K4 Mac or PC HELP PLEASE! Books missing in kindle content folder!

fictionaddiction · 04-06-2012, 10:42 AM

I want to put all of my kindle purchases in my calibre library but even though I have them all downloaded to my pc app, they are not all in the kindle content folder for me to copy over.

Some of them are there but several are not.
I can read them in the app but they aren't in the content folder.

I have tried removing all the books from the pc app and re-downloading them and the same ones are still not appearing in the content folder.

Any idea why this is and what I can do about it?

HarryT · 04-06-2012, 01:35 PM

If you can read them, they must be in the content folder - that's the only place the app stores them. Remember that the file names will not be recognisable - they'll be a string of random letters and numbers.

DiapDealer · 04-06-2012, 01:42 PM

Also... all of your ebooks may not have the exact same file extension, so if you're browsing the content folder with an app that's filtering by file extension, you may not be seeing the few oddballs. Such as *.azw4. Make sure you're viewing "All Files (*.*)" and not some filtered subset.

fictionaddiction · 04-06-2012, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

If you can read them, they must be in the content folder - that's the only place the app stores them. Remember that the file names will not be recognisable - they'll be a string of random letters and numbers.

Yes I see that they aren't "titled" in a normal way. They look like BOO3ZI....yada yada but there are only about 11 of those in the Kindle content folder and I have around 30 books downloaded to the pc app. Doesn't make sense.

Blossom · 04-06-2012, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fictionaddiction

Yes I see that they aren't "titled" in a normal way. They look like BOO3ZI....yada yada but there are only about 11 of those in the Kindle content folder and I have around 30 books downloaded to the pc app. Doesn't make sense.

If you have Windows you can use this extension to help. It will show the title, author and thumbnail of the mobi books. It doesn't work for topaz books.

DiapDealer · 04-06-2012, 02:29 PM

Are you sure you haven't changed the location of your content folder at some point and you're simply browsing the wrong folder now? Tools->Option->Content will tell you where the current content folder is located.

fictionaddiction · 04-06-2012, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Also... all of your ebooks may not have the exact same file extension, so if you're browsing the content folder with an app that's filtering by file extension, you may not be seeing the few oddballs. Such as *.azw4. Make sure you're viewing "All Files (*.*)" and not some filtered subset.

I tried not filtering as well as filtering just azw and a couple others with no luck...

fictionaddiction · 04-06-2012, 02:42 PM

Well I found them!! Had to Arrange by: Type and they were in the azw pile. Not sure why an azw search filter didn't find them but I have them now!!

Thanks for all your suggestions!

04-06-2012, 10:42 AM	#1
fictionaddiction Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo with wifi	HELP PLEASE! Books missing in kindle content folder! I want to put all of my kindle purchases in my calibre library but even though I have them all downloaded to my pc app, they are not all in the kindle content folder for me to copy over. Some of them are there but several are not. I can read them in the app but they aren't in the content folder. I have tried removing all the books from the pc app and re-downloading them and the same ones are still not appearing in the content folder. Any idea why this is and what I can do about it?

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04-06-2012, 01:35 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you can read them, they must be in the content folder - that's the only place the app stores them. Remember that the file names will not be recognisable - they'll be a string of random letters and numbers.

04-06-2012, 01:42 PM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Also... all of your ebooks may not have the exact same file extension, so if you're browsing the content folder with an app that's filtering by file extension, you may not be seeing the few oddballs. Such as .azw4. Make sure you're viewing "All Files (.*)" and not some filtered subset.

04-06-2012, 02:29 PM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Are you sure you haven't changed the location of your content folder at some point and you're simply browsing the wrong folder now? Tools->Option->Content will tell you where the current content folder is located.

04-06-2012, 02:42 PM	#8
fictionaddiction Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kobo with wifi	Well I found them!! Had to Arrange by: Type and they were in the azw pile. Not sure why an azw search filter didn't find them but I have them now!! Thanks for all your suggestions!

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