Troubleshooting Books marked "Personal" and the [PDOC] tag

Jalathas · 10-04-2015, 08:18 PM

I recently picked up a Kindle Voyage, after the untimely death of my early-gen Kindle. While I love it, I kind of hate the little white "Personal" bar that shows up on many of the ebooks that I loaded in through Calibre. No problem, a quick google told me that all I need to do is remove the [PDOC] tag by reconverting the books. So I did that, and it worked. No more Personal bar! ...but the books are unopenable. Clearly this situation is worse than just having the little white bar. But does anyone know an alternate way to fix this problem? Apparently Calibre's converter is breaking my books, so is there a way to just edit the tag without converting?

ngrant · 10-05-2015, 12:19 AM

Change [PDOC] to [EBOK] in the Output specifications, do not remove it entirely. This identifies it as an Kindle format ebook.

Jalathas · 10-05-2015, 12:56 AM

Sorry I wasn't clear, I've attempted both ways. Either one results in the Kindle refusing to open the converted book.

Doitsu · 10-05-2015, 02:18 AM

This is a well-known issue. For more information, see this post by eschwartz.
You can fix it with the Quality Check Calibre plugin. (Select Fix ASIN for Kindle Fire.)

Jalathas · 10-05-2015, 12:40 PM

That works, thanks! Not sure why that thread didn't come up on my search, instead of less helpful ones.

eschwartz · 10-07-2015, 04:01 AM

Good to hear you were able to fix things.

But I kind of wonder why you ended up with unreadable files...
I'd expect them to just stubbornly keep the Personal banner.

10-04-2015, 08:18 PM	#1
Jalathas Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Kindle Voyage	Books marked "Personal" and the [PDOC] tag I recently picked up a Kindle Voyage, after the untimely death of my early-gen Kindle. While I love it, I kind of hate the little white "Personal" bar that shows up on many of the ebooks that I loaded in through Calibre. No problem, a quick google told me that all I need to do is remove the [PDOC] tag by reconverting the books. So I did that, and it worked. No more Personal bar! ...but the books are unopenable. Clearly this situation is worse than just having the little white bar. But does anyone know an alternate way to fix this problem? Apparently Calibre's converter is breaking my books, so is there a way to just edit the tag without converting?

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10-05-2015, 12:19 AM	#2
ngrant Gadget Lover Posts: 524 Karma: 5063196 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MS, USA Device: Oasis 2, Mobiscribe Origin, Fire HD tablets	Change [PDOC] to [EBOK] in the Output specifications, do not remove it entirely. This identifies it as an Kindle format ebook.

10-05-2015, 12:56 AM	#3
Jalathas Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Kindle Voyage	Sorry I wasn't clear, I've attempted both ways. Either one results in the Kindle refusing to open the converted book.

10-05-2015, 02:18 AM	#4
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,724 Karma: 24031401 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	This is a well-known issue. For more information, see this post by eschwartz. You can fix it with the Quality Check Calibre plugin. (Select Fix ASIN for Kindle Fire.)

10-05-2015, 12:40 PM	#5
Jalathas Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Kindle Voyage	That works, thanks! Not sure why that thread didn't come up on my search, instead of less helpful ones.

10-07-2015, 04:01 AM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Good to hear you were able to fix things. But I kind of wonder why you ended up with unreadable files... I'd expect them to just stubbornly keep the Personal banner.

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