In my case this will look like amazon:B07NY9GPYY. In the Ids form field, type "amazon:" followed by the ASIN. What you'll need to do is manually enter the ASIN, you can find this on the product page and in the URL of the product on an Amazon page.Ĭopy this ID, return to Calibre, select your book again and click Edit metadata -> Edit metadata individually. If an error occurs when attempting to download metadata it's not the end of the world. After you open a book, you should now also be able to use the Goodreads functionality built into the Goodreads device. You can now disconnect your Kindle and check the files are there. The books should now be sent to your Kindle device. Ensure this is plugged in and set to USB Drive Mode, then select the book(s) you want to transfer and in the main navigation click Send to device -> Send specific format to -> Main memory. Once the books are converted, make sure they're still selected and click Quality Check -> Fix -> Fix ASIN for Kindle Fire in the navigation.Īlmost there! All that's left is to select your books and send them to you Kindle. Instructions for this can be found at the bottom of this article. Follow the instructions from there.Īt this stage you may get an error informing you that metadata or covers failed to download, we'll have to fix this manually. Now select the newly converted books and click Edit metadata -> Download metadata and covers. You can do this individually or in bulk.Ĭonverting the books should take a few seconds per book but may take a while if you're converting a large library. Make sure "Output format" is set to AZW3. Next, select the book(s) you want to convert and click Convert books. In the screenshot above I've just added Scions of the Emperor, Dawn of Fire and Sons of the Emperor. Now your books have been added you'll see that they're missing lots of metadata. You can do this by dragging the files in or by clicking Add books in the navigation. Once you're setup and ready to go, the process is quite simple.įirst, you'll want to add your books to Calibre. Quality Check will allow you to easily find and update metadata for your installed books, such as finding Amazon ASIN numbers and Goodreads ID's. Follow the instructions to install the plugin then restart Calibre. You can do this by navigating to Preferences -> Get plug-ins to enhance Calibre and searching for "Quality Check" in the User Plug-ins window. The first thing you'll want to do is launch Calibre and install a plugin called Quality Check.
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