01-15-2012, 03:01 PM | #1 |
Junior Member
Posts: 5
Karma: 10
Join Date: Sep 2010
Device: iPod Touch
|
Calibre MOBI format not seen in PC Kindle Library
I've been using Calibre for a long time, mostly to download and convert news feeds into MOBI format for reading on the Kindle for PC software.
All was good until at some point after version 0.8.20, the MOBI files created by Calibre no longer show up in the Kindle library (I'm using the latest PC Kindle version 1.8.2.36179). Something changed in the MOBI output, but I haven't been able to figure out what. Accordingly, I'm stuck at 0.8.20. Any ideas? Thanks. |
01-15-2012, 03:33 PM | #2 |
Wizard
Posts: 4,553
Karma: 950151
Join Date: Nov 2008
Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)
|
How are you transfering the files to K4PC?
|
Advert | |
|
01-15-2012, 04:03 PM | #3 |
Junior Member
Posts: 5
Karma: 10
Join Date: Sep 2010
Device: iPod Touch
|
Copying to Kindle for PC
I save the MOBI files into a single directory, open Kindle, and then set the new Kindle content folder to be the newly created directory.
Kindle previously (Calibre version 0.8.20 and before) would then automatically detect the MOBI files and display them in the Kindle library. No longer works this way with newer versions of Calibre. |
01-15-2012, 05:29 PM | #4 |
Wizard
Posts: 4,553
Karma: 950151
Join Date: Nov 2008
Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)
|
Actually this sounds like a change in behavior of the Kindle app - not Calibre.
|
01-15-2012, 06:41 PM | #5 | |
reader
Posts: 6,975
Karma: 5183568
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mississippi, USA
Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD
|
Quote:
When you do this, are the MOBI files all the the specified folder (not in sub-folders) and do the existing ebooks from the original K4PC folder get copied to the new K4PC folder you specify? That is what worked for me. I only had 6 books on the device originally and I copied another 6. |
|
Advert | |
|
01-16-2012, 10:13 AM | #6 |
Junior Member
Posts: 5
Karma: 10
Join Date: Sep 2010
Device: iPod Touch
|
itimpi -
Don't see how it could be a Kindle app issue. I'm using the same Kindle version with both Calibre 0.8.20 MOBI files and with Calibre later-version MOBI files. With 0.8.20 (and all previous versions) files, Kindle automatically includes the MOBI files in its library. With later-version Calibre MOBI files, Kindle ignores them. Must be that something in the Calibre MOBI file structure that's changed. |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
format standardization for a calibre library | unboggling | Calibre | 25 | 01-03-2011 04:22 PM |
Make replica of pdf in calibre .mobi format - linebreaks representation | leor | Calibre | 2 | 01-02-2011 09:11 PM |
Best format to convert to MOBI for kindle in Calibre | MaxsMom | Calibre | 1 | 01-02-2011 12:07 PM |
customising format of calibre library ? | AxelK | Calibre | 1 | 08-05-2009 06:25 PM |
Calibre and DRM in Mobi format | greeny | Calibre | 14 | 02-27-2009 09:24 AM |