Thread: Troubleshooting Convert Metadata file .AZW3R into .MBP or "MyClippings.txt" into a Metadata file
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Old 03-11-2020, 06:16 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by ilovejedd View Post
You can try doing some roundtrip conversions for your AZW3 files to get dual MOBI on Amazon cloud which should deliver the AZW3 version to your device (caveat, no covers for AZW3).
  1. If you don't have it yet, install KindleUnpack plugin to Calibre then use KindleUnpack to extract EPUB from AZW3. You can do this in batch.
  2. Use kindlegen to convert from the extracted EPUB to dual-format MOBI. You can automate this step via batch script. I'm on iPad right now but if you're on Windows, I can probably cook up a batch file for this when I'm back on a PC.
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht...cId=1000765211
    Note:
    • We're NOT using Calibre's built-in conversion for steps 1-2 to minimize changes made to the books. Hopefully, this will result in the AZW3 Kindle Cloud versions that match your existing annotations more closely.
  3. Upload dual-format MOBI created by kindlegen via Email/Send to Kindle. The Send to Kindle for PC/Mac drag and drop window can send the ebook directly to multiple devices along with the Kindle cloud archive.
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/pc
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/mac
  4. Rename the .sdr folders and .azw3r and .azw3f files to match the filenames of the downloaded ebook and append the id at the end if needed.
    I believe the template is:
    Title_bookid.azw3
    Title_bookid.sdr\
    Title_bookiduserid.azw3f
    Title_bookiduserid.azw3r
    Notes:
    • As you have noticed, the id that mergen3107 noted is actually a user id based on your Amazon account. In case it's missing, you can just use batch renaming software to append this text to the filenames for all devices linked to your Amazon account.
    • The renaming to match the downloaded filename will likely take quite a bit of elbow grease. Still, likely not as time-consuming as creating annotations from scratch. You might also need to review the annotations to get them uploaded to Kindle Cloud and to make minor adjustments.

Yeahhh if your idea works ilovejedd, then I'll jump up and down out of joy!
Thanks so much for the detailed description already!

Unfortunately I already have my problems with step 1.
I've installed the "KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0.82.1) by DiapDealer" via Calibre. I'll have to look into what to do next...

Concerning step 2:
Sadly, I've never really done any coding and get by with the occasional command prompt on windows.
I can't find an easy way to open/use Kindlegen right now. I'll look into it later tomorrow when I've slept!

Looking forward to get this working!
Sorry for being so slow - this is not my area of strength!
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