Quick Q on exporting collection to Calibre

[wow400]

Sorry for noob question (and I've searched & found a fair bit of contradictory info) but what do I need to export a collection from my non jb PW3, v5.8.7 to Calibre?

The reason I ask is that I've got a collection of about 100+ books which are 'read' (as opposed to unread) on my PW3. My Calibre has lots more books - some of which are flagged as 'read' but I want to merge the 2 lots so I can work out in Calibre which ones I've read or not!

Does that make Sense?

Kind regards,
Nic

[shamanNS]

No, you can't export collection info from device without jailbreak.

You could try and see if this method still works for newer Kindle models and for books in azw3 format. I've never used that "Fetch annotations" even when I had Kindle 3...

As alternative approach you could start using Goodreads to track your read books (if your books are from Kindle Store then it quick and easy to mark them as read on Goodreads using Kindle itself, if not then every time you finish a book on your Kindle you would have to go to Goodreads site or use Goodreads app to to the marking manually) and use Calibre plugin "Goodreads sync" to sync read status from Goodreads website to custom column in Calibre.

That is the workflow I'm using

But in you case you would have to first mark those 100+ books as read on Goodreads If you think of a way to use you PC to create a .csv file containing ISBN ids of those 100 books you can then import that .csv file to you Goodreads profile.

Or maybe try using "Reading List" plugin (to populate a column based on all the books that are on Kindle) after you have deleted from your Kindle all the books that are not read / that are outside of "read" collection. And then in the future continue by using Goodreads Sync



I'm using the same plugin feature to fill out "on Kindle" (= books I've sent to my Kindle) custom column. After each book transfer "session" I just press shortcut Ctrl + S to update the column and then I can disconnect my Kindle.

Yeah, that looks like the most straightforward approach.

1) Delete non read books from Kindle (because you will be marking as read all the books "Reading List" plugin finds on Kindle)
2) use the plugin to add value "read" (or "yes") value to a custom column

optional steps if you want to start using Goodreads<>Calibre syncing

3) find and select in Calibre library all the books that have been marked as read
4) Goodreads> Add to Shelf> choose "read" shelf
5) For future reads: Mark as read on Goodreads > Sync with Calibre (= add value to custom column)

[wow400]

Thanks shamanNS,
I don't mind jailbreaking my Kindle (again!) but don't want to do it if any of the usual methods won't work on a JB PW3 with v5.8.7 software.

I seem to remember that when I did it once before, it was a real PITA to get Calibre to read the collection flag...

Kind regards,
Nic

[knc1]

Originally Posted by wow400

Thanks shamanNS,
I don't mind jailbreaking my Kindle (again!) but don't want to do it if any of the usual methods won't work on a JB PW3 with v5.8.7 software.

I seem to remember that when I did it once before, it was a real PITA to get Calibre to read the collection flag...

Kind regards,
Nic

You should not have to jail break your Kindle "again".
Not unless you intentionally removed it, because otherwise it is persistent across firmware updates.

[wow400]

It was jail broken about 18 months ago when you were limited as to which software version could be jail broken- unfortunately my 18month old got her grubby fingers on it, managed to turn the wifi on (!) and it updated the software to 5.7.something

Having read the big post above this one, it sounds like there is no limit on software version so I'd probably just redo the whole process.

Trouble is, I don't want to lose which of many books in my collection that I've read!

Some things in life etc etc

[knc1]

Originally Posted by wow400

It was jail broken about 18 months ago when you were limited as to which software version could be jail broken- unfortunately my 18month old got her grubby fingers on it, managed to turn the wifi on (!) and it updated the software to 5.7.something

Having read the big post above this one, it sounds like there is no limit on software version so I'd probably just redo the whole process.

Trouble is, I don't want to lose which of many books in my collection that I've read!

Some things in life etc etc

Like I just posted - it is still jail broken.

Go to the first post of the current jb - read the directions for testing if the jb is still installed.