MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Software > Calibre > Devices
Reload this Page Books on Kindle not showing up in Calibre

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 01-05-2017, 12:58 PM   #1
jwilker
Zealot
jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
Posts: 102
Karma: 1940
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Libra H2O
Books on Kindle not showing up in Calibre
Latest Calibre, latest Kindle firmware (Jailbroken) on Paperwhite, MacOS

I noticed around Christmas (got some new books) that when connected, books that are 100% on the Kindle don't show up in the Device view.

Even when I've downloaded the file from amazon and have the book in my calibre library, it doesn't show as in memory, and searching on the device, gets zero results, even though I've read one of the new books already, and know the rest are there.

Figured I'd throw it out there in case anyone has seen and fixed it, or at least can validated I'm not alone
jwilker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-08-2017, 04:59 PM   #2
jwilker
Zealot
jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
Posts: 102
Karma: 1940
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Libra H2O
No one? Just got another book, and same thing, so seemingly no new books from Amazon (sent over the air) are showing up in the "device" view on Calibre. when my Kindle is plugged in
jwilker is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 01-08-2017, 05:14 PM   #3
AnemicOak
Bookaholic
AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.AnemicOak ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
AnemicOak's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,391
Karma: 54969924
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Minnesota
Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +
Perhaps the books are 'Enhanced Typesetting' books in KFX format? Not sure if those will show properly in Calibre or not.
AnemicOak is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-08-2017, 08:29 PM   #4
kovidgoyal
creator of calibre
kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
kovidgoyal's Avatar
 
Posts: 45,345
Karma: 27182818
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
KFX books on e-ink kindles will show up. On Fire's they dont. But even if they show up, it is useless, since you cannot actually transfer them to calibre or use them in any way (KFX is a device customized format, in spirit like a PDF generated for the individual device screen). Nowadays to get the actual book in MOBI or azw3 format you have to go to your manage my content page on amazon and download the book for transfer over USB, which will give you a proper ebook file.
kovidgoyal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-09-2017, 11:43 AM   #5
jwilker
Zealot
jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
Posts: 102
Karma: 1940
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Libra H2O
Yeah and I've downloaded all azw3 versions, since I like to keep a copy of everything I buy on my machine. So they're in Calibre just fine. but as soon as the kindle connects, the "on device" column doesn't get a check mark. When I search on the device to match the kindle book to a book in calibre, no results. For whatever reason Calibre isn't seeing anything i'bve bought on my kindle that has come OTA.

Older books, that I've matched and such, show up just fine, just newer stuff.
jwilker is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 01-09-2017, 04:23 PM   #6
theducks
Well trained by Cats
theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
theducks's Avatar
 
Posts: 31,047
Karma: 60358908
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Central Coast of California
Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A
Quote:
Originally Posted by jwilker View Post
Yeah and I've downloaded all azw3 versions, since I like to keep a copy of everything I buy on my machine. So they're in Calibre just fine. but as soon as the kindle connects, the "on device" column doesn't get a check mark. When I search on the device to match the kindle book to a book in calibre, no results. For whatever reason Calibre isn't seeing anything i'bve bought on my kindle that has come OTA.

Older books, that I've matched and such, show up just fine, just newer stuff.
It only shows IF you send FROM Calibe otherwise, they are 2 different book-formats
theducks is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-09-2017, 04:27 PM   #7
jwilker
Zealot
jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
Posts: 102
Karma: 1940
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Libra H2O
hmm that doesn't track with my experience. I've matched books from Kindle to calibre with no issues in the past, without overwriting the one on the kindle with the one in calibre.
jwilker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-09-2017, 08:20 PM   #8
kovidgoyal
creator of calibre
kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
kovidgoyal's Avatar
 
Posts: 45,345
Karma: 27182818
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
It's possible that amazon have changed their on device delivery format again which is breaking kfx detection, can you find the book files manually using windows explorer? Look for files with the suffix .kfx
kovidgoyal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-09-2017, 10:40 PM   #9
jwilker
Zealot
jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
Posts: 102
Karma: 1940
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Libra H2O
Yeah I can see them on the kindle browsing the device. still a .kfx file.

I don't know anything more about the file to know if anything is different.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79866/Archive.zip
jwilker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2017, 03:32 AM   #10
kovidgoyal
creator of calibre
kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
kovidgoyal's Avatar
 
Posts: 45,345
Karma: 27182818
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...a3beebb3f69c75
kovidgoyal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2017, 12:39 PM   #11
jwilker
Zealot
jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
Posts: 102
Karma: 1940
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Libra H2O
Woot! Thanks! Will watch for a calibre update (not sure how to path if that's a possibility)
jwilker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2017, 12:47 PM   #12
kovidgoyal
creator of calibre
kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kovidgoyal ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
kovidgoyal's Avatar
 
Posts: 45,345
Karma: 27182818
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mumbai, India
Device: Various
There are instructions in the manual on setting up calibre to run from source https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html
kovidgoyal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2017, 12:55 PM   #13
jwilker
Zealot
jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.jwilker once ate a cherry pie in a record 7 seconds.
 
Posts: 102
Karma: 1940
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Libra H2O
My coding days are behind me I'll hold out for the next update. Knowing it's coming is enough.
So much obliged!
jwilker is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Showing Kindle books in Calibre polli Calibre 20 05-02-2016 04:40 AM
Books on Kindle NOT showing for import to Calibre Tully Calibre 3 08-30-2015 03:27 PM
Calibre and Kindle Fire not showing new books SASSBS Devices 19 08-28-2013 03:50 AM
A few books on Kindle not showing up in Calibre Techno Devices 1 08-16-2013 11:27 PM
books in kindle but not showing in Calibre ? geordiejohn Library Management 0 07-08-2011 08:00 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:25 AM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.