01-28-2011, 03:22 AM | #16 |
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No, that's not working either. I've also tried it with the code in the :real section too, as I ideally want it to create covers for every book regardless, but it doesn't work either way. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong.....
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:fake F:\ebooks\mobi2mobi.exe --outfile "!filename!" --exthtype 113 --exthdata "!asin1!!asin3!!temp1!" "!filename!">null 2>&1 F:\ebooks\mobi2mobi.exe --savecover "cover_!asin1!!asin3!!temp1!.png" "!filename!">null 2>&1 echo Gave a fake ASIN number to: !title1!. It's new number is !asin1!!asin3!!temp1! set /a temp1=!temp1!+1 goto final |
01-28-2011, 07:34 AM | #17 | |
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Sometimes in a mobi, there may be a thumbnail image, but no proper cover image. You can try to extract that with: Code:
mobi2mobi.exe --savethumb "thumbnail.png" "ebook.mobi" |
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01-28-2011, 07:34 AM | #18 |
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^^^^^^
That may be it - I set all my covers with Calibre, but perhaps I've done something wrong there - thank you for giving me another avenue to try By the way, I have been trying this on a folder of 400+ books - it sets the ASIN fine every time, whether it finds the book or not, it just doesn't create the cover. |
01-28-2011, 08:11 AM | #19 |
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I'm at work at the moment so can't check, but am I right in thinking that:
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F:\ebooks\mobi2mobi.exe --savethumb "cover_!asin1!!asin3!!temp1!.png" "!filename!">null 2>&1 |
01-28-2011, 08:44 AM | #20 | |
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Perhaps you're just manually browsing calibre's library folder (with a file explorer) and copying your ebooks from there? |
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01-28-2011, 09:14 AM | #21 |
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No, they've all been converted from epub to mobi, and saved. Thank you though.
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01-28-2011, 09:43 AM | #22 | |
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01-28-2011, 12:44 PM | #23 |
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savethumb works - savecover does not. I've looked at the files in mobi2mobi, and only the thumb is there - not the cover. I've then looked in Calibre for how to explicitly save as the cover, but I must be a bit dim today as I can't see it. How do I do this?
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01-29-2011, 05:23 PM | #24 |
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I'm not really expecting any help with this, but out of the blue, this has started happening:
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Traceback (most recent call last): File "asin_search.py", line 6, in <module> api = API(AWS_KEY, SECRET_KEY, "us") File "build\bdist.win32\egg\amazonproduct\api.py", line 305, in __init__ File "build\bdist.win32\egg\amazonproduct\api.py", line 192, in __init__ ImportError: No module named lxml Gave a fake ASIN number to: 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's new number is B004072669 |
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I just installed the api and immediately got the same error message. "c:\easy_install lxml" should hook you right up. |
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01-30-2011, 12:14 AM | #26 |
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Yeah, I'm sorry. I forgot to mention that lxml was needed. I was thinking it installed itself automatically, but I guess not.
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01-30-2011, 08:41 AM | #27 |
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It's working fine now - I'm pulling thumbs instead of covers, but as it's just for the iphone really that's no problem. Also, I've given up on pulling anything for those with a 'Real ASIN', can't seem to get it to work, and I don't know if it would override the remote cover anyway. Thank you for all your help!
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01-31-2011, 08:20 PM | #28 |
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Can you paste the part of the script your using in the ":real" section so I can see why the cover isn't saving for the legit ASIN books?
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02-02-2011, 10:49 AM | #29 |
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I think I know what your problem might be...
This is what your putting in the real section right? Code:
C:\Users\m0ngr31\desktop\kindle\mobi2mobi.exe --savethumb "cover_!asin1!!asin3!!temp1!.png" "!filename!">null 2>&1 Code:
C:\Users\m0ngr31\desktop\kindle\mobi2mobi.exe --savethumb "cover_!temp2!.png" "!filename!">null 2>&1 |
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Fake ASIN and iPhone 4
Hi guys,
First of all thanks for the work you guys did in automating this task - it seems to work quite well here. A summary: - I have been able to add fake ASIN for books that do not exist in Amazon - I have not tested books that do exist in Amazon - The books with fake ASIN syncs well between the K3 and my PC - The books with fake ASIN does not sync furthest page read to my Kindle app on my (non-jailbroken) iPhone 4 I upload to the iPhone using iTunes or via Dropbox. Any idea why the sync won't work on the iPhone? |
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