Posted by gers1978 View Post
I get OCD and like the idea of done the things you suggest.

How do you insert the correct ASIN and what's the advantage of doing so?

Also, would any of this break last page syncing between PW and iPad Kindle app when I email books from Calibre to my Kindle email address?

Your author profile thing seems like it could be fairly easily implemented in a Calibre plugin or script.
I've been using mobi2mobi (both the GUI and the command line versions) to change the ASINs. The only thing the Amazon ASIN adds is the ability to long-press on a book and select "Book Description" (it sends you to the Amazon store page for the book).
Getting it on the iPhone/iPad also relies on having filesystem access. I have SSH setup on mine, I think there are tools out there that don't require a jailbreak.

It would likely break any already-existing syncing between your devices...
I had issues getting my PW to sync with my Kindle PC and iPhone apps, but so far I've had the best luck with this process:
  1. Send to Kindle via the Email address
  2. Pull the new .azw off the Kindle, grab the Database Name from it.
  3. Change ASIN in the original .mobi to Amazon's with mobi2mobi
  4. Change the Database Name to the one Amazon generated (starts with CR!... I have not tried generating my own yet) with mobi2mobi (--databasename)
  5. Delete the .azw from Amazon
  6. Copy mobi to Kindle, Kindle PC folder, SSH to iPhone
When I left the database name from Calibre and only changed the ASIN, the Kindle would sync with other Kindles, and the Kindle PC/iPhone apps would sync with each other, but they wouldn't all sync together.
With the database name set to the CR! one and the ASIN changed, it seems to be working properly so far. Hasn't been extensively tested yet though, just on a couple books.

Edit: After playing with it a bit more, one of the books I had working fine on all 3 now only works on the Kindle PC and PW... the iPhone app will not sync at all (sync button grayed out)... and the other one that worked previously will still sync, but only to the very first update that my Kindle sent out yesterday... so I have no idea what's causing that.
Last edited by Ephemerality; 03-03-2013 at 01:02 AM.
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