[GUI Plugin] Kindle Collections (Update) - Page 22

NiLuJe · 02-28-2019, 07:54 AM

It absolutely doesn't care about whether stuff is drm encumbered or not

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madame_newbie · 05-11-2019, 03:05 PM

Hi,

I ran into an issue with kindle collections lately. In that it doesn't send the collections data to Kindle. I'm using PW3 and I had no problem until the past few days.

Basically, I would export my kindle collections via calibre. But when I went to use librariansync it doesn't update my collections. I know librariansync isn't the issue because when I used any other to build my collections (via file folders) it works but for some reason it does not read any collections I made via calibre.

I tried 'update (calibre plugin) and even rebuilding it on kindle. Worst, I deleted a collection and when I tried to rebuild it it doesn't make that collection.

I have uninstalled kindle collections and reinstalled them on calibre but am at lost as to why this happened. Please help.

EDIT:

I found utc doc on my kindle and i saw this line:

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../collections.json'/mnt/us/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/__init__.py:90:RequestsDependencyWarning:urllib3 (1.25.2) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn't match a supported version! RequestsDependencyWarning)

So, erm now am not sure if this is a kindle or calibre issue???

FIXED IT:

Apparently Kindle Collections can only take up to 999 books per collections. Anything more and it won't work when it comes to updating the collections in Kindle. Had to split my books but it finally, FINALLY works again in Kindle.

NiLuJe · 05-12-2019, 01:17 AM

For reference, that log excerpt is because of an old issue in my Kindle Python package that has since been fixed

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The book amount thing is probably a limitation because of the way LibrarianSync feeds the info to the Collections API in one go. There's an old issue open about that on LS's GitHub page, IIRC.

ilovejedd · 05-12-2019, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

For reference, that log excerpt is because of an old issue in my Kindle Python package that has since been fixed

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The book amount thing is probably a limitation because of the way LibrarianSync feeds the info to the Collections API in one go. There's an old issue open about that on LS's GitHub page, IIRC.

I think it's an inherent issue with Kindle firmware.

I had a Kindle Cloud Collection (Comics) with over 1000 books that I created on the Amazon webpage and iOS app. On the Paperwhite, I noticed a lot of books wouldn't move into the collection (even when I try to add them manually). Had to divide it into Comics: DC, Comics: Marvel, Comics: Image, Comics: Indies, etc. to keep below the threshold.

madame_newbie · 05-12-2019, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

For reference, that log excerpt is because of an old issue in my Kindle Python package that has since been fixed

.

The book amount thing is probably a limitation because of the way LibrarianSync feeds the info to the Collections API in one go. There's an old issue open about that on LS's GitHub page, IIRC.

Yup that excerpt was like - wat dis? Where did you come from? Then I recalled I did enter diags mode at some point because oops, I forgot to detach the USB cable while it was restarting.

But boy the librariansync/collections: I managed to fix it once I split my collections - I was tearing my hair out because when I added it the smaller ones it would update but as soon as I hit 1000+ it just stopped working. It's no biggie just very...irritating because I was like - HUH why aren't you working anymore????

NiLuJe · 05-12-2019, 03:08 PM

@ilovejedd: Huh. Good to know. Means no-one actually needs to bother to implement a chunked codepath in LS, as it wouldn't actually help all that much

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NRB73 · 05-20-2019, 08:37 AM

Sorry to be a pain, but I've got some problems with Collections. I'm using the Kindle Collections Plugin for Calibre and Librarian Sync on my PW4.

When I create Collections I have "92 Collections, 580 books found on the Kindle" but when I rebuild/update in Librarian Sync I only got 43 Collections (39 are missing). I tried deleting all collections from within Librarian Sync and to recreate the Collections from Calibre but after I updated, I now only have 2 Collections!

Kindle Collections Plugin reported "no changes were made to the collection file on the Kindle since there were no updated collections to save"

What's the easiest way to troubleshoot?

NiLuJe · 05-20-2019, 11:26 AM

That vaguely looks like you're using incremental updates wrong and/or something wonky happened. Turn that option off and try again?

NRB73 · 05-21-2019, 04:11 AM

You really are a fountain of knowledge NiLuJe! Somehow I've checked that incremental box, but once unchecked, re-uploaded and rebuilt in Librarian Sync, they were all there.

Legend.

Gvaz · 05-30-2019, 05:25 PM

I am a bit confused by the operation. Is there a way to put books into a collection on Calibre's side and sync them to the kindle? It seems that the plugin can create a file that then can be converted by LibrarianSync on the kindle side of things, but I was hoping for something like a Bulk Metadata modification on the Calibre side of thing and then in LibrarianSync to just update the changes. There seems to be a manual way, of putting the books into Collections on Calibre's side, and also on the Kindle's side, but I was hoping for an easier way and I guess I can't figure it out.

My end goal would be to do something like:

Is BOOK part of SERIES?
If so, create matching Collection folder in Calibre, and press button to also create appropriate folder on the kindle.

Or just a 1:1 sync type thing.

ilovejedd · 05-30-2019, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gvaz

I am a bit confused by the operation. Is there a way to put books into a collection on Calibre's side and sync them to the kindle? It seems that the plugin can create a file that then can be converted by LibrarianSync on the kindle side of things, but I was hoping for something like a Bulk Metadata modification on the Calibre side of thing and then in LibrarianSync to just update the changes. There seems to be a manual way, of putting the books into Collections on Calibre's side, and also on the Kindle's side, but I was hoping for an easier way and I guess I can't figure it out.

Please read instructions on OP on how to Create Collections on your Kindle automatically using Calibre data. It’s fairly detailed.

