Books sent to 'Docs' not 'Books' on Kindle Fire

retta001 · 08-09-2013, 05:47 AM

Hi all
I just started using Calibre to manage e-books that I am downloading for my Kindle Fire. I have already sent some books to my device but they are all listed under 'Docs'. Is there anyway that the books can be stored under the 'Books' menu instead?

retta001 · 08-09-2013, 06:13 AM

ok, I just found some posts on the same issue and have followed all the advice but all my books are still going to docs -

1. I have re-run the setup wizard and not put any email details in, so my books are not getting sent by email
2. I have gone to preferences, output, mobi and in the Personal Doc Tag I have put EBOK
3. I have gone to Device, Configure this defice and deleted Docs from the list of folders and also created a rule to send MOBI to Books
4. I have also tried converting the file again to MOBI before sending it to device

None of this has worked. Are there any other suggestions?

kovidgoyal · 08-09-2013, 06:23 AM

Amazon wants all non amazon files to be pdocs, you can try to fool it by setting a field in the header, but then you will have other problems, like covers not showing and so on.

retta001 · 08-09-2013, 08:05 AM

Thanks for the reply. After much persevering and playing around I managed to get it too work...
I ended up leaving the Personal Doc Tag field blank and also had to untick the sharing option.
The only last issue that I have now is that I can see the covers in my books menu, but not all of them show in my carousel

08-09-2013, 05:47 AM	#1
retta001 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle Fire	Books sent to 'Docs' not 'Books' on Kindle Fire Hi all I just started using Calibre to manage e-books that I am downloading for my Kindle Fire. I have already sent some books to my device but they are all listed under 'Docs'. Is there anyway that the books can be stored under the 'Books' menu instead?

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08-09-2013, 06:13 AM	#2
retta001 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle Fire	ok, I just found some posts on the same issue and have followed all the advice but all my books are still going to docs - 1. I have re-run the setup wizard and not put any email details in, so my books are not getting sent by email 2. I have gone to preferences, output, mobi and in the Personal Doc Tag I have put EBOK 3. I have gone to Device, Configure this defice and deleted Docs from the list of folders and also created a rule to send MOBI to Books 4. I have also tried converting the file again to MOBI before sending it to device None of this has worked. Are there any other suggestions?

08-09-2013, 06:23 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,261 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Amazon wants all non amazon files to be pdocs, you can try to fool it by setting a field in the header, but then you will have other problems, like covers not showing and so on.

08-09-2013, 08:05 AM	#4
retta001 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle Fire	Thanks for the reply. After much persevering and playing around I managed to get it too work... I ended up leaving the Personal Doc Tag field blank and also had to untick the sharing option. The only last issue that I have now is that I can see the covers in my books menu, but not all of them show in my carousel

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