The right tool for the right job

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

I got the new Oasis yesterday. I got the 32G model, so it easily holds all my Kindle ebooks. Just wish that Amazon had a way to say "just download everything" by no, you have to download them one by one. I now have everything downloaded on the Oasis and created a few collections to hold the various books in my to be read list. I just need to remember to remove and add ebooks as I read and buy them respectively. It fits easily in my console. Right now, I've got it connected to the charger on my kitchen. It's still indexing, which sucks down the juice like mad. Once it finishes that, I'll see how well the battery last sitting in the car. I'll have it hooked in to charge when the car is on.

My suggestion is you return the Oasis 2. It wont be as good as Marvin and the closest to Marvin is a Kobo. So return the Oasis 2 and get a Kobo Forma. You'll be glad you did.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

My suggestion is you return the Oasis 2. It wont be as good as Marvin and the closest to Marvin is a Kobo. So return the Oasis 2 and get a Kobo Forma. You'll be glad you did.

I already have a Kobo. As I mentioned, part of the decision process is that I want something that I can easily sync via wifi. It's very easy to turn on wifi, download the latest books, the vast majority of which I purchase from Amazon, and go from there.

The downside to a kobo is that it only seems to sync books you purchased from kobo rather than books that you side load via calibre. I suspect the kindle is the same, but then again, I buy most of my books from Amazon.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

The downside to a kobo is that it only seems to sync books you purchased from kobo rather than books that you side load via calibre. I suspect the kindle is the same, but then again, I buy most of my books from Amazon.

Actually you can sync your sideloaded books too if you send them to your Amazon Cloud via e-mail or the send-to-kindle app. If you sideload via USB, then they won't sync.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Actually you can sync your sideloaded books too if you send them to your Amazon Cloud via e-mail or the send-to-kindle app. If you sideload via USB, then they won't sync.

"Side-loading" is generally understood to be the process of transferring via USB. As you say, books in the Cloud can indeed be synced, but such books are not (by the usual understanding of the word) side-loaded.

[pwalker8]

And I forgot my iPad again today, so I got a good opportunity to try out the Kindle Oasis. It worked out pretty well. I did side load a number of Baen books. One issue with Calibre is that it doesn't match books that were not loaded via Calibre. Still, I was able to set up a number of categories which allowed me to find a book to read fairly quickly and I was able to use wifi to pull down books that I had bought but not loaded on the Oasis yet.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

One issue with Calibre is that it doesn't match books that were not loaded via Calibre.

It should match the books if the metadata is the same in both places. Calibre will use the title and authors to do this. They don't have to be a perfect match, but they need to be close.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by davidfor

It should match the books if the metadata is the same in both places. Calibre will use the title and authors to do this. They don't have to be a perfect match, but they need to be close.

Calibre doesn't recognize most of my Amazon purchased books as being the same book. I didn't change any of the titles or authors. When I say most, I didn't really notice any, but I also didn't check all that closely.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

Calibre doesn't recognize most of my Amazon purchased books as being the same book. I didn't change any of the titles or authors. When I say most, I didn't really notice any, but I also didn't check all that closely.

Calibre gives you the tool to force a Match. In device view (on any missing the Tick): Match to Library: (select)

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

Calibre doesn't recognize most of my Amazon purchased books as being the same book. I didn't change any of the titles or authors. When I say most, I didn't really notice any, but I also didn't check all that closely.

So you never used the "Download metadata and covers" option or standardize authors via "Manage Authors" or anything of the sort on your Calibre library?

For me, the books don't get recognized because author/title doesn't match what I have in Calibre (cleaned up metadata).

Checking my Kindle just now and metadata is all over the place.

Saw several books with authors as:
FirstName LastName & LastName, FirstName (yep, listed twice)

Plenty of manga with varying title convention, too (in the same series!).

[Gardenman]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

So you never used the "Download metadata and covers" option or standardize authors via "Manage Authors" or anything of the sort on your Calibre library?

For me, the books don't get recognized because author/title doesn't match what I have in Calibre (cleaned up metadata).

Checking my Kindle just now and metadata is all over the place.

Saw several books with authors as:
FirstName LastName & LastName, FirstName (yep, listed twice)

Plenty of manga with varying title convention, too (in the same series!).

How do you "Manage Authors" in Calibre? I never that wes there

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by Gardenman

How do you "Manage Authors" in Calibre? I never that wes there

Tag Browser > right-click Authors > Manage Authors

[Gardenman]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Tag Browser > right-click Authors > Manage Authors

Thanks

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

So you never used the "Download metadata and covers" option or standardize authors via "Manage Authors" or anything of the sort on your Calibre library?

For me, the books don't get recognized because author/title doesn't match what I have in Calibre (cleaned up metadata).

Checking my Kindle just now and metadata is all over the place.

Saw several books with authors as:
FirstName LastName & LastName, FirstName (yep, listed twice)

Plenty of manga with varying title convention, too (in the same series!).

I do download metadata for non fictional books, but not fictional books. The only time I download covers is if the cover isn't provided, but changing the cover won't change the title or author.

I'll try playing around with it again to see if I can figure out why they aren't matching.

[kyteflyer]

I noticed early in the thread that people were talking about battery life. I found that my phone would expire far too early if I was on a longish train journey so I bought an external battery pack for charging on the go. The one I have has enough juice to charge my phone a few times over, or my ipad a couple of times, or an ereader once or twice (being as how the battery lasts longer, no need for more). Its been a boon. Its an earlier model of this one http://www.mokiinternational.com/Pro...Bank-7800.html

[maddz]

Some of the issues I find with Calibre downloading covers is that's it looking for covers on Amazon.com, not Amazon.co.uk. I've not found a setting that will change that.