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Derek R · 03-09-2013, 12:27 PM

Whenever I transferred the mobi files to my Kindle Fire they were appearing in the "docs" and not in "books". In investigating why this was so the answer seemed to be the PDOC tag. When I removed the PDOC tag in Calibre the files then appeared in "books" on the Kindle Fire okay, but removing the tags in this way meant going through the conversion process which altered the files in other ways too. What I really want to do is just get the mobi files into "books" without full conversion.

Then I tried the Java Mobi editor. When I opened one of my original mobi files in that there was no sign of a 501 CDE type in the EXTH records. So I added one, but the new saved file STILL didn't appear in "books" on the Kindle.

So, I'm mystified and still trying to find a solution.

03-09-2013, 12:27 PM	#3
Derek R Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Device: none	Whenever I transferred the mobi files to my Kindle Fire they were appearing in the "docs" and not in "books". In investigating why this was so the answer seemed to be the PDOC tag. When I removed the PDOC tag in Calibre the files then appeared in "books" on the Kindle Fire okay, but removing the tags in this way meant going through the conversion process which altered the files in other ways too. What I really want to do is just get the mobi files into "books" without full conversion. Then I tried the Java Mobi editor. When I opened one of my original mobi files in that there was no sign of a 501 CDE type in the EXTH records. So I added one, but the new saved file STILL didn't appear in "books" on the Kindle. So, I'm mystified and still trying to find a solution.