Books detected in calibre library but not seen in kindle.

tannl88 · 11-05-2012, 08:19 AM

Hi,

im new to the e reader scene and think i screwed up somehow.

i was tinkering around with my kindle PW, deleted a book from the device(not through calibre).

but the deletion was not detected in my PW, i could still see the book in my list after the deletion.

so i restarted my device and now i cant see all my books in my PW already.

what should i do? should i reset device and sync again?
next time when i want to delete books, must i do it through calibre?
am i not supposed to restart device once i have synced with calibre?

kovidgoyal · 11-05-2012, 08:39 AM

calibre does nothing except copy files to the device. There is no "syncing" involved. You can delete files/reset your device, add files to the device to your hearts content outside calibre.

tannl88 · 11-05-2012, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

calibre does nothing except copy files to the device. There is no "syncing" involved. You can delete files/reset your device, add files to the device to your hearts content outside calibre.

so is there any reason y im not seeing the books in my kindle?
i can see some of the book classified under 'docs' though.

just wanna know what i did wrong so i wouldnt commit the same mistake again.

thank you for the prompt reply

kovidgoyal · 11-05-2012, 09:10 AM

resetting your device should do the trick. If not delete everything from it and resend.

tannl88 · 11-05-2012, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

resetting your device should do the trick. If not delete everything from it and resend.

i have resetted and resent all the books, but it is still not showing up in list view.

kovidgoyal · 11-05-2012, 09:16 AM

resetting your device should do the trick. If not delete everything from it and resend.

tannl88 · 11-05-2012, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

resetting your device should do the trick. If not delete everything from it and resend.

ummm, i tried deleting everything and resending. aint working.

edit, thanks i got it working again.

tannl88 · 11-05-2012, 09:55 AM

i think there is an issue with sending large amounts of books at one time.

kovidgoyal · 11-05-2012, 11:56 AM

Kindles take time to index large numbers of books, you have to be patient.

NiLuJe · 11-05-2012, 05:16 PM

And to expand a bit on what Kovid just said, the PaperWhite is even trickier, because it will completely halt indexing if you happen to actually be using your device

. (Specifically, it apparently halts indexing while the reader is open).

Cataloging (books showing up) should be faster, though, but it's not instantaneous either.

tannl88 · 11-06-2012, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

And to expand a bit on what Kovid just said, the PaperWhite is even trickier, because it will completely halt indexing if you happen to actually be using your device

. (Specifically, it apparently halts indexing while the reader is open).

Cataloging (books showing up) should be faster, though, but it's not instantaneous either.

alright, thanks for the advice. i will learn to be more patient.

11-05-2012, 08:19 AM	#1
tannl88 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: kindle paperwhite	Books detected in calibre library but not seen in kindle. Hi, im new to the e reader scene and think i screwed up somehow. i was tinkering around with my kindle PW, deleted a book from the device(not through calibre). but the deletion was not detected in my PW, i could still see the book in my list after the deletion. so i restarted my device and now i cant see all my books in my PW already. what should i do? should i reset device and sync again? next time when i want to delete books, must i do it through calibre? am i not supposed to restart device once i have synced with calibre?

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11-05-2012, 08:39 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre does nothing except copy files to the device. There is no "syncing" involved. You can delete files/reset your device, add files to the device to your hearts content outside calibre.

11-05-2012, 09:10 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	resetting your device should do the trick. If not delete everything from it and resend.

11-05-2012, 09:16 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	resetting your device should do the trick. If not delete everything from it and resend.

11-05-2012, 09:55 AM	#8
tannl88 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: kindle paperwhite	i think there is an issue with sending large amounts of books at one time.

11-05-2012, 11:56 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Kindles take time to index large numbers of books, you have to be patient.

11-05-2012, 05:16 PM	#10
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	And to expand a bit on what Kovid just said, the PaperWhite is even trickier, because it will completely halt indexing if you happen to actually be using your device . (Specifically, it apparently halts indexing while the reader is open). Cataloging (books showing up) should be faster, though, but it's not instantaneous either.

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