A generic cover art image is then put in place, instead of the original. This is because the Kindle seems to be trying to cross check your book with their Kindle Store data and is failing because your book is loaded in and does not have a ASIN value. When the books are sent, they'll appear with this new title format, ensuring they're automatically sorted into series order.Amazon pushed out a new firmware update for most Kindle e-readers last month and since then there has been a bug with sideloaded ebooks losing their cover art. Next time your Kindle is plugged into your computer, you can send books to it from Calibre through the Send to Device button in the top bar. Apply the plugboard (via the tick button at the bottom of the window). Now copy and paste the code (minus the colon at the end) into the Source template box and choose title in the Destination field drop-down. There are a lot of different options, but here are some basic strings and what the output would look like: : Immortals After Dark MunroĪlternatively, if you don't mind doing a bit of coding, you can come up with your own template by reading Calibre's template language guide. In the Source template box, it's time to choose what you want your titles to actually look like. The example here uses Munro by Kresley Cole, which is the 19th book in the long-running Immortals After Dark fantasy romance series.įrom the drop-down lists under Format and Device, choose which type of ebook format (MOBI, AZW3, or KFX) and Kindle you have.

You can do this by selecting the book, clicking the Edit metadata button in the top bar, and inserting the correct number into the pop-up window (if it isn't there already). To use plugboards, first, you'll have to ensure the books on Calibre have the appropriate series metadata attached. They're a piece of code which automatically places your book titles into a certain format, meaning they'll be in series order when you sort by title or author on your Kindle. Related: How to Remove DRM From Your Ebooks Unfortunately, the Collections feature doesn't automatically apply to side-loaded ebooks.

If you buy multiple books in a series directly from Amazon, they will automatically be sorted into Collections, a handy way of separating them out into their own little file on your Kindle. It's difficult to meaningfully organize your Kindle ebooks, so here are four ways to organize your Kindle library using Calibre.ġ. And if you're anything like us, you may have accumulated a vast number of ebooks in your Kindle library.

It allows you to tag, sort, and otherwise play around with the ebooks in your personal library. Calibre is a hugely useful ebook management software.

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