Firmware Update Kindle Collection Manager for Windows

[azureus]

Originally Posted by kikay757

I'm having the same problem...anyone have luck getting the program downloaded? Thanks!

Same problem here too - tried via Firefox and IE.

[dsip]

Originally Posted by azureus

Same problem here too - tried via Firefox and IE.

Same here, Chrome and Opera don't seem to do the trick either.

[mrgaribaldi]

Same problem here too, tried different browsers as well

[friktion]

Thank you so much for this program! I was able to convert all my files with Calibre, and create the collections with your KCM program.

Took a few tries (I'm not used to the Kindle products) but eventually managed to transfer all my collections to my Kindle.

Of course, the only thing on my "wish list" would be for it to work automatically with Calibre.

Thank you again

[krunk]

Would you be willing to share the specification for the collections.json file or is it available publicly somewhere?

It's pretty easy to see that the basic format, but how are the hashes created? It appears to me that the ones that end in ^EBOK are amazon books and the others look like the free books I've picked up or converted from other formats.

It should be trivial to whip up a basic manager app for other platforms with this info.

{
"Programming@en-US":
    {"items":[
              "#B000SEGEKI^EBOK",
              "*e34a399691af51788959c81d5ca2cc6798c85018",
              "*dfc9235c1b3fca93488c36a8bedf03b0adaa2519",
              "*eeffb7cbc6a630ab16fd3ee4a14f36d09c46df80",
              "*21e8143fa43a575c9025ac33c4b74640d121567c",
              "*7c101fe2fc21f7a16be3ba95370ad43676d218fd",
              "#B000SEGEKI^EBOK",
              "*b2d938e3a8758234cd5720b27f7541e8cc3e52a9",
              "*675ff94d8ca4af6075d02a03c52314d37fd034bf",
              "*fa782464e55f5654933b356b26101c167616a914"
              ],
"lastAccess":1285011099745},

"Science Fiction@en-US":
    {"items":[
              "#B002RKSCAQ^EBOK",
              "#B0030P1W9A^EBOK",
              "#B0036S4A9K^EBOK",
              "#B0036S49KU^EBOK",
              "*791bab72b58ee1fb84c935942483ae109bc75cfb"
              ],

"lastAccess":1285011465125},

"Philosophy@en-US":
    {"items":[
              "*0d9fc5f41b10203118b323d19109c984d7f5000f",
              "#B001OLRMKU^EBOK"
              ],

"lastAccess":1285011325067}
}

[megachirops]

They seem to have the hashing worked out in the Kindle Developer's Corner forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...llections.json. And yah, the ^EBOK ones have the Amazon ASIN number.

There's also this: http://www.json.org/

[apriluofa]

Originally Posted by michalc

Hello Adrian,

I've tried submit registration form on page http://www.colegate.net/KindleCollectionManager/ several times with no success. Please can you send me a download link for KCM to cizm (at) quick.cz? Thank you very much!

Ditto

[c861556]

That registration form is useless. Which leads me to wonder why the beta was limited in the first place. Are you planning to charge for the final version?

[jgumphress]

What's the point of having a beta if you get no response to your issues to the writter of the program. I emailed him that it does not work on the Kindle DX and never received a response.

[cvkemp]

He is more than likely doing this on his own time and to just do it. It is not like we are paying for it.

[gargoyle67]

Can't seem to download this program, I've tried entering my details in 3 different browsers, When I click send it loads and then stays on the same screen

[DiapDealer]

This is the risk you run when using these handy-dandy programs that are released without the original source-code.

When the original developer:
1) loses interest and moves on.
2) sees their work as "complete" and moves on.
3) is selfish in nature and more concerned with being the "I did it first, you should do something else" guy....

then users who have adopted the program are S.O.L. when bugs crop up... and an interested party can't pick up the pieces and carry on where the original developer left off.

Never mind the fact that you don't have any clue what the program is actually doing to your computer (back-doors, phone-homes, unknown payloads) for sure.

I'm not saying this particular programmer had anything malicious in mind (and anyone is free to guard their source if they so choose), but I'm not running any code on my machine (from a programmer that I don't know from Adam) if the source code isn't included in the download.

My policy: "No source, No use."

[jangell2]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

then users who have adopted the program are S.O.L. when bugs crop up... and an interested party can't pick up the pieces and carry on where the original developer left off.

If the original developer just stops working on the program and it stops working, how am I damaged? I've still got the collections that CM created and I can create or organize collections on the Kindle itself.

I should demand my money back...er wait, I haven't spent any money on it have I? I don't get this pissed off attitude. What does he owe you? Do we know why he's been absent lately? There might be good reasons, crunch time at work (he's not making a living off of us), a death in the family, who knows.

Even if he's permanently stopped working on CM, it's not like he owes me.

[DiapDealer]

I don't get this pissed off attitude. What does he owe you? Do we know why he's been absent lately? There might be good reasons, crunch time at work (he's not making a living off of us), a death in the family, who knows.

Thanks for misinterpreting my post entirely. To answer a few of your questions:
I'm not pissed about anything.
He owes me nothing.
I don't care because I don't use the program.

[brewjono]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Thanks for misinterpreting my post entirely. To answer a few of your questions:
I'm not pissed about anything.
He owes me nothing.
I don't care because I don't use the program.

Then why did you even bother to look into, add your comments to, this post.

I have used this programme and found it beneficial. I have even recommended it to others.

Whatever happended to the old saying, "If you've nothing nice to say, don't say anything."

Brewjono