Transfer of Book cover & Comments from Calibre to Kindle

mitch13 · 01-10-2012, 11:47 PM

A short while ago I asked if it was possible to transfer this data from Calibre to Kindle.
A very good suggestion was made to use 'Convert Books' and under 'Structure Detection', tick the box relating to 'Inserting metadata as page at start of book'.

The only query I have is how is this implemented (ie comments to book on Kindle) if you are not wanting to convert a book? A large number of books I get are from Amazon in .azw format and I don't want to really convert these to say .mobi or any other format.

Would really appreciate some help on this as I would like all my books going to the Kindle to have comments and cover.

kovidgoyal · 01-10-2012, 11:55 PM

There's no way to do it if you are not willing to convert. Amazon does not support comments metadata on its ebook readers.

mitch13 · 01-11-2012, 12:32 AM

Thanks for the extremely prompt reply Kovid.

I am quite willing to convert, no problem. It would mean (for example) converting say .azw to .mobi?

Would that create any problems on the Kindle at a later date?

Cheers

John

kovidgoyal · 01-11-2012, 12:34 AM

AZW and MOBI are the same thing. Amazon just renamed AZW to MOBI because they could. There should be no problems, but even if there are, you will still posses the original AZWs.

mitch13 · 01-11-2012, 08:03 PM

Many thanks kovid - will try a few before I go in 'Bulk'

djeaton · 01-12-2012, 05:44 PM

I don't know if this is related to not, but when I convert books and then send the to my Kindle, they show up in my books category (as opposed to documents), but don't have the cover displayed. Is there a way to have the covers on them?

01-10-2012, 11:47 PM	#1
mitch13 Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	Transfer of Book cover & Comments from Calibre to Kindle A short while ago I asked if it was possible to transfer this data from Calibre to Kindle. A very good suggestion was made to use 'Convert Books' and under 'Structure Detection', tick the box relating to 'Inserting metadata as page at start of book'. The only query I have is how is this implemented (ie comments to book on Kindle) if you are not wanting to convert a book? A large number of books I get are from Amazon in .azw format and I don't want to really convert these to say .mobi or any other format. Would really appreciate some help on this as I would like all my books going to the Kindle to have comments and cover.

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01-10-2012, 11:55 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,213 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no way to do it if you are not willing to convert. Amazon does not support comments metadata on its ebook readers.

01-11-2012, 12:32 AM	#3
mitch13 Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	Thanks for the extremely prompt reply Kovid. I am quite willing to convert, no problem. It would mean (for example) converting say .azw to .mobi? Would that create any problems on the Kindle at a later date? Cheers John

01-11-2012, 12:34 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,213 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	AZW and MOBI are the same thing. Amazon just renamed AZW to MOBI because they could. There should be no problems, but even if there are, you will still posses the original AZWs.

01-11-2012, 08:03 PM	#5
mitch13 Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	Many thanks kovid - will try a few before I go in 'Bulk'

01-12-2012, 05:44 PM	#6
djeaton Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	I don't know if this is related to not, but when I convert books and then send the to my Kindle, they show up in my books category (as opposed to documents), but don't have the cover displayed. Is there a way to have the covers on them?

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