12-14-2009, 09:03 AM | #1 |
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Strange issue with News and Kindle/mobi
I don't know if I can even explain this well, but ... I download Science Daily using the recipe in Calibre and then convert/transfer it to my Kindle2. Suddenly it is not showing up on the Kindle. If I look at the directory on the kindle it shows up under ...news/science daily/....
I tried moving the mobi file to the top level directory and it still doesn't show up. I tried downloading CNN and New Scientist and get the same results. I was able to convert and upload a couple of epub books (convert and upload to kindle2) to the kindle without problems. I don't know if this is some strange issue with the kindle or with Calibre ?? What the heck is going on here? I even downgraded Calibre from 0.6.27 back to 0.6.26 |
12-14-2009, 10:56 AM | #2 |
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This is only with news? You are transferring to the Kindle via USB cable?
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12-14-2009, 11:35 AM | #3 | |
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I'm not sure if the issue is in the Kindle2 or perhaps something to do with the receipe and/or mobi format. But as I said I did a fresh conversion of two books to mobi and transferred them to the kindle with no issues. Update. I just tried with my laptop computer here at work using an older version of calibre - 0.6.20 and got exactly the same results. It copies the files and creates the directory but it does not show up in the book listings on the Kindle. Very weird. -- definitely looks like an issue with the Kindle2... Last edited by kennyc; 12-14-2009 at 11:57 AM. |
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12-14-2009, 12:05 PM | #4 |
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Can somebody else with a Kindle 2 comment. It works on my Kindle 2, but then mine isn't updated with the latest firmware.
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12-14-2009, 12:09 PM | #5 |
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I have the latest Kindle firmware and I'm downloading NYTimes, USAToday and Seattle Times using 0.6.27.
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12-14-2009, 12:24 PM | #7 |
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Damn! Thanks guys. Not sure what is going on here.
I think it may have lost it's time/clock, but I reset and enabled the wireless to sync that up before I started testing everything....don't think that had anything to do with it. I'll keep digging. Any suggestions welcome. BTW I did try a full/hard reset on the K2 as well, to no effect/no change. Last edited by kennyc; 12-14-2009 at 12:33 PM. |
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News is listed as blogs on the Kindle, prehaps you dont have the kindle listing everything? Maybe it is just set to books? |
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I've been using it this way for a couple of months to read Science Daily and a couple of other news feeds on occasion. |
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12-14-2009, 01:11 PM | #10 |
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OMG, that's exactly what it was rcuadro! I feel like a total idiot!
Thanks for the help guys. Sorry about the stupidity! |
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