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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Sending a ton of books at the same time will chew up the battery, so be aware of that. It is possible to clog up the indexing process on a Kindle also. I had that happen once a few years back. I had to remove a bunch of books and start over. If books aren't indexed, you can't search in them.
Some books, like large reference books, can take hours to fully index. There are some study bibles that take the better part of a day to index. That process is also battery intensive.
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Very true. It's a very good idea to send books in relatively small batches (say 100 or so at a time) and leave the Kindle connected to a wall charger until it finishes indexing. It took me close to two weeks to load the 9000-odd books onto my Oasis - nearly all indexing time.
To check how indexing is going, go to the home page and search for a random string. When the results page comes up, if the "Text in Books" tab is enabled, tap it, and it'll show you how many books remain to be indexed. If "Text in Books" is not enabled, indexing is complete.