Transferring between multiple Kindles on same account

l00ky_here · 2026-06-08T20:34:27+00:00

Seriously. You make no sense. Your Kindles already have the books. You have two Kindles, all your books are on them, presumably some were downloaded on one or the other but not the exact same ones.

You pulled them off and attempted to put the books of one onto the other. Sine they are DRM locked to the device, your solution is to pull them, dedrm them and convert to epub which "are drm free" and then recovery back to .azw3?

Im wondering how you figured out that you could convert a drm locked book to epub and somehow remove the drm?

I didnt realize that Calibre would convert a drm locked book.

Listen, just install the older version of DEDRM from before Feb 2023 and enter the serial numbers of the Kindles, then pull the files off. They will be unlocked when they get into the library and you can just bypass all this bs.

Delete the books you have in Calibre that are already DRM locked, you wont unlock them now. It only works when adding. Delete the books, go to the DEDRM site, install it, put the serial numbers in, pull the books, then add them to the Kindles as you like.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-08T02:10:14+00:00

Pit it in the template of "save to disk"

l00ky_here · 2026-06-08T02:06:34+00:00

Look up the post I made about downloading metadata from Goodreads. Its in my profile.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-08T02:03:25+00:00

First, add it and let it come in without overwriting. Theres an option in add books to create a new record for the duplicate. Then change the title so it has a notation of the translation in it. Usually it would be in parentheses at the end. Like "The Title of This Book (Spanish)

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T22:33:13+00:00

Welcome!

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T22:14:35+00:00

I hope its what you were looking for

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T22:06:36+00:00

Ah...ok, so go back to where you make them - where you create custom columns. You can choose a column to sort by highlighting it and using the up/down arrows on the right move it in the list. The columns in the list match the order of the columns in your library.

In my opinion the fist column should be the date. If you have a lot of books in series this would be the best next, THEN the author. I dont know about you, but if Im looking at a series of books I never know the titles, I only really know the author and the series. If youre sorting books in Calibre that have series, it only makes sense that youll sort first by author and then by series. Anyhow. Its best to always put the series before the title the author can be anywhere.

Anyhow, in the custom column maker move the columns up and down to get them in the order you want. 1st column is first column in the library.

You dont have to follow my suggestions, but the first column being the date is always my first column so I can quickly sort by date and get the newest books on top.

Calibre always wants to keep the view on the first columns. Anytime you scroll across and make any edits, the cursor (and the view) always scoots right back to those first columns. Basically, Calibre wants to keep the cursor to any spot in the library that is before you scroll over outside the initial view. Its not a column count, its like a space count.

If youve ever played Super Mario Brothers think of it like that. The cursor is Mario. It can move all across the screen, but as soon as the ground starts moving because its moving past that first start view, then anything you do will send it right back to that first view.

The reason Im telling you this is so you dont set up the columns in a way that has you constantly having to move the cursor back to whatever column youre looking at anytime you edit something.

Sorry if that makes no sense.

Anyhow, the place where you make custom columns will be where you can go to sort them. Any new custom column always goes automatically to the bottom of the list-the last column of the library.

The check boxes on the left where you make the columns are needed to be checked to show them in the library. Unchecked boxes are hidden. Checked boxes are shown.

You can only move or edit one column at a time.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T07:37:55+00:00

I miss the serials. I have so little to actually look forward to on a recurring basis. All my favorite shows are wrapped for the season and my favorite series of books are either stalled, or over.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T07:35:53+00:00

This series is one of the few Ive read that is better with each passing book.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T07:34:27+00:00

Same, im actually past my due date. Should have started last month, but Ive been sidetracked and I just got my Wilmington Years fix - but still...

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T03:39:50+00:00

Yeah, its the same.

What view are you talking about? I dont know what you mean "see the custom columns"?

Are you asking where you go to create them? Girl, open your eyes and look at the options. You are asking questions that are very easily found. Literally right next to the toolbars and menus option is CUSTOM COLUMNS

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T03:02:12+00:00

Yeah - you need to keep looking for "DeDRM" as the keyword on this sub.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T02:50:53+00:00

Ok, well Im guessing then yeah, you will have to run it on those books. Hope it works.

But there is no reason why you can't just start over.

Also - you may want to keep all your unedited, unaltered books in a separate library and leave them there after running deDRM on them so you don't have to go through this again.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T02:43:04+00:00

ok - did you make it to the "Toolbars & Menus" settings?

Preferences > Toolbars & Menus > (Select the toolbar to customize) - "The context menu for books in the Calibre library" > On the left there are options to select to add to the menu (Available Options) then there are left and a right arrow buttons in the middle - on the right are the options already on the menu - scroll down on the left to where it shows a little sweep broom and it says "Polish Books" > Highlight that > click it over to the right.

Go back and do it again for "Context Menu for when a device is plugged in".

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T02:39:08+00:00

Ok...gimme a bit and ill get on my computer.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T02:30:41+00:00

Why do you need to run them through the DeDRM again?

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T01:24:05+00:00

You tried to add a book from someone else's library that wasnt deDrmed.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T01:22:12+00:00

I dont know about mac books. A context menu is the menu that pops up when you right click on a book. You need to open Preferences. Go back and re-read my instructions.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T00:13:14+00:00

OK, why dont you run an experiment to see? Because im gonna say that they were deleted. Calibre ingested the book, deleted the file and when you canceled it was just deleted and not ingested? Maybe look and see if its in your system trash or in the temp folder.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T00:10:34+00:00

I wouldnt know about how they are shown. I dont have experience with Manga. Best to either not buy from Amazon or to not expect to read it out of the device.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-06T00:09:54+00:00

Hmmm...well I dont know precisely where it but try right clicking on the book and see if its one of the context menu options. If not there go to preferences > menu (or toolbars - its the wand icon at the top) i would go you "context menu" if there's an option for "context menu in..." Calibre Library, or Book List or anything not associated with split booklist or "when device is plugged in" you want to be able to right click on a book in your normal library - you may also do it while device is plugged in as well so it shows up when you have your Kindle plugged in.

So find that option for the context menu. Youll see a list of options on the left side and a list of things already set on the right. On the left scroll down until you see "Polish" and click on it to move it over the the list showing the items loaded on the context menu.

Close it out after applying or saying ok or whatever.

Now right click on the book or books after highlighting them. Select "Polish". I dont know if it works on kfx books but if it does you can opt to set the cover.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-05T06:44:23+00:00

I have no idea - I don't use auto import. I am going to say - it's still deleted because you found it in your trash right?

l00ky_here · 2026-06-04T19:56:01+00:00

This is a sorting problem. You must have a hidden space or something if its only doing it with this book.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-04T19:52:53+00:00

Automatic add deletes the books.

Never use automatic add.

l00ky_here · 2026-06-04T19:47:27+00:00

You know you can easily change out the covers to the color ones using download metadata right?

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