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Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by johnchristopher »

akho wrote: post #37
blowski wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use it extensively for managing the books on my devices (Kobo Libre, and my wife has an old Kindle).

What’s there to manage? They are files. Read a book, copy a new book over, delete old book. A file manager does all that, and is simpler and easier.

While you can do that with a Kobo you can't drop the file and expect it to appear in some collections. To associate a book with a collection you have to either use Calibre or the vendor's app. I have epubs and PDFs that weren't bought through the Kobo/Rakuten store and they don't get filed in my collections. With Calibre (and a plugin) I can do that.

I do agree I could live without it but files tend to accumulate and putting books in collections help.

All of this would be much easier if the kobo was dumber and just created shelves/collections based on folders.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by akho »

blowski wrote: post #38
akho wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s there to manage? They are files. Read a book, copy a new book over, delete old book. A file manager does all that, and is simpler and easier.

If I knew how to do that on either the Kobo Libre or the Kindle 2012 model, I'd do it. As it is, Calibre is very easy to use anyway.

I don’t understand. All Kindles I had — from Kindle 2 to Voyage — mounted as external drives when connected via USB, and copying mobi files just works (but their email delivery works fine, so I usually use that). From a brief Google search, Libra is the same (with epub).

I feel like I’m missing something every time Calibre comes up. People seem to love it, but I just found it confusing and unnecessary when I dealt with it.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by Moru »

NonNefarious wrote: post #30
Moru wrote: post #12

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Do you want to sync the whole library with the iphone or just search and download from the iphone? Calibre can be used to just transfer a few books by installing the calibre app on the phone and select books on the computer to transfer. There are also solutions for searching and downloading books from the phone but I haven't tried them much, found it much easier to use the computer to do that. I can't fit my library…

I want to sync the whole thing. Apple Books ineptly forces you to manually copy all of the books themselves to each device, but then syncs collections that you've set up to organize them.

Have you tried Resilio Sync?[0] I'm using it on Android but seems to exist for iOS [1] too. I'm not syncing the library though, might want to make sure you only run the sync when Calibre isn't running to prevent data loss.

[0] https://www.resilio.com/individuals/

[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1126282325

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by paskozdilar »

submeta wrote: post #27

Kovid Goyal, the developer of Calibre, is a very responsive, very gentle person. Whenever I needed help, I have gotten help from him. [1] - Calibre is an indispensable tool for me to manage my digital library with close to 800 books. I support him regularly. Consinder doing it as well if you appreciate the app. Go to https://calibre-ebook.com/ , there’s a support link on the top right. [1] This is the forum dedicated…

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Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by blowski »

akho wrote: post #42
blowski wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I knew how to do that on either the Kobo Libre or the Kindle 2012 model, I'd do it. As it is, Calibre is very easy to use anyway.

I don’t understand. All Kindles I had — from Kindle 2 to Voyage — mounted as external drives when connected via USB, and copying mobi files just works (but their email delivery works fine, so I usually use that). From a brief Google search, Libra is the same (with epub). I feel like I’m missing something every time Calibre comes up. People seem to love it, but I just found it confusing and unnecessary when I dealt wi…

When I connect the Kindle via USB to a MacBook Pro running macOS Monterey, I do not see a mounted drive with files in it, just the device itself. To email the files to Kindle, I first need to convert them anyway to mobi files.

For the Kobo Libre, I can indeed see a mounted volume, but copying a file into it does not consistently make that book available for reading.

Given I don't have these problems when I use Calibre, I'd definitely say it makes my life easier.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by goosedragons »

akho wrote: post #42
blowski wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I knew how to do that on either the Kobo Libre or the Kindle 2012 model, I'd do it. As it is, Calibre is very easy to use anyway.

I don’t understand. All Kindles I had — from Kindle 2 to Voyage — mounted as external drives when connected via USB, and copying mobi files just works (but their email delivery works fine, so I usually use that). From a brief Google search, Libra is the same (with epub). I feel like I’m missing something every time Calibre comes up. People seem to love it, but I just found it confusing and unnecessary when I dealt wi…

It's iTunes for eBooks. If you're someone that has 19 different readers, wants to keep them synced to the same page, make the metadata perfect, rate books, write notes about them etc. it makes a lot of sense.

For me it's basically a way to use two plugins and occasionally fix a book cover. It's a bit bloated IMO.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by kbd »

em500 wrote: post #39
submeta wrote: post #27

Kovid Goyal, the developer of Calibre, is a very responsive, very gentle person. Whenever I needed help, I have gotten help from him. [1] - Calibre is an indispensable tool for me to manage my digital library with close to 800 books. I support him regularly. Consinder doing it as well if you appreciate the app. Go to https://calibre-ebook.com/ , there’s a support link on the top right. [1] This is the forum dedicated…

OT, but he also happens to be the developer of kitty, my favorite terminal emulator on Linux: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty

Yeah kitty is amazing. I've been meaning to donate as a thank you. It's made so many things possible. In fact, because of it's flexibility, today I wrote a vscode extension that can use some of kitty's remote control features so I can execute things in my terminal of choice straight from my editor of choice.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by pasc1878 »

blowski wrote: post #45
akho wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t understand. All Kindles I had — from Kindle 2 to Voyage — mounted as external drives when connected via USB, and copying mobi files just works (but their email delivery works fine, so I usually use that). From a brief Google search, Libra is the same (with epub). I feel like I’m missing something every time Calibre comes up. People seem to love it, but I just found it confusing and unnecessary when I dealt wi…

When I connect the Kindle via USB to a MacBook Pro running macOS Monterey, I do not see a mounted drive with files in it, just the device itself. To email the files to Kindle, I first need to convert them anyway to mobi files. For the Kobo Libre, I can indeed see a mounted volume, but copying a file into it does not consistently make that book available for reading. Given I don't have these problems when I use Calibr…

Then you need to provide more details. I have used many versions of macOS with Kindles including 12.4 and attaching a Kindle has always shown it as an external drive (called Kindle)

What do you mean by the device itself - how does a device show up on macOS?

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by blowski »

goosedragons wrote: post #46
akho wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t understand. All Kindles I had — from Kindle 2 to Voyage — mounted as external drives when connected via USB, and copying mobi files just works (but their email delivery works fine, so I usually use that). From a brief Google search, Libra is the same (with epub). I feel like I’m missing something every time Calibre comes up. People seem to love it, but I just found it confusing and unnecessary when I dealt wi…

It's iTunes for eBooks. If you're someone that has 19 different readers, wants to keep them synced to the same page, make the metadata perfect, rate books, write notes about them etc. it makes a lot of sense. For me it's basically a way to use two plugins and occasionally fix a book cover. It's a bit bloated IMO.

With iTunes, you were forced to use it to manage an iPod, iPhone, and any media bought from Apple. With Calibre, you can use it or not use it to manage your ebooks as much as you like.

That's a very important distinction.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by blowski »

pasc1878 wrote: post #48
blowski wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I connect the Kindle via USB to a MacBook Pro running macOS Monterey, I do not see a mounted drive with files in it, just the device itself. To email the files to Kindle, I first need to convert them anyway to mobi files. For the Kobo Libre, I can indeed see a mounted volume, but copying a file into it does not consistently make that book available for reading. Given I don't have these problems when I use Calibr…

Then you need to provide more details. I have used many versions of macOS with Kindles including 12.4 and attaching a Kindle has always shown it as an external drive (called Kindle) What do you mean by the device itself - how does a device show up on macOS?

I'm totally fine with Calibre, so not going to bother digging any more, but thanks for the offer.
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