At the upper right is a link “Preview without saving collections” click this to get a report of what collections will be created with your current settings. Make sure the option “Preserve existing Kindle-only collections” is checked. Move over to the Minimum column and set it to 3 (I don’t want a collection if there are less than 3 books). Look for “Series” in the Calibre Source column and set it to “Create” in the Action column. In the pop-up window you have a table and some check box items. To do this you need to have “Series” as one of your Calibre columns (with appropriate info filled in, of course), then you first choose the “Customize collections to create from Calibre…” option. Next, I wanted to see if I could add book series as collections in the Kindle. I used Windows Explorer to search for and delete these files from my Kindle documents folder. jpg image files that the Kindle could not display. This gave me a text file display showing my books and collections and also warning me of 6 books that the Kindle could not read, 2 sets of duplicate books, 2 corrupted. The first thing that I tried was the “View report of Kindle collections and books” option. Look for it under the “Preferences/Get plugins to enhance Calibre” toolbar selection. The version 0.8.6 of Calibre has a new feature to add or manage plug-ins from which you can install this collections manager. Once installed (choosing to put the plugin in “the main toolbar when device is connected”), and after restarting Calibre, this is what appears when your Kindle is plugged in. There is also some brief description of how to use it. The plugin link has a link to download and instructions on how to install the plugin in Calibre (requires Calibre version 0.8.6 or higher). This method, in my opinion, is the easiest since you don’t have to deal with two separate apps.I’m using Calibre version 0.8.6 with a Kindle 3 and the “Kindle Collections” plugin version 1.70. The next time you want to transfer a book to Calibre, you only need do steps 3 and 4. Now you can convert it to your format of choice using Calibre. Highlight the book, click on Open, and the book will be imported into Calibre free of DRM. You will chose your Downloads directory, where your book was downloaded.ī. Select your PC’s Downloads directory and click on Save. A message will show up telling you the download to your device was successful, immediately followed by your PC’s download screen.į. Select your Kindle device, the one whose serial number you wrote down. The next screen will show a list of your Amazon reader or reading devices.Į. On the far right side of the screen, click on More Actions.ĭ. This should be on the top right corner of your Amazon page, where it says Hello, name, Account & Lists.ī. On the popup screen, enter the serial number you wrote down, no spaces between the number groups. At the bottom of the screen, choose Customize Plugin. Choose File Type, then highlight DEDRM (by Apprentice Alf).Į. On the Plugins screen, click on Show only user installed plugins.ĭ. Write down the serial number of the device. Click on Device Options, then click on About your device.Ĭ. Once Calibre has your Kindle device’s serial number, it will open Kindle books every time.ī. They prep Calibre to accept Kindle books without Kindle App. The first two steps, you will only do once. To do so, you need to have a Kindle reader or a Kindle Fire tablet. You can easily add Kindle books to Calibre for automatic DRM removal without using the Kindle App at all.
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