PW not remembering book location

Sapa888 · 04-10-2013, 04:23 PM

I'm having a problem with my PW where it isn't remembering my last page after going back to the home page, it just starts the book back at the beginning. I've tried this with several books, removing them and trying again and also resetting the device. Has anyone experienced this? It's extremely frustrating. Sometimes a book remembers its position and then I make the mistake of adding another book which messes it up. It means I can only really have one book on the PW at a time as I'm too worried that adding another book will cause me to lose my page on whatever I am currently reading.

Sapa888 · 04-10-2013, 05:07 PM

It's not remembering the page at all now even though I only have one book on my PW, a book which was previously working fine and remembering the page. The only way I can read a book and remember the page is to make sure I keep it on the book, never pressing the home button.

Ripplinger · 04-10-2013, 05:58 PM

This might be better asked in the Kindle forum as it's a problem with the Paperwhite and Calibre isn't the cause of the issue.

Strether · 04-10-2013, 06:56 PM

This happened to me once years ago. Seems to me the problem was the MBP file which is created when a book is put in the documents folder. Plugging your reader into the computer via the USB cable, look in the documents folder and see if an MBP file has been created. As I understand it, that's what's responsible for the reader to know where you stopped reading. My problem at the time was there was something in the metadata that wasn't acceptable. Some character in the title, if I remember right.

Jim

04-10-2013, 04:23 PM	#1
Sapa888 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Paperwhite	PW not remembering book location I'm having a problem with my PW where it isn't remembering my last page after going back to the home page, it just starts the book back at the beginning. I've tried this with several books, removing them and trying again and also resetting the device. Has anyone experienced this? It's extremely frustrating. Sometimes a book remembers its position and then I make the mistake of adding another book which messes it up. It means I can only really have one book on the PW at a time as I'm too worried that adding another book will cause me to lose my page on whatever I am currently reading.

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04-10-2013, 05:07 PM	#2
Sapa888 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Paperwhite	It's not remembering the page at all now even though I only have one book on my PW, a book which was previously working fine and remembering the page. The only way I can read a book and remember the page is to make sure I keep it on the book, never pressing the home button.

04-10-2013, 05:58 PM	#3
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	This might be better asked in the Kindle forum as it's a problem with the Paperwhite and Calibre isn't the cause of the issue.

04-10-2013, 06:56 PM	#4
Strether Guru Posts: 746 Karma: 2825929 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Device: Kindle 1; iPad Air; iPhone 7; Kobo Libra; Kindle Oasis 3	This happened to me once years ago. Seems to me the problem was the MBP file which is created when a book is put in the documents folder. Plugging your reader into the computer via the USB cable, look in the documents folder and see if an MBP file has been created. As I understand it, that's what's responsible for the reader to know where you stopped reading. My problem at the time was there was something in the metadata that wasn't acceptable. Some character in the title, if I remember right. Jim

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