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texasnightowl · 02-23-2025, 01:47 AM

So...K4PC method...my first time messing around with it. I have all my books from Amazon in Calibre already from the download and transfer method, but with it going away, I wanted to make sure I could do the K4PC route...as long as it lasts.

I was 99% successful! But I have a couple questions...

For reference, K4PC 2.4.0 (70904) and updates disabled. Calibre 7.23 (I know, 7.26 is out). nodrm 10.0.0.9 alpha. KFX Input 2.19 (I know, 2.20 just came out, I should update it.)

I have reconciled my content library on amazon against my k4pc content and I have 1463 books. after downloading everything in k4pc I have 1463 folders. so k4pc did apparently download everything.

I created a new library in Calibre. Then under Add books I chose add from selected folder and subfolders. For the "Multi-file books?" popup that said "Assume all e-book files in a single folder are multiple formats of the same book?" I honestly can't remember what I selected. Based on behavior, I think I said no. Then I selected "My Kindle Content" folder.

It started processing and said 2702 books! I let it go through and had a bunch of Unknown author entries and CR!* titles...so I think I should have answered Yes to the multi-file books popup.

Anyway, when it was done I deleted all the "unknown author" CR!* title books to get them out of the way.

I ended up with 1456 books. So, that leaves 7 missing books (1463).

Not bad.

Of those 1456, all but 2 were in correct formats such as azw3, htmlz, kfx, and mobi. 2 were in kfx-zip. My understanding was that this means dedrm didn't work. But...that isn't exactly the case here. I was able to convert one of them to epub no problem. So even though it was kfx-zip it worked. The other gives an error that it cannot convert and 'Book is incomplete. All of the KFX container files that make up the book must be combined into a KFX-ZIP file for successful conversion. (Missing containers *id1*, *id2*)'

OK, wow. This is getting long.

My questions...what can I do to improve my % from 99% to 100%?

1. Is there a better way to add the books? Since I don't want to go through 1463 individual folders to drag the azw files over?

2. How can I create a log to figure out what the missing 7 books are?

3. Any ideas on the one that says the book is incomplete?

02-23-2025, 01:47 AM	#648
texasnightowl Guru Posts: 800 Karma: 2873645 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Device: PW5, Oasis 3, K4B(NT), K3/KK	So...K4PC method...my first time messing around with it. I have all my books from Amazon in Calibre already from the download and transfer method, but with it going away, I wanted to make sure I could do the K4PC route...as long as it lasts. I was 99% successful! But I have a couple questions... For reference, K4PC 2.4.0 (70904) and updates disabled. Calibre 7.23 (I know, 7.26 is out). nodrm 10.0.0.9 alpha. KFX Input 2.19 (I know, 2.20 just came out, I should update it.) I have reconciled my content library on amazon against my k4pc content and I have 1463 books. after downloading everything in k4pc I have 1463 folders. so k4pc did apparently download everything. I created a new library in Calibre. Then under Add books I chose add from selected folder and subfolders. For the "Multi-file books?" popup that said "Assume all e-book files in a single folder are multiple formats of the same book?" I honestly can't remember what I selected. Based on behavior, I think I said no. Then I selected "My Kindle Content" folder. It started processing and said 2702 books! I let it go through and had a bunch of Unknown author entries and CR!* titles...so I think I should have answered Yes to the multi-file books popup. Anyway, when it was done I deleted all the "unknown author" CR!* title books to get them out of the way. I ended up with 1456 books. So, that leaves 7 missing books (1463). Not bad. Of those 1456, all but 2 were in correct formats such as azw3, htmlz, kfx, and mobi. 2 were in kfx-zip. My understanding was that this means dedrm didn't work. But...that isn't exactly the case here. I was able to convert one of them to epub no problem. So even though it was kfx-zip it worked. The other gives an error that it cannot convert and 'Book is incomplete. All of the KFX container files that make up the book must be combined into a KFX-ZIP file for successful conversion. (Missing containers id1, id2)' OK, wow. This is getting long. My questions...what can I do to improve my % from 99% to 100%? 1. Is there a better way to add the books? Since I don't want to go through 1463 individual folders to drag the azw files over? 2. How can I create a log to figure out what the missing 7 books are? 3. Any ideas on the one that says the book is incomplete?