O'Reilly books and whispersync

Oletros · 05-06-2013, 06:25 AM

I have some mobi books from O'Reilly and they show in my Kindle Paperwhite as personal documents instead of ebooks and I can't sync the further page read between devices.

I have tried to modify the metadata with Mobimetaeditor but it didn't work.

Is the only solution to convert from mobi to mobi in Calibre?

susan_cassidy · 05-06-2013, 08:52 PM

I believe that if you upload the books via email that the last page read will sync. I'm not sure, however, because I never use that feature.

jocampo · 05-06-2013, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oletros

I have some mobi books from O'Reilly and they show in my Kindle Paperwhite as personal documents instead of ebooks and I can't sync the further page read between devices.

I have tried to modify the metadata with Mobimetaeditor but it didn't work.

Is the only solution to convert from mobi to mobi in Calibre?

Upload via Send to Kindle app. It is a Windows or Apple Mac program that allows you to drag and drop mobi files and then upload to Amazon.

I have lot of Oreilly database books and they sync without issues. On some, I can even see their covers.

tomsem · 05-07-2013, 08:44 PM

Moreover, using send to kindle instead of side loading will conserve storage on your Kindle. O'Reilly mobi files are 'hybrid', i.e. they contain both kf8 and mobi, so they are roughly twice as large. Personal document service delivers only the format that your device can understand, so where a Paperwhite will get kf8, Kindle for iPad would get mobi.

Calibre can handle this also but it is not as convenient.

Andrew H. · 05-08-2013, 03:08 AM

As others have said, you can sync across devices if you e-mail the book to your Kindle.

05-06-2013, 06:25 AM	#1
Oletros Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 501130 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Barcelona Device: Kindle NT	O'Reilly books and whispersync I have some mobi books from O'Reilly and they show in my Kindle Paperwhite as personal documents instead of ebooks and I can't sync the further page read between devices. I have tried to modify the metadata with Mobimetaeditor but it didn't work. Is the only solution to convert from mobi to mobi in Calibre?

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05-06-2013, 08:52 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	I believe that if you upload the books via email that the last page read will sync. I'm not sure, however, because I never use that feature.

05-07-2013, 08:44 PM	#4
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,011 Karma: 27060353 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Moreover, using send to kindle instead of side loading will conserve storage on your Kindle. O'Reilly mobi files are 'hybrid', i.e. they contain both kf8 and mobi, so they are roughly twice as large. Personal document service delivers only the format that your device can understand, so where a Paperwhite will get kf8, Kindle for iPad would get mobi. Calibre can handle this also but it is not as convenient.

05-08-2013, 03:08 AM	#5
Andrew H. Grand Master of Flowers Posts: 2,201 Karma: 8389072 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Naptown Device: Kindle PW, Kindle 3 (aka Keyboard), iPhone, iPad 3 (not for reading)	As others have said, you can sync across devices if you e-mail the book to your Kindle.

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