Gvaz · 06-01-2019, 11:00 PM

Alright, I followed the instructions, but so far it just says "updating collections (from Calibre)" for a long time now (1h) and doesn't update. If I exit the screen and come back, I still have the same collections.

Could it be from the existing collections on the kindle that were made on the kindle? I thought I read it overwrote it, but besides that I am not sure what's going wrong. I'm working on rebooting the device now.

NiLuJe · 06-02-2019, 10:04 AM

I'm guessing something went kablooey along the way, or you're missing a dependency. Check the KUAL log. You, err, might need shell access for that, as it's in /tmp IIRC

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Gvaz · 06-02-2019, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

I'm guessing something went kablooey along the way, or you're missing a dependency. Check the KUAL log. You, err, might need shell access for that, as it's in /tmp IIRC

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I don't have access to that, it seems without doing other things.. I'll just have to redo the steps again, though I was sure I was doing it right.

NiLuJe · 06-02-2019, 12:26 PM

Yeah, if you're not seeing anything but the KUAL status message, you're probably missing and/or running a very old Python snapshot.

05-11-2019, 03:05 PM	#317
madame_newbie Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 48 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Kindle Basic 2014 \| Kindle Paperwhite 3	Hi, I ran into an issue with kindle collections lately. In that it doesn't send the collections data to Kindle. I'm using PW3 and I had no problem until the past few days. Basically, I would export my kindle collections via calibre. But when I went to use librariansync it doesn't update my collections. I know librariansync isn't the issue because when I used any other to build my collections (via file folders) it works but for some reason it does not read any collections I made via calibre. I tried 'update (calibre plugin) and even rebuilding it on kindle. Worst, I deleted a collection and when I tried to rebuild it it doesn't make that collection. I have uninstalled kindle collections and reinstalled them on calibre but am at lost as to why this happened. Please help. EDIT: I found utc doc on my kindle and i saw this line: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../collections.json'/mnt/us/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/__init__.py:90:RequestsDependencyWarning:urllib3 (1.25.2) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn't match a supported version! RequestsDependencyWarning) So, erm now am not sure if this is a kindle or calibre issue??? FIXED IT: Apparently Kindle Collections can only take up to 999 books per collections. Anything more and it won't work when it comes to updating the collections in Kindle. Had to split my books but it finally, FINALLY works again in Kindle. Last edited by madame_newbie; 05-11-2019 at 09:25 PM. Reason: FIXED

05-30-2019, 05:25 PM	#325
Gvaz Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle 3	I am a bit confused by the operation. Is there a way to put books into a collection on Calibre's side and sync them to the kindle? It seems that the plugin can create a file that then can be converted by LibrarianSync on the kindle side of things, but I was hoping for something like a Bulk Metadata modification on the Calibre side of thing and then in LibrarianSync to just update the changes. There seems to be a manual way, of putting the books into Collections on Calibre's side, and also on the Kindle's side, but I was hoping for an easier way and I guess I can't figure it out. My end goal would be to do something like: Is BOOK part of SERIES? If so, create matching Collection folder in Calibre, and press button to also create appropriate folder on the kindle. Or just a 1:1 sync type thing. Last edited by Gvaz; 05-30-2019 at 05:29 PM.

06-01-2019, 11:00 PM	#327
Gvaz Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Alright, I followed the instructions, but so far it just says "updating collections (from Calibre)" for a long time now (1h) and doesn't update. If I exit the screen and come back, I still have the same collections. Could it be from the existing collections on the kindle that were made on the kindle? I thought I read it overwrote it, but besides that I am not sure what's going wrong. I'm working on rebooting the device now. Last edited by Gvaz; 06-01-2019 at 11:07 PM.

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02-28-2019, 07:54 AM	#316
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	It absolutely doesn't care about whether stuff is drm encumbered or not .

05-12-2019, 01:17 AM	#318
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	For reference, that log excerpt is because of an old issue in my Kindle Python package that has since been fixed . The book amount thing is probably a limitation because of the way LibrarianSync feeds the info to the Collections API in one go. There's an old issue open about that on LS's GitHub page, IIRC.

05-12-2019, 03:08 PM	#321
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@ilovejedd: Huh. Good to know. Means no-one actually needs to bother to implement a chunked codepath in LS, as it wouldn't actually help all that much .

05-20-2019, 08:37 AM	#322
NRB73 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: KT3, PW4	Sorry to be a pain, but I've got some problems with Collections. I'm using the Kindle Collections Plugin for Calibre and Librarian Sync on my PW4. When I create Collections I have "92 Collections, 580 books found on the Kindle" but when I rebuild/update in Librarian Sync I only got 43 Collections (39 are missing). I tried deleting all collections from within Librarian Sync and to recreate the Collections from Calibre but after I updated, I now only have 2 Collections! Kindle Collections Plugin reported "no changes were made to the collection file on the Kindle since there were no updated collections to save" What's the easiest way to troubleshoot?

05-20-2019, 11:26 AM	#323
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	That vaguely looks like you're using incremental updates wrong and/or something wonky happened. Turn that option off and try again?

05-21-2019, 04:11 AM	#324
NRB73 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: KT3, PW4	You really are a fountain of knowledge NiLuJe! Somehow I've checked that incremental box, but once unchecked, re-uploaded and rebuilt in Librarian Sync, they were all there. Legend.

06-02-2019, 10:04 AM	#328
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	I'm guessing something went kablooey along the way, or you're missing a dependency. Check the KUAL log. You, err, might need shell access for that, as it's in /tmp IIRC .

06-02-2019, 12:26 PM	#330
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yeah, if you're not seeing anything but the KUAL status message, you're probably missing and/or running a very old Python snapshot.

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