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heysherri · 06-30-2015, 11:44 AM

Ok, here's what I did wrong. I had a book on my Paperwhite that I sent to it from Calibre. Then I decided I didn't like the formating of the author's name, so I edited it in the metadata in Calibre and resent the file.

I ended up with two copies of the book on the Paperwhite, and neither of them will fully delete. I tried deleting them on the kindle, but I end up with 2 place holder book covers with the name of the book on them and when I try to open them it says the books are no longer on the device and won't open. I can't get rid of the icons for the books though.

I tried restarting the Paperwhite. I tried reloading the books onto the device, which allows me to open the books, but I still have multiple copies that won't fully delete. I tried using Calibre to delete the files after reloading them, and got the same result.

I had to reformat the device. I'm wondering if there is a less drastic solution in case I ever mess up and do this again.

06-30-2015, 11:44 AM	#1
heysherri Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Multiple copies of book on Paperwhite that won't delete Ok, here's what I did wrong. I had a book on my Paperwhite that I sent to it from Calibre. Then I decided I didn't like the formating of the author's name, so I edited it in the metadata in Calibre and resent the file. I ended up with two copies of the book on the Paperwhite, and neither of them will fully delete. I tried deleting them on the kindle, but I end up with 2 place holder book covers with the name of the book on them and when I try to open them it says the books are no longer on the device and won't open. I can't get rid of the icons for the books though. I tried restarting the Paperwhite. I tried reloading the books onto the device, which allows me to open the books, but I still have multiple copies that won't fully delete. I tried using Calibre to delete the files after reloading them, and got the same result. I had to reformat the device. I'm wondering if there is a less drastic solution in case I ever mess up and do this again.