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leebase · 07-13-2021, 03:27 PM

So many of you good folk inspire me. One of the ways is by managing your books in Calibre. I've kept moving from pc to pc and screwing up my Calibre setups over the years, that I just don't bother other than using it to liberate my Amazon books (for archive purposes).

So, with my amazing MacBook Pro 16, I figure it's time to give it another go. I won't be giving up this pc anytime soon.

I had no problems exporting and importing my library from a Windows pc where I have Calibre installed. Step 1 - success.

I went through the steps to keep Kindle for Mac from exporting to kfx. Success.

I installed "ebook liberator" library into Calibre like always.

Import kindle azw book and then export to epub.

NO SUCCESS.

I turned on debug mode, looked through the log. I can see where it's failing. But frankly, this now exceeds my attention buffer.

I have the entire setup working on one of my Windows PC's. It's about the only thing I use that PC for. Still, I go so long between "book liberation" efforts that I'm always having to relearn what to do, and where the files go etc. This time I at least documented it.

But -- there's ANOTHER annoying issue. The Kindle for Mac app does not sync with the "cloud collections". So all that organizing I did on my iPad, doesn't carry over to my Mac. I'd go through the effort of organizing in Calibre...but the "book liberation" feature is the MAIN feature and that's not working for me.

So I'm falling back to my OneNote notebook to keep my "books read" and "books to read" lists going. My books live in Amazon's cloud and I occasionally remember to download them and liberate them to archive them. But I just don't see myself getting into Calibre more at this point.

Once again, I must just admire some of you good folks from afar.

Oh, one more thing. My main reason for liberation isn't archiving but format shifting to epub so that I can read the books in my favorite app which is FBReader.

Fbreader is great and it is on iOS and Android and syncs seamlessly. But now I have a Kindle eInk device. So now I have to read via the kindle app if I want to be able to pick up any device and continue reading. Bummer. It's one of the reasons that I'll probably go back to the iPad mini instead of the Kindle Paperwhite.

Then again, I'm also starting to buy ebooks in Kindle and Audible format so that I can switch from reading to listening and back. For that experience, I also have to stick with the Kindle app.

But @#$#@$@# Amazon for not keeping their Mac app up to speed with their own features.

07-13-2021, 03:27 PM	#1
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,960 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	Organizing - back to the drawing board So many of you good folk inspire me. One of the ways is by managing your books in Calibre. I've kept moving from pc to pc and screwing up my Calibre setups over the years, that I just don't bother other than using it to liberate my Amazon books (for archive purposes). So, with my amazing MacBook Pro 16, I figure it's time to give it another go. I won't be giving up this pc anytime soon. I had no problems exporting and importing my library from a Windows pc where I have Calibre installed. Step 1 - success. I went through the steps to keep Kindle for Mac from exporting to kfx. Success. I installed "ebook liberator" library into Calibre like always. Import kindle azw book and then export to epub. NO SUCCESS. I turned on debug mode, looked through the log. I can see where it's failing. But frankly, this now exceeds my attention buffer. I have the entire setup working on one of my Windows PC's. It's about the only thing I use that PC for. Still, I go so long between "book liberation" efforts that I'm always having to relearn what to do, and where the files go etc. This time I at least documented it. But -- there's ANOTHER annoying issue. The Kindle for Mac app does not sync with the "cloud collections". So all that organizing I did on my iPad, doesn't carry over to my Mac. I'd go through the effort of organizing in Calibre...but the "book liberation" feature is the MAIN feature and that's not working for me. So I'm falling back to my OneNote notebook to keep my "books read" and "books to read" lists going. My books live in Amazon's cloud and I occasionally remember to download them and liberate them to archive them. But I just don't see myself getting into Calibre more at this point. Once again, I must just admire some of you good folks from afar. Oh, one more thing. My main reason for liberation isn't archiving but format shifting to epub so that I can read the books in my favorite app which is FBReader. Fbreader is great and it is on iOS and Android and syncs seamlessly. But now I have a Kindle eInk device. So now I have to read via the kindle app if I want to be able to pick up any device and continue reading. Bummer. It's one of the reasons that I'll probably go back to the iPad mini instead of the Kindle Paperwhite. Then again, I'm also starting to buy ebooks in Kindle and Audible format so that I can switch from reading to listening and back. For that experience, I also have to stick with the Kindle app. But @#$#@$@# Amazon for not keeping their Mac app up to speed with their own features.