03-06-2009, 10:06 PM | #1 |
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Removing books from the Archive?
I just got a Kindle 2 and promptly went to Amazon to check out what free books they had available. Unfortunately, many of the free books on Amazon are formatted poorly, have messed up metadata, etc. So I removed them from my Kindle. (I've since discovered FeedBooks)
However, these books still show up in the Archived Items on the Kindle. Is there any way to remove them? I know I'm never going to need them again, so I trashed them from the Amazon Media Library, but they still show on the Kindle! I've even tried removing them from the Media Library trash, but it won't let me delete them. Arg! I know they're not taking up space on the device, but it just bugs me. Any tips? |
03-06-2009, 10:08 PM | #2 | |
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No, there is no way to "permanently" delete stuff. It will stay in your trash "forever" or the life of Amazon, which ever is shorter. My only tip would be, ignore them. BOb |
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03-06-2009, 10:11 PM | #3 |
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I've had books removed but I contacted Amazon CS to do it. They no longer show in my Media Library or on my Kindles.
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03-07-2009, 11:43 AM | #4 | |
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Once on your account page go to the "Digital Content" section and select "Your Collection" (one of the options on the right). Find the book in question (browse or there is a search field top right) and then select that item. On the resulting screen, to the right there is a "Manage this item" area and an option to "Move to trash". That will eliminate it from your Amazon account and it will no longer show up in your Archived Items on the Kindle. Hope that helps... |
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03-07-2009, 11:52 AM | #5 | |
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Nevermind - they still show up in archived items. Weird. On my Kindle 1 they do not appear for download, but do show up on the K2. And you cannot empty them from the trash - attempting to do so tells you it is impossible. |
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03-07-2009, 11:53 AM | #6 | |
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I thought it worked as you say above too... so something is going on here. BOb |
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03-07-2009, 01:06 PM | #7 |
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Why don't you just convert the metadata to something that allows you to ignore them? So even on content manager they stand out?
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03-07-2009, 02:35 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for all the replies. It sounds like I'll just have to overcome my OCD and ignore the extra items in the Archive for now. Hopefully Amazon will fix it so trashed items don't show in the Archive.
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