Kindle About This Book Feature

danwdoo · 05-20-2016, 10:16 AM

Hello.
It's been a while since I transferred any books to my PW2 using Kindle, but I have a batch I'd like to send this way. I've noticed that books since via Calibre don't have any real information show when I use the "about this book" feature. Is there a way to either link a book like this to the amazon store summary or display a summary Calibre adds? I don't really care which at this point, it would just be nice to be able to see some series and basic summary information here.

Thanks!

theducks · 05-20-2016, 10:26 AM

I believe the metadata needs a (correct) ASIN in the {ids}

danwdoo · 05-20-2016, 10:39 AM

Is this something Calibre can find in a metadata update or does this need to be found and entered for the book manually into Calibre?

theducks · 05-20-2016, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danwdoo

Is this something Calibre can find in a metadata update or does this need to be found and entered for the book manually into Calibre?

It should find it if you have the correct Amazon Locale(website) set in the Metadata source AND it is enabled

kovidgoyal · 05-20-2016, 11:38 AM

Those features only work for books you purchase from amazon, not sideloaded content. There are various hacks you can use to enable them for sideloaded content, but nothing out of the box in calibre.

danwdoo · 05-20-2016, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Those features only work for books you purchase from amazon, not sideloaded content. There are various hacks you can use to enable them for sideloaded content, but nothing out of the box in calibre.

Ok. I just wanted to know if there was a simple method or configuration I might have missed.

Thanks!

eschwartz · 05-20-2016, 04:18 PM

This question belongs in the Kindle subforum.

The About the Book/About the Author/X-Ray/EndActions/Public Highlights/Pagenumbers are all things enabled by sidecar files which are added together with the book itself.
The data formats are mostly known, e.g. there is an application to generate X-Ray files (and a calibre plugin port as well) -- but I don't believe anyone has bothered to write an About the Book generator, unless Ephemerality has added it to X-Ray Builder since I last checked.

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Typically, when you buy an Amazon book, Amazon sends those files (which they create for their own books) together with the book itself.

05-20-2016, 10:16 AM	#1
danwdoo Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 2584958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Device: Kindle PW2	Kindle About This Book Feature Hello. It's been a while since I transferred any books to my PW2 using Kindle, but I have a batch I'd like to send this way. I've noticed that books since via Calibre don't have any real information show when I use the "about this book" feature. Is there a way to either link a book like this to the amazon store summary or display a summary Calibre adds? I don't really care which at this point, it would just be nice to be able to see some series and basic summary information here. Thanks!

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,761 Karma: 54401244 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I believe the metadata needs a (correct) ASIN in the {ids}

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danwdoo Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 2584958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Device: Kindle PW2	Is this something Calibre can find in a metadata update or does this need to be found and entered for the book manually into Calibre?

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Those features only work for books you purchase from amazon, not sideloaded content. There are various hacks you can use to enable them for sideloaded content, but nothing out of the box in calibre.

05-20-2016, 04:18 PM	#7
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	This question belongs in the Kindle subforum. The About the Book/About the Author/X-Ray/EndActions/Public Highlights/Pagenumbers are all things enabled by sidecar files which are added together with the book itself. The data formats are mostly known, e.g. there is an application to generate X-Ray files (and a calibre plugin port as well) -- but I don't believe anyone has bothered to write an About the Book generator, unless Ephemerality has added it to X-Ray Builder since I last checked. ... Typically, when you buy an Amazon book, Amazon sends those files (which they create for their own books) together with the book itself.