Identifying Kindle samples

KABx · 10-10-2011, 06:55 PM

Is there a way in calibre to tell a sample book from a full book (from amazon) on a kindle?

All samples contain an identical paragraph at the end, but i can't find a way to search accross all book contents.

any ideas or recipies?

speakingtohe · 10-11-2011, 01:30 PM

Maybe sort by size in the calibre UI?
Helen

KABx · 10-11-2011, 07:08 PM

size is a good indicator, but not reliable enough.

looking at the filenames by browsing on the kindle, samples seem to have _EBSP-v_0.azw in the file name.

is there any way of searching on the file name? or extracting it to a custom column?
i am fairly new to calibre, and still finding may way round.

i could probably hack an existing bit of code if it was similar to what i need, but am not up to writing my own yet!

DoctorOhh · 10-11-2011, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KABx

is there any way of searching on the file name? or extracting it to a custom column?

Once you add it to calibre that file name is out the window. The solution is to not add samples to calibre in the first place. Good luck in your search.

Abtacha · 10-12-2011, 09:11 AM

I know that won't help you now but maybe as an idea to prevent this in the future.
I simply add a tag "sample" when I import a sample into calibre that I'm not going to read right away.

KABx · 10-12-2011, 10:52 AM

my current solution to this is - on the kindle, i have created a 'samples' collection, and manually added all samples to it, using the kindle interface as it CAN tell me which books are samples.

I've then used the calibre plugin ' User category' to import all the categories into the custom column 'imported collections', which then allows me to search on 'samples'.

10-10-2011, 06:55 PM	#1
KABx Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: kindle	Identifying Kindle samples Is there a way in calibre to tell a sample book from a full book (from amazon) on a kindle? All samples contain an identical paragraph at the end, but i can't find a way to search accross all book contents. any ideas or recipies?

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10-11-2011, 01:30 PM	#2
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	Maybe sort by size in the calibre UI? Helen

10-11-2011, 07:08 PM	#3
KABx Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: kindle	size is a good indicator, but not reliable enough. looking at the filenames by browsing on the kindle, samples seem to have _EBSP-v_0.azw in the file name. is there any way of searching on the file name? or extracting it to a custom column? i am fairly new to calibre, and still finding may way round. i could probably hack an existing bit of code if it was similar to what i need, but am not up to writing my own yet!

10-12-2011, 09:11 AM	#5
Abtacha Addict Posts: 332 Karma: 6220000 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura HD	I know that won't help you now but maybe as an idea to prevent this in the future. I simply add a tag "sample" when I import a sample into calibre that I'm not going to read right away.

10-12-2011, 10:52 AM	#6
KABx Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: kindle	my current solution to this is - on the kindle, i have created a 'samples' collection, and manually added all samples to it, using the kindle interface as it CAN tell me which books are samples. I've then used the calibre plugin ' User category' to import all the categories into the custom column 'imported collections', which then allows me to search on 'samples'.

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