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gteague · 11-11-2017, 06:02 PM

i've discovered that just wanting a count to match is much more complicated than first blush. here's the caveats:

* the dictionary is in a ?collection? called /dictionary which doesn't show up in /collections/. it's counted as a book on the cloud and the kindle. i'm pretty sure.

* your collections are counted just like books on the kindle, but not in the cloud

* when you sort on /on my device/ on calibre, you don't get the same list as when you show the device main memory. [later note: it's because calibre doesn't recognize the new .kfx files and only shows the .azw files]

* i had forgotten i loaded about 10 calibre books which aren't in my amazon cloud. if you happen to load a calibre book which you've already downloaded from amazon cloud, calibre flags it as two books under one title, but the kindle only shows one title. you can sort this out by looking in the /kindle/ folder because the calibre copy is in an /author/ folder and is a mobi format whereas the amazon copy is .azw or kfx (?) and has a matching .sdr folder covers and stuff i'd think.

considering all this new knowledge and my desire to keep things sorted neatly in the future, i've erased all books on the kindle except that huge webster's unabridged dictionary i bought on sale the other day since it took forever to download even on wifi and i've downloaded the other 56 from the amazon cloud.

so, right now all is right in the ocd world. i have 57 books from amazon. i have 7 collections. and indeed the number '64' is showing up on the kindle under /all/ and under /downloads/. in the kindle folder on the desktop, there are 114 items which is 57 single files and 57 folders matching those titles. but, as i add in calibre books, this number will become pretty meaningless. except that .... if i remember to add each new amazon purchase to my /Amazon/ collection, i'll always have a list of those purchases on the kindle. i also need to remember to check the /device main memory/ in calibre to make sure this number matches the amazon purchase number so i can avoid duplicates.

ahhhhhhhhh! i feel some of the tension ebbing away now even though i won't rest easy until it's done indexing all these books again--most of the 57 are huge reference works and textbooks.

/guy

11-11-2017, 06:02 PM	#7
gteague Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 5658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: dfw Device: kindle v1.0	i've discovered that just wanting a count to match is much more complicated than first blush. here's the caveats: * the dictionary is in a ?collection? called /dictionary which doesn't show up in /collections/. it's counted as a book on the cloud and the kindle. i'm pretty sure. * your collections are counted just like books on the kindle, but not in the cloud * when you sort on /on my device/ on calibre, you don't get the same list as when you show the device main memory. [later note: it's because calibre doesn't recognize the new .kfx files and only shows the .azw files] * i had forgotten i loaded about 10 calibre books which aren't in my amazon cloud. if you happen to load a calibre book which you've already downloaded from amazon cloud, calibre flags it as two books under one title, but the kindle only shows one title. you can sort this out by looking in the /kindle/ folder because the calibre copy is in an /author/ folder and is a mobi format whereas the amazon copy is .azw or kfx (?) and has a matching .sdr folder covers and stuff i'd think. considering all this new knowledge and my desire to keep things sorted neatly in the future, i've erased all books on the kindle except that huge webster's unabridged dictionary i bought on sale the other day since it took forever to download even on wifi and i've downloaded the other 56 from the amazon cloud. so, right now all is right in the ocd world. i have 57 books from amazon. i have 7 collections. and indeed the number '64' is showing up on the kindle under /all/ and under /downloads/. in the kindle folder on the desktop, there are 114 items which is 57 single files and 57 folders matching those titles. but, as i add in calibre books, this number will become pretty meaningless. except that .... if i remember to add each new amazon purchase to my /Amazon/ collection, i'll always have a list of those purchases on the kindle. i also need to remember to check the /device main memory/ in calibre to make sure this number matches the amazon purchase number so i can avoid duplicates. ahhhhhhhhh! i feel some of the tension ebbing away now even though i won't rest easy until it's done indexing all these books again--most of the 57 are huge reference works and textbooks. /guy Last edited by gteague; 11-11-2017 at 07:18 PM.