Books imported from Kindle not showing as on device

paulrw · 04-24-2018, 04:45 PM

I have a number of books purchased from Amazon on my Kindle 2 (as Calibre identifies it) that I have imported from the Kindle into Calibre, however Calibre does not show them in the "on Device" column. The files are AZW3, I can still see them on the device if I go to "add books", and I can read them on the Kindle. In fact I can even read the imported files in Calibre, no DRM surprisingly. The only difference I can see is that they are in the root of the "documents" folder rather than in sub-directories like the others. I found the "use sub-directories" on "configure this device" and unchecked it, but it made no difference. Any suggestions?

kovidgoyal · 04-24-2018, 10:18 PM

Are they shown in the device view in calibre? i.e. conenct the device and click its icon in calibre to see the books on the device.

paulrw · 04-25-2018, 05:50 AM

Thanks Kovid, you have of course hit on it. I hadn't realised they were showing because I use tags to identify what is on my Kindle, so when I switched views it was still filtering for the tag. When I turn that off, I can see them in the device view, and the fact that it is not seeing the tag seems to indicate that it is not matching them with the library copy. I suspect that the problem was that I imported them, rather than using the "add books to library" from the device view.
I notice that if I use the "match book to library" function from device view on a book where I have altered the metadata (Amazon have a nasty habit of including series info in the title), I get the "waiting for metadata to be updated" icon, but updating cached metadata does not clear the icon until the device is ejected and reconnected - not a big deal.

04-24-2018, 04:45 PM	#1
paulrw Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Liverpool, England Device: Kindle keyboard, Kindle Oasis, iPhone, iPad, PC	Books imported from Kindle not showing as on device I have a number of books purchased from Amazon on my Kindle 2 (as Calibre identifies it) that I have imported from the Kindle into Calibre, however Calibre does not show them in the "on Device" column. The files are AZW3, I can still see them on the device if I go to "add books", and I can read them on the Kindle. In fact I can even read the imported files in Calibre, no DRM surprisingly. The only difference I can see is that they are in the root of the "documents" folder rather than in sub-directories like the others. I found the "use sub-directories" on "configure this device" and unchecked it, but it made no difference. Any suggestions?

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04-24-2018, 10:18 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Are they shown in the device view in calibre? i.e. conenct the device and click its icon in calibre to see the books on the device.

04-25-2018, 05:50 AM	#3
paulrw Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Liverpool, England Device: Kindle keyboard, Kindle Oasis, iPhone, iPad, PC	Thanks Kovid, you have of course hit on it. I hadn't realised they were showing because I use tags to identify what is on my Kindle, so when I switched views it was still filtering for the tag. When I turn that off, I can see them in the device view, and the fact that it is not seeing the tag seems to indicate that it is not matching them with the library copy. I suspect that the problem was that I imported them, rather than using the "add books to library" from the device view. I notice that if I use the "match book to library" function from device view on a book where I have altered the metadata (Amazon have a nasty habit of including series info in the title), I get the "waiting for metadata to be updated" icon, but updating cached metadata does not clear the icon until the device is ejected and reconnected - not a big deal.

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