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Old 04-30-2026, 11:13 AM   #1
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I´m trying to download metadata and cover from Amazon and always get audio book, not Kindle edition ((
I can edit ASIN manually but its not the way it was designed for
What do I do wrong or is this a bug of the plugin? Thanks
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Old 04-30-2026, 11:18 AM   #2
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Hello!
I´m trying to download metadata and cover from Amazon and always get audio book, not Kindle edition ((
I can edit ASIN manually but its not the way it was designed for
What do I do wrong or is this a bug of the plugin? Thanks
The only way to get this to work is to copy the ASIN of the book you want and paste it into the ID field.

I'm not sure if you need to put ASIN: or MOBI-ASIN: in front of the ASIN.
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The only way to get this to work is to copy the ASIN of the book you want and paste it into the ID field.

I'm not sure if you need to put ASIN: or MOBI-ASIN: in front of the ASIN.
You need to put it to "ids" field
amazon:1234567890
and it really works, all the other data do not matter
but as far as the plugin has this option I think it has to work too
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https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3Aauthor%2Cp_28%3Atitle%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011

request in this form works, 3A618073011 is for Kindle Edition
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https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3Aauthor%2Cp_28%3Atitle%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011

request in this form works, 3A618073011 is for Kindle Edition
Can you strip all the junk out of the URL and post an actual working URL? Thanks.
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Jon, as near as I can tell, if I strip the [B]...[/B] out of the URL and convert the % characters back to ASCII and then paste that into a browser address bar, the % characters get converted back to % form.

Paste into address bar:
Code:
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27:author,p_28:title,p_n_feature_browse-bin:618073011
Hit enter:
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https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3Aauthor%2Cp_28%3Atitle%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011
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Jon, as near as I can tell, if I strip the [B]...[/B] out of the URL and convert the % characters back to ASCII and then paste that into a browser address bar, the % characters get converted back to % form.

Paste into address bar:
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https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27:author,p_28:title,p_n_feature_browse-bin:618073011
Hit enter:
Code:
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3Aauthor%2Cp_28%3Atitle%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011
Going to the link brings up test eBooks such as Test Title (Do Not Buy): Test Subtitle Test Series (Test Label) (Japanese Edition)and Test_title$2025-02-21T02:17:06.575-00:00. Does any actually buy these test eBooks?
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Hmmm... Did I make any claims as to how useful the supplied URL was? I simply removed the MobileRead tags to allow it to work. And who knows? Someone might want to buy Classics for Christmas.
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Hmmm... Did I make any claims as to how useful the supplied URL was? I simply removed the MobileRead tags to allow it to work. And who knows? Someone might want to buy Classics for Christmas.
I never said the URL was useful. It's interesting what sort of crap Amazon allows to be made for sale. Amazon really need to block such crap.
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