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Old 02-09-2016, 05:12 PM   #35
Doitsu
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Originally Posted by dhdurgee View Post
Unless I am missing something, the problem is the lack of an ASIN in the .azw3(KF8) file. These books do have an ASIN, but I guess it gets lost somewhere in the KindleImport/edit/Kindlegen process. How do I add the ASIN back in after the work is done? Did I miss a setting
This plugin is not designed to be used with ePubs generated by KindleImport.

However, you can have it automatically add an ASIN, by changing the following kindlegen.ini setting:

Code:
add_asin = True
The plugin will then look for a metadata entry with the following format in the metadata section of the .opf file:

Code:
<dc:identifier opf:scheme="MOBI-ASIN">XXXXXX</dc:identifier>
or

Code:
<dc:identifier opf:scheme="AMAZON">XXXXXX</dc:identifier>
If it doesn't find one of these entries it'll generate a fake ASIN.

BTW, KindleUnpack will write the original ASIN as a comment to the re-generated .ePub. This commented-out ASIN will NOT be found by the plugin. You'll need to manually add it to the metadata section.

If this setting is enabled, it'll also generate a cover thumbnail for the .azw3 book that you'll need to copy to the /system/thumbnails/ folder.

BTW, if you just want to touch up some Kindle books, Calibre Editor is much better suited for this task, because it'll automatically unpack and reassemble AZW3 books.

Last edited by Doitsu; 02-10-2016 at 09:07 AM.
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