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eschwartz · 02-23-2015, 06:16 PM

When calibre sidelods a book, I assume the Personal banner is missing? That means an ASIN was embedded. But the wrong one -- it will have been randomly generated. The Kindle is likely looking up the ASIN as an intermediate step to finding the book on Goodreads.
If it is actually a PDOC, I don't know if Amazon officially supports that anyway. If it comes to that, probaly not...

If you make sure the calibre metadata includes a correct amazon identifier, the Quality Check plugin will embed that as the ASIN, and hopefully the Kindle will stop being confused.

At least, if my guess is correct.

I don't have a KPW to test my theory.

Edit: Beaten.

Great minds think alike.

02-23-2015, 06:16 PM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	When calibre sidelods a book, I assume the Personal banner is missing? That means an ASIN was embedded. But the wrong one -- it will have been randomly generated. The Kindle is likely looking up the ASIN as an intermediate step to finding the book on Goodreads. If it is actually a PDOC, I don't know if Amazon officially supports that anyway. If it comes to that, probaly not... If you make sure the calibre metadata includes a correct amazon identifier, the Quality Check plugin will embed that as the ASIN, and hopefully the Kindle will stop being confused. At least, if my guess is correct. I don't have a KPW to test my theory. Edit: Beaten. Great minds think alike. Last edited by eschwartz; 02-23-2015 at 06:18 PM.