Send multiple books to Kindle

nicole ridgway · 05-31-2020, 07:34 AM

Hello people.
Sorry if this is not the right section, please move my request elsewhere.

When I send books to my PaperWhite, I can only send one by one.
I cannot send more than one book.
Is there a way to solve that?
I need to send more than 20 pfd exported to MOBI and I cannot open&close the app 20 times!

I use Calibre 4.17 and gmx.com as mail provider.

Thanks.

Bookstooge · 05-31-2020, 08:02 AM

Send via usb.

nicole ridgway · 05-31-2020, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookstooge

Send via usb.

no way to send more than one book via Calibre?

kovidgoyal · 05-31-2020, 12:31 PM

select all the books and click send

DNSB · 05-31-2020, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicole ridgway

no way to send more than one book via Calibre?

I am not using a gmx account with calibre but I have no problems selecting a group of books and emailing them with my provider which generates one email per book. Perhaps GMX is the issue.

DNSB · 05-31-2020, 01:08 PM

I just did some quick testing with a gmx account and sending multiple books. The first book sent happily enough, the second book sat and never sent (original test waited 4 minutes, the second test waited ~2 minutes). After stopping the other send jobs, I had to restart calibre before it would let me send another book via email.

After the restart, I sent to gmx again and the same one book sent the next one just waited. I switched to my usual ISP and no issues with sending the 4 books. See attached image.

For the fun part, I switched back to gmx and the 4 books sent without issue. Perhaps that I hadn't used GMX in quite a while?

Anyhow, I have to say it is probably a GMX issue.

kovidgoyal · 05-31-2020, 01:14 PM

There is a deliberate five minute wait when using public smtp providers like gmx/gmail etc. See the first note: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-using-calibre

DNSB · 05-31-2020, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

There is a deliberate five minute wait when using public smtp providers like gmx/gmail etc. See the first note: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-using-calibre

Now that you mention that, it brings back a memory of why I switched from using GMX to email books.

So sending 20 books would default to taking 95 minutes plus the time to actually send the books.

JSWolf · 05-31-2020, 05:30 PM

The other issue you'll have is with 20 PDF, you'll have a right mess as Mobi or KF8. PDF converts very poorly and not without many errors. In some cases, it'll be unreadable.

If you have a tablet, use that to read the PDF.

05-31-2020, 07:34 AM	#1
nicole ridgway Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite [10th generation]	Send multiple books to Kindle Hello people. Sorry if this is not the right section, please move my request elsewhere. When I send books to my PaperWhite, I can only send one by one. I cannot send more than one book. Is there a way to solve that? I need to send more than 20 pfd exported to MOBI and I cannot open&close the app 20 times! I use Calibre 4.17 and gmx.com as mail provider. Thanks.

05-31-2020, 01:08 PM	#6
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,428 Karma: 145525534 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I just did some quick testing with a gmx account and sending multiple books. The first book sent happily enough, the second book sat and never sent (original test waited 4 minutes, the second test waited ~2 minutes). After stopping the other send jobs, I had to restart calibre before it would let me send another book via email. After the restart, I sent to gmx again and the same one book sent the next one just waited. I switched to my usual ISP and no issues with sending the 4 books. See attached image. For the fun part, I switched back to gmx and the 4 books sent without issue. Perhaps that I hadn't used GMX in quite a while? Anyhow, I have to say it is probably a GMX issue. Attached Thumbnails

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05-31-2020, 08:02 AM	#2
Bookstooge Guru Posts: 760 Karma: 2090886 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Kindle Oasis 1st Gen	Send via usb.

05-31-2020, 12:31 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	select all the books and click send

05-31-2020, 01:14 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is a deliberate five minute wait when using public smtp providers like gmx/gmail etc. See the first note: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-using-calibre

05-31-2020, 05:30 PM	#9
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,983 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The other issue you'll have is with 20 PDF, you'll have a right mess as Mobi or KF8. PDF converts very poorly and not without many errors. In some cases, it'll be unreadable. If you have a tablet, use that to read the PDF.