Questions from a newbie, hope you can help

Plunkett · 09-12-2013, 03:00 PM

Hello, I'm new here (just installed caliber on 9-1-13.) Have read all sorts of help online and was able to figure out how to get my books from Kindle archives and also from my device (Kindle 3 Keyboard) all now into caliber. (Total 3011 books.)

Now that they are all in calibre, I'm just barely starting to learn more about that whole program. (Have Alf tools loaded also.)

Many books can't be opened, message comes up "has no available formats" or "ERROR - Cannot view." The ones I've tried so far are in MOBI format, far as I can tell. (At least, it says MOBI on right side of caliber screen, beneath the book cover.) calibre cannot convert them into EPUB.

Have not yet been through the whole list of my books, but thought I'd ask if anyone can tell me what to do to be able to be able to open and use the books now labeled "has no available formats."

Thank you to all who have posted here and in other forums and other online information. I could not have gotten this far without you. Thanks!

kyteflyer · 09-14-2013, 10:56 PM

The ones which cannot be opened or cannot be converted I suspect would be carrying Amazon's DRM and that will have to be sorted out first, I guess. How to do that, I have no clue but Alf should help.

09-12-2013, 03:00 PM	#1
Plunkett Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle 3 keyboard	Questions from a newbie, hope you can help Hello, I'm new here (just installed caliber on 9-1-13.) Have read all sorts of help online and was able to figure out how to get my books from Kindle archives and also from my device (Kindle 3 Keyboard) all now into caliber. (Total 3011 books.) Now that they are all in calibre, I'm just barely starting to learn more about that whole program. (Have Alf tools loaded also.) Many books can't be opened, message comes up "has no available formats" or "ERROR - Cannot view." The ones I've tried so far are in MOBI format, far as I can tell. (At least, it says MOBI on right side of caliber screen, beneath the book cover.) calibre cannot convert them into EPUB. Have not yet been through the whole list of my books, but thought I'd ask if anyone can tell me what to do to be able to be able to open and use the books now labeled "has no available formats." Thank you to all who have posted here and in other forums and other online information. I could not have gotten this far without you. Thanks!

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09-14-2013, 10:56 PM	#2
kyteflyer Wizard Posts: 1,841 Karma: 9547754 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle, Australia Device: iPhone SE2020	The ones which cannot be opened or cannot be converted I suspect would be carrying Amazon's DRM and that will have to be sorted out first, I guess. How to do that, I have no clue but Alf should help.

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