Transferring Content

[brewjono]

I currently have the K2 and am awaiting delivery of my K3.

I use Calibre to manage my files on PC and transfer to Kindle.

When my K3 arrives is there a quick and easy way to transfer all the content from my 2 to the 3.

I have setup numerous collections within K2 and was hoping to preserve them without too much trouble.

Ps. The majority of my K2 content comes from sites like these.

Thanks,

Brewjono

[kennyc]

Collections are Sony thing, not Kindle, right? Calibre has Tags....
Guess I'm confused as to what it is you are trying to do.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by brewjono

I currently have the K2 and am awaiting delivery of my K3.

I use Calibre to manage my files on PC and transfer to Kindle.

When my K3 arrives is there a quick and easy way to transfer all the content from my 2 to the 3.

I have setup numerous collections within K2 and was hoping to preserve them without too much trouble.

Ps. The majority of my K2 content comes from sites like these.

Thanks,

Brewjono

When your K3 arrives, if you go to your archived items list, at the top you'll see "Add Other Device Collections". When you click on that you'll see the other devices on your account that have collections. Click on the one you want (if there is more than one) and select "ok" for confirmation. When you go back to your home page you'll see all the your collection categories.

Now as far as transferring content, if the books are Amazon Kindle DRM-free, you can just copy everything to your Kindle's documents folder. If you have books from the Kindle store, you will have to re-download them because the DRM will be based on the PID of your Kindle 2.

[brewjono]

Daffy4U,

See if I got this right.

All the content I will be moving at this stage will be DRM free.

1) Copy the my documents folder from my K2 to PC
2) Open K3 and "Add other device collections"
3) Copy the contents of the backedup K2 my documents onto the K3 via Explorer
4) Restart

Sounds simple enough.

[brewjono]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Collections are Sony thing, not Kindle, right? Calibre has Tags....
Guess I'm confused as to what it is you are trying to do.

Kindle now has collections.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by brewjono

Daffy4U,

See if I got this right.

All the content I will be moving at this stage will be DRM free.

1) Copy the my documents folder from my K2 to PC
2) Open K3 and "Add other device collections"
3) Copy the contents of the backedup K2 my documents onto the K3 via Explorer
4) Restart

Sounds simple enough.

#1 - not exactly, see #3

#2 - yes

#3 is dependent on where the books came from originally and if they have DRM. You won't be able to move the Kindle books you downloaded from Amazon for your Kindle 2 directly to your new Kindle 3 because the DRM won't match (they each have their own DRM). Any books you've purchased from Amazon you will have to be re-downloaded from Amazon... you can do this from the Archives link on your Kindle 3.

#4 - there is no need for a restart

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by brewjono

Kindle now has collections.

Sorry for my confusion...wasn't seeing that on my K2...

[brewjono]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Sorry for my confusion...wasn't seeing that on my K2...

Only just recently came about with the new firmware.