diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/render.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/render.py
index 1c73fd55b4..1325ce2d43 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/render.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/render.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def mi_to_html(mi, field_list=None, default_author_link=None, use_roman_numbers=
     row = u'<td class="title">%s</td><td class="value">%s</td>'
     p = prepare_string_for_xml
     a = partial(prepare_string_for_xml, attribute=True)
+    book_id = getattr(mi, 'id', 0)
 
     for field in (field for field, display in field_list if display):
         try:
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ def mi_to_html(mi, field_list=None, default_author_link=None, use_roman_numbers=
                 path = force_unicode(mi.path, filesystem_encoding)
                 scheme = u'devpath' if isdevice else u'path'
                 url = prepare_string_for_xml(path if isdevice else
-                        unicode(mi.id), True)
+                        unicode(book_id), True)
                 pathstr = _('Click to open')
                 extra = ''
                 if isdevice:
@@ -141,13 +142,13 @@ def mi_to_html(mi, field_list=None, default_author_link=None, use_roman_numbers=
                 bpath = '/'.join((os.path.basename(h), t))
             data = ({
                 'fmt':x, 'path':a(path or ''), 'fname':a(mi.format_files.get(x, '')),
-                'ext':x.lower(), 'id':mi.id, 'bpath':bpath,
+                'ext':x.lower(), 'id':book_id, 'bpath':bpath,
             } for x in mi.formats)
             fmts = [u'<a data-full-path="{path}/{fname}.{ext}" title="{bpath}/{fname}.{ext}" href="format:{id}:{fmt}">{fmt}</a>'.format(**x) for x in data]
             ans.append((field, row % (name, u', '.join(fmts))))
         elif field == 'identifiers':
             urls = urls_from_identifiers(mi.identifiers)
-            links = [u'<a href="%s" title="%s:%s" data-item="%s">%s</a>' % (a(url), a(id_typ), a(id_val), a(item_data(field, id_typ, mi.id)), p(namel))
+            links = [u'<a href="%s" title="%s:%s" data-item="%s">%s</a>' % (a(url), a(id_typ), a(id_val), a(item_data(field, id_typ, book_id)), p(namel))
                     for namel, id_typ, id_val, url in urls]
             links = u', '.join(links)
             if links:
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ def mi_to_html(mi, field_list=None, default_author_link=None, use_roman_numbers=
                 continue
             val = '<a href="%s" title="%s" data-item="%s">%s</a>' % (
                 search_href('publisher', mi.publisher), _('Click to see books with {0}: {1}').format(metadata['name'], a(mi.publisher)),
-                a(item_data('publisher', mi.publisher, mi.id)), p(mi.publisher))
+                a(item_data('publisher', mi.publisher, book_id)), p(mi.publisher))
             ans.append((field, row % (name, val)))
         else:
             val = mi.format_field(field)[-1]
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ def mi_to_html(mi, field_list=None, default_author_link=None, use_roman_numbers=
                     '<span class="%(cls)s">%(series)s</span></a>') % dict(
                         sidx=fmt_sidx(sidx, use_roman=use_roman_numbers), cls="series_name",
                         series=p(series), href=search_href(st, series),
-                        data=a(item_data(field, series, mi.id)),
+                        data=a(item_data(field, series, book_id)),
                         tt=p(_('Click to see books in this series')))
             elif metadata['datatype'] == 'datetime':
                 aval = getattr(mi, field)
@@ -222,7 +223,8 @@ def mi_to_html(mi, field_list=None, default_author_link=None, use_roman_numbers=
                 if field == 'tags':
                     all_vals = sorted(all_vals, key=sort_key)
                 links = ['<a href="%s" title="%s" data-item="%s">%s</a>' % (
-                    search_href(st, x), _('Click to see books with {0}: {1}').format(metadata['name'], a(x)), a(item_data(field, x, mi.id)), p(x))
+                    search_href(st, x), _('Click to see books with {0}: {1}').format(
+                        metadata['name'], a(x)), a(item_data(field, x, book_id)), p(x))
                          for x in all_vals]
                 val = metadata['is_multiple']['list_to_ui'].join(links)
             elif metadata['datatype'] == 'enumeration':
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ def mi_to_html(mi, field_list=None, default_author_link=None, use_roman_numbers=
                     st = field
                 val = '<a href="%s" title="%s" data-item="%s">%s</a>' % (
                     search_href(st, val), a(_('Click to see books with {0}: {1}').format(metadata['name'], val)),
-                    a(item_data(field, val, mi.id)), p(val))
+                    a(item_data(field, val, book_id)), p(val))
 
             ans.append((field, row % (name, val)))