Kindle AZW book display issue

Khabal · 06-03-2016, 04:19 PM

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to import a Kindle book into Calibre and it isn't displaying properly. I have imported many books in the past but this one seems strange.

The book is has no real text; all the pages are pictures (with text as a layer) and the book displays each page as 1/3 of the left-hand side of the full page. For example, pages 1 through 3 will be the top-left, middle-left, and bottom-left of the first page, then it continues in that pattern.

Is this a normal occurrence for this type of book (with no text)?

This is before any conversion attempt as well.

I've searched the forum for an issue like this but came up empty.

Thanks for any insight you can lend.

AnemicOak · 06-03-2016, 06:23 PM

Sounds like maybe you have a book in Topaz format (AZW can mean a few different formats).

Khabal · 06-04-2016, 07:01 AM

Ahh, thank you so much! With your info, I was able to do a little more digging and find exactly what I needed. Thank you again!

jrkmo1 · 06-30-2016, 11:20 AM

Can you fill the rest of us in on the solution? I'm having the same problem when I import a children's book from Amazon.

Khabal · 07-01-2016, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrkmo1

Can you fill the rest of us in on the solution? I'm having the same problem when I import a children's book from Amazon.

I wasn't sure if what I wanted to do was against this forum's policy so I didn't post it. I wanted to print the book and I know Kindle books are made to not be printed. If this solution is against guidelines, please delete it and I'll understand.

The book was a cookbook which was only available as a digital edition. There was no print edition available and the book was not DRM protected. Reading a cookbook in the kitchen on a tablet isn't my favorite thing in the world.

I used Calibre and a plugin named kindle_unpack_v0812_plugin. Open the book, run it through the plugin, and it will create an output folder with a few subfolders. It extracts the book into individual images (JPG), sequentially named by page.

Then, I ran it through a command line tool that converts multiple JPG files into a PDF, jpeg2pdf_1.1_win32 from Sourceforge. It scoops them all up and wraps them neatly into a single PDF.

Best of luck.

-K

jrkmo1 · 07-02-2016, 02:01 PM

Thank you. I'll give it a shot

jrkmo1 · 07-02-2016, 02:44 PM

Just a quick note. Once unpacked, you can use Foxit Reader to "print" all of the images into a PDF. No special software or plugins required.

06-03-2016, 04:19 PM	#1
Khabal Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: Kindle for PC	Kindle AZW book display issue Hello everyone, I'm trying to import a Kindle book into Calibre and it isn't displaying properly. I have imported many books in the past but this one seems strange. The book is has no real text; all the pages are pictures (with text as a layer) and the book displays each page as 1/3 of the left-hand side of the full page. For example, pages 1 through 3 will be the top-left, middle-left, and bottom-left of the first page, then it continues in that pattern. Is this a normal occurrence for this type of book (with no text)? This is before any conversion attempt as well. I've searched the forum for an issue like this but came up empty. Thanks for any insight you can lend.

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06-03-2016, 06:23 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Sounds like maybe you have a book in Topaz format (AZW can mean a few different formats).

06-04-2016, 07:01 AM	#3
Khabal Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: Kindle for PC	Ahh, thank you so much! With your info, I was able to do a little more digging and find exactly what I needed. Thank you again!

06-30-2016, 11:20 AM	#4
jrkmo1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: Paperwhite	Can you fill the rest of us in on the solution? I'm having the same problem when I import a children's book from Amazon.

07-02-2016, 02:01 PM	#6
jrkmo1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: Paperwhite	Thank you. I'll give it a shot

07-02-2016, 02:44 PM	#7
jrkmo1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: Paperwhite	Just a quick note. Once unpacked, you can use Foxit Reader to "print" all of the images into a PDF. No special software or plugins required.

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