Calibre and Kindle for Blackberry

ddeladur · 11-20-2010, 11:25 AM

Hi,

I just installed the Kindle software on my Blackberry and tried transferring books to it from Calibre. Everything works fine except that the books are saved in "\eBooks" but the kindle software would like them in "\kindle\eBooks". Is there a way to configure Calibre to do that?

Thanks for your help,
Daniel

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2010, 11:26 AM

go to preferences->plugins->device interface plugins and customize the blackberry plugin

ddeladur · 11-20-2010, 12:39 PM

I might be missing something but I didn't find the option to change the default folder there. The only thing I see is the "save template" field but it doesn't seem to work (I tried to add kindle there but it saves the books at \eBooks\kindle and not \kindle\eBooks).

Daniel

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2010, 01:26 PM

Try using ../kindle/eBooks

ddeladur · 11-20-2010, 02:00 PM

Calibre seems to ignore the "save template" field if I put .. at the beginning.

DoctorOhh · 11-20-2010, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddeladur

Calibre seems to ignore the "save template" field if I put .. at the beginning.

The alternative is to disable the Blackberry plugin, restart calibre and use the Connect to Folder feature to send books to your folder on your Blackberry. Once you are connected via the Connect to Folder feature calibre will treat that folder on your Blackberry as a device and you would use the Send to device icon to send books to it.

Good Luck.

ddeladur · 11-20-2010, 09:38 PM

Thanks for this idea! It works almost as well.

BAMarcus · 12-02-2011, 04:06 PM

I can confirm that the field doesn't work for Calibre installed on Ubuntu Oneiric. The last time I messed with this, I had to customize the plugin. Back then it was installed in my home directory. Now I've got a system wide installation of Calibre on a fresh install of UbuOneiric. I tried Kovids suggestion but it still puts the books in /eBooks: "/eBooks/_/kindle/eBooks" Weird- I thought it would work.

Anyway, using "Connect to folder" works good but it's not automatic like I want.

11-20-2010, 11:25 AM	#1
ddeladur Amigo Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Calibre and Kindle for Blackberry Hi, I just installed the Kindle software on my Blackberry and tried transferring books to it from Calibre. Everything works fine except that the books are saved in "\eBooks" but the kindle software would like them in "\kindle\eBooks". Is there a way to configure Calibre to do that? Thanks for your help, Daniel

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11-20-2010, 11:26 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	go to preferences->plugins->device interface plugins and customize the blackberry plugin

11-20-2010, 12:39 PM	#3
ddeladur Amigo Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3	I might be missing something but I didn't find the option to change the default folder there. The only thing I see is the "save template" field but it doesn't seem to work (I tried to add kindle there but it saves the books at \eBooks\kindle and not \kindle\eBooks). Daniel

11-20-2010, 01:26 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Try using ../kindle/eBooks

11-20-2010, 02:00 PM	#5
ddeladur Amigo Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Calibre seems to ignore the "save template" field if I put .. at the beginning.

11-20-2010, 09:38 PM	#7
ddeladur Amigo Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Thanks for this idea! It works almost as well.

12-02-2011, 04:06 PM	#8
BAMarcus Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle/Blackberry	I can confirm that the field doesn't work for Calibre installed on Ubuntu Oneiric. The last time I messed with this, I had to customize the plugin. Back then it was installed in my home directory. Now I've got a system wide installation of Calibre on a fresh install of UbuOneiric. I tried Kovids suggestion but it still puts the books in /eBooks: "/eBooks/_/kindle/eBooks" Weird- I thought it would work. Anyway, using "Connect to folder" works good but it's not automatic like I want.

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