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Old 06-03-2016, 10:44 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
The plugin creates the ASIN metadata when it already exists in certain records in the Kindlebook's metadata.
That's correct. For example, if a user imports an Kindle book with the KindleImport plugin, it'll generate the following metadata entry for books that already have an ASIN:

Code:
<dc:identifier opf:scheme="AMAZON">B00XXXXXXX</dc:identifier>
If the KindleGen plugin can't find the above metadata entry it'll also look for the following metadata entry:

Code:
<dc:identifier opf:scheme="MOBI-ASIN">B00XXXXXXX</dc:identifier>
As eschwartz has already mentioned, if none of these entries exist, the plugin will use KevinH's dualmetafix_mmap.py file to add a random 12 character ASIN to the MOBI/AZW3 files.

BTW, on eInk Kindles, AZW3 files with an ASIN number will be displayed without a cover thumbnail. That's why the plugin can also optionally generate a cover thumbnail file.
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