Disappearing Books

the_callant · 10-12-2020, 11:31 AM

I prefer to use calibre to load all the books to my device, a Kindle Voyage. Recently, I have had a number of books download to my Kindle, they appear in the list of downloaded books, but then disappear. When connected to Calibre they are shown as on my Kindle, but the Kindle doesn't show them. Up until now this has been restricted to books obtained from Amazon, and my work around has been to connect the Kindle via Wifi and just download them direct to the Kindle. However, I have just had the same thing happen to two books downloaded from the web. I am not sure if this is a Kindle issue or a Calibre one.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed.

theducks · 10-12-2020, 12:01 PM

Use the File manger in your OS and check what format the books Really are (you man need to configure your file browser to SHOW EXTENSIONS (not the file family, which may mislead)

the_callant · 10-12-2020, 01:24 PM

I convert all books to azw3 using calbre, if they are not already in that format, before sideloading to my Kindle. I also checked and that is the file type in the OS file manager. I have previously tried converting to epub, delete the original azw3 then convert from epub to azw3 in calibre and still the book disappears.

the_callant · 10-13-2020, 02:59 PM

I found a solution from the Kindle Forum. A post there referred to problems in file names or directories containing a period. So in Calibre I edited the metadata for the authors name and removed the period ifrom the middle initial. Problem solved. I’m still puzzled why a direct download works, and why some books where the author name has a period shows up on the kindle.

kovidgoyal · 10-13-2020, 08:06 PM

Most likely this is the cause of your issue: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...id-not-show-up

10-12-2020, 11:31 AM	#1
the_callant Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 94 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scottish Borders Device: Kindle Oasis/Kindle Scribe/Kindle PW Signature	Disappearing Books I prefer to use calibre to load all the books to my device, a Kindle Voyage. Recently, I have had a number of books download to my Kindle, they appear in the list of downloaded books, but then disappear. When connected to Calibre they are shown as on my Kindle, but the Kindle doesn't show them. Up until now this has been restricted to books obtained from Amazon, and my work around has been to connect the Kindle via Wifi and just download them direct to the Kindle. However, I have just had the same thing happen to two books downloaded from the web. I am not sure if this is a Kindle issue or a Calibre one. Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed.

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10-12-2020, 12:01 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats 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	Use the File manger in your OS and check what format the books Really are (you man need to configure your file browser to SHOW EXTENSIONS (not the file family, which may mislead)

10-12-2020, 01:24 PM	#3
the_callant Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 94 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scottish Borders Device: Kindle Oasis/Kindle Scribe/Kindle PW Signature	I convert all books to azw3 using calbre, if they are not already in that format, before sideloading to my Kindle. I also checked and that is the file type in the OS file manager. I have previously tried converting to epub, delete the original azw3 then convert from epub to azw3 in calibre and still the book disappears.

10-13-2020, 02:59 PM	#4
the_callant Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 94 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scottish Borders Device: Kindle Oasis/Kindle Scribe/Kindle PW Signature	I found a solution from the Kindle Forum. A post there referred to problems in file names or directories containing a period. So in Calibre I edited the metadata for the authors name and removed the period ifrom the middle initial. Problem solved. I’m still puzzled why a direct download works, and why some books where the author name has a period shows up on the kindle.

10-13-2020, 08:06 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Most likely this is the cause of your issue: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...id-not-show-up

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