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Originally Posted by cjb0723
Hello,
I have a question that I have not been able to find an answer to perusing the threads. So I have long been committed to solid, tangible paper books but I am now traveling a lot for work and have decided to invest in an e-reader. At the same time I am trying to shift to a lifestyle that does not support Amazon (for obvious reasons). Therefore I ultimately opted to get a Kobo. That being said, I do have a fair number of Kindle ebooks already that I read on the app via my phone. I would like to have these transferred to my Kobo when I get it. From my websearches it seems that the best way to do this is via Calibre (with the de-dRM plugin) and converting to epub.
I have not yet received my Kobo device but I have been trying to prep my library in advance. I have successfully downloaded the books I want to transfer via the Kindle for PC program (I am running Windows 10) and then imported them into Calibre. However, on import all of the metadata is lost. I am left with a list of books with jibberish titles and no author info or covers.
Some of the solutions I found online: check the Calibre settings to make sure that the metadata is taken from the file contents and to make sure the plugins were enabled and everything checked out there. I also tried to download the ebooks directly from amazon with the "Download to USB for transfer" option but it told me I did not have any valid devices to do this.
Is my only option to manually go through and change the metadata myself? (There are quite a few books and this will take an age).
Sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find it.
Chris
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What version of Kindle for PC did you install? This will help us to know if you are downloading azw3 or KFX format books. Can you open the ebook with calibre's ebook-viewer and see readable text?
You may want to check the
Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre sticky for more information on this topic.