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htm · 03-20-2017, 06:07 PM

Thanks, gbm, I see in there where I can request features.

But now I've noticed something even weirder.

I had a book called book1.azw3. I imported it into Calibre, who decided to store it in Calibre Library as "book1 - author.azw3". Ok, fine. But when I asked it to send it to my Kindle, it wound up being called "book3 - author.azw3".

I figured Calibre was renaming the file based on a tag in the file. But where is this new name coming from when it is copied to the Kindle?

I understand putting the files in specially-named folders, and I love that. But why all this file renaming? Again, this is only a problem because I wind up losing my notes and highlights unless renaming the .sdr folder works. (I say that with uncertainty, because I just had a case where it *didn't* work, and my highlights are gone.)

Thanks for putting up with what may appear to be annoying, petty questions!

03-20-2017, 06:07 PM	#10
htm Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks, gbm, I see in there where I can request features. But now I've noticed something even weirder. I had a book called book1.azw3. I imported it into Calibre, who decided to store it in Calibre Library as "book1 - author.azw3". Ok, fine. But when I asked it to send it to my Kindle, it wound up being called "book3 - author.azw3". I figured Calibre was renaming the file based on a tag in the file. But where is this new name coming from when it is copied to the Kindle? I understand putting the files in specially-named folders, and I love that. But why all this file renaming? Again, this is only a problem because I wind up losing my notes and highlights unless renaming the .sdr folder works. (I say that with uncertainty, because I just had a case where it didn't work, and my highlights are gone.) Thanks for putting up with what may appear to be annoying, petty questions!