Personal Documents question

Josieb1 · 07-20-2023, 06:42 AM

I have a lot of ebooks I bought from now long gone publishers and ebook retailers. I really don’t want to have to buy them all again but I would like a few of them (maybe a hundred) on my kindle as I’ve bought later books in series’s from Amazon. I have two 11th generation kindles and I’ve noticed the covers come through okay now, once downloaded.

Does anyone know if Amazon treat personal documents any different now to their own ebooks? Just trying to work out any downsides before I start sending epubs over.

tomsem · 07-20-2023, 10:13 AM

Personal documents will not do series grouping. There's no Goodreads integration.

Currently, they are converted to KF8, which does not support enhanced typography features (ligatures, justification option, page flip). For Scribe, they get converted to KFX, which supports these features. It is not clear to me why they do not deliver KFX for any Kindle (or Kindle app) that has support for it, but I hope they'll start doing this at some point for a more consistent reading experience.

Cover thumbnails will not show up until the personal document is downloaded, whereas Kindle Store content thumbnails get downloaded as you scroll through library (assuming you are online).

Josieb1 · 07-20-2023, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

Personal documents will not do series grouping. There's no Goodreads integration.

Currently, they are converted to KF8, which does not support enhanced typography features (ligatures, justification option, page flip). For Scribe, they get converted to KFX, which supports these features. It is not clear to me why they do not deliver KFX for any Kindle (or Kindle app) that has support for it, but I hope they'll start doing this at some point for a more consistent reading experience.

Cover thumbnails will not show up until the personal document is downloaded, whereas Kindle Store content thumbnails get downloaded as you scroll through library (assuming you are online).

Thank you

. Nothing there I can't live without, not considering the cost of buying the books again

07-20-2023, 06:42 AM	#1
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,104 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra Colour, Libra 2	Personal Documents question I have a lot of ebooks I bought from now long gone publishers and ebook retailers. I really don’t want to have to buy them all again but I would like a few of them (maybe a hundred) on my kindle as I’ve bought later books in series’s from Amazon. I have two 11th generation kindles and I’ve noticed the covers come through okay now, once downloaded. Does anyone know if Amazon treat personal documents any different now to their own ebooks? Just trying to work out any downsides before I start sending epubs over.

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tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,028 Karma: 27060353 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Personal documents will not do series grouping. There's no Goodreads integration. Currently, they are converted to KF8, which does not support enhanced typography features (ligatures, justification option, page flip). For Scribe, they get converted to KFX, which supports these features. It is not clear to me why they do not deliver KFX for any Kindle (or Kindle app) that has support for it, but I hope they'll start doing this at some point for a more consistent reading experience. Cover thumbnails will not show up until the personal document is downloaded, whereas Kindle Store content thumbnails get downloaded as you scroll through library (assuming you are online).

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