Duplicate books??

Robocop · 07-22-2014, 07:45 AM

I am using Kindle Collections to create the "Collections" on my Kindle Keyboard. It has created the two collections and moved the books in to them (when connected to the PC I can see on the directory listing that this is the case) but it leaves a copy in the root directory as well. I have never seen this happen before! If I remove the one in the root from the device it removes the one in the collection as well. Any ideas?

HarryT · 07-22-2014, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Robocop

I am using Kindle Collections to create the "Collections" on my Kindle Keyboard. It has created the two collections and moved the books in to them (when connected to the PC I can see on the directory listing that this is the case) but it leaves a copy in the root directory as well. I have never seen this happen before! If I remove the one in the root from the device it removes the one in the collection as well. Any ideas?

Putting a book in a collection doesn't "move" it anywhere. A collection is not a folder - it's simply a "tag" that's attached to the file. A book can be in as many different collections as you wish, but there will still be only one copy of it on your Kindle, so deleting the book will delete it from all collections that it's a member of.

shalym · 07-22-2014, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Putting a book in a collection doesn't "move" it anywhere. A collection is not a folder - it's simply a "tag" that's attached to the file. A book can be in as many different collections as you wish, but there will still be only one copy of it on your Kindle, so deleting the book will delete it from all collections that it's a member of.

Also, if you want to have only the books that are NOT in any collection showing on the home screen, then be sure to sort by collections. Sorting by anything else will list all books on the device.

Shari

EbokJunkie · 07-24-2014, 07:21 PM

2Robocop

Check with MobiMetaEditor if that problem book has 113 exth record (ASIN). I'm sure 113 is missing. Missing ASIN causes books tagged for collection to appear in two places: In collection and in root even sorting view is set to Collection
You can perform an experiment: Download any epub book from our forum, convert it to mobi/azw3 using Calibre, add to any collection. Book will appear in collection only, not in the root.
Now delete this book from Kindle. Using MobiMetaEditor, open the book on PC and check exth 113. You'll see alphanumeric sequence (UUID) that Calibre placed as fake ASIN. Now delete exth 113 and copy "ASIN-less" file (will have suffix _new) to Kindle. Keep sorting to Collections, add book to any collection. Book will come up both in the collection and in the root.

07-22-2014, 07:45 AM	#1
Robocop Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 7 Touch	Duplicate books?? I am using Kindle Collections to create the "Collections" on my Kindle Keyboard. It has created the two collections and moved the books in to them (when connected to the PC I can see on the directory listing that this is the case) but it leaves a copy in the root directory as well. I have never seen this happen before! If I remove the one in the root from the device it removes the one in the collection as well. Any ideas?

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EbokJunkie Addict Posts: 230 Karma: 13495 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SoCal Device: Kindle 3, Kindle PW, Pocketbook 301+, Pocketbook Touch, Sony 950, 350	2Robocop Check with MobiMetaEditor if that problem book has 113 exth record (ASIN). I'm sure 113 is missing. Missing ASIN causes books tagged for collection to appear in two places: In collection and in root even sorting view is set to Collection You can perform an experiment: Download any epub book from our forum, convert it to mobi/azw3 using Calibre, add to any collection. Book will appear in collection only, not in the root. Now delete this book from Kindle. Using MobiMetaEditor, open the book on PC and check exth 113. You'll see alphanumeric sequence (UUID) that Calibre placed as fake ASIN. Now delete exth 113 and copy "ASIN-less" file (will have suffix _new) to Kindle. Keep sorting to Collections, add book to any collection. Book will come up both in the collection and in the root.