12-11-2012, 05:17 PM | #1 |
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Mobi books problems on new iPad
I just got an iPad Mini, and am moving my .mobi books from Calibre over to the Kindle App on the iPad Mini. In the Kindle App the authors are sorted by firstname first.
On my actual Kindle, my .mobi books sort authors correctly, in the Calibre interface they sort correctly, and I've verified that the metadata specifies lastname, firstname in the Author Sort field on all the books. My Mobi Output specifies Use Author Sort for Author, and I removed the personal document tag (somewhere, I forget where), then bulk converted to .mobi again. What can I do to correct the author sort? Any thoughts appreciated. (edited to remove another problem I took care of) Last edited by Michele; 12-11-2012 at 08:06 PM. |
12-11-2012, 10:40 PM | #2 |
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Seems like this is a problem with the Kindle app for iOS, and not the device per se.
Mine are sorted by first name on my iPhone, too. I don't see a way to change this unfortunately. |
12-11-2012, 11:16 PM | #3 | |
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EDIT: On closer examination the Books are sorting by lastname and the Docs are sorting by firstname. The Books are coming from the Cloud but the Docs are coming from various sources including the Cloud and side loading, but since the Docs are all modified it could be that the author names were incorrectly converted. Last edited by jswinden; 12-11-2012 at 11:24 PM. |
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12-12-2012, 01:08 AM | #4 |
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My books sort last name first on the Kindle App. My docs are Calibre books that sort properly on the Kindle Keyboard and in the Calibre interface, but sort first name first. Weird and annoying.
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12-12-2012, 02:58 AM | #5 |
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You know, even this by itself is nonsense. I fail to understand why the Kindle app interprets legitimate MOBI files as "docs" rather than books.
The thing to realize is that the iOS Kindle app is not identical with the Kindle software on hardware Kindles, nor with the Kindle app on, say, Android. I keep finding small or big differences between how the Kindle software operates on the various platforms. If this bugs you too much, you can always convert your MOBI books into EPUB books in Calibre (a matter of seconds), and then you have an array of options for reading EPUB books on the iPad, some of them clearly superior over the Kindle app. |
12-12-2012, 11:26 AM | #6 |
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My thinking is that they treat MOBI files as docs in an intentionally awkward manner, to encourage Kindle purchases. I'm relieved that I don't need to hunt down the solution to the author sorting anymore, though.
I want to have all my books on one software platform. It's hard enough to browse my unread books on both physical and virtual shelves. |
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As to the unity you mentioned, for me that's Calibre rather than specific e-reader software. SugarSync keeps all my Calibre folders synchronized across all my computers and mobile devices, and then it's up to me to pick the software in which to read a particular book. From SugarSync/Calibre, you can easily open a book in 3 or 4 e-reader apps on the iPad, read a chapter in each of the apps, and compare the reading experience. |
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12-12-2012, 11:52 AM | #8 |
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I haven't used the iTunes method, but the mobi books I send to the Kindle app on my mini (via email or Send to Kindle) are sorted last name first by author.
I have the mobi output setting in calibre set the same as you do, to get the sort correct for my Kindle, since it doesn't pull author_sort from the metadata. I think that setting is bypassed when I send to the mini via email or Send to Kindle (it's only triggered by conversion or sending to device), so you might have to untick that to get the sort right on your Kindle app using the iTunes method. Which would be a major pain if you are loading books on both a Kindle and an iPad. |
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There's no single good solution to any of this yet. I've gone through way too many kindles and tablets in recent months, trying to accommodate my changing eyes and their need for lighting. I only wish my physical books were as easy to hold as my virtual ones. |
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