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Hamlet53 · 05-09-2012, 08:10 AM

I use Calibre for about everything related to ebooks, except actually reading them. And sometime that as well when I want to quickly search for a quote in a book I have already read. So with Calibre I:

Strip DRM from purchased books and format to epub if necessary
Whenever I add an ebook to my collection I immediately enter it into Calibre and use it to edit meta data, to add tags I want, and remove those that I don't want. Often this also means using the search for meta data and/or cover feature of Calibre
I add entries in custom columns I have created for number of pages (using a count pages plugin), marking whether I have read the book or not, whether it is in my priority list, and once read a number of stars rating.
I use the search feature to select a list of of books from which to choose my next read based on the various bits of information I described above.
I use it to transfer books to by Sony reader and to delete books I have finished from that reader.
I use the feature it provides to search the Internet for ebook titles I am interested in.
Linking my Dropbox account to the Calibre library on my hard drive gives my automatic cloud backup of all my ebooks.

05-09-2012, 08:10 AM	#27
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	I use Calibre for about everything related to ebooks, except actually reading them. And sometime that as well when I want to quickly search for a quote in a book I have already read. So with Calibre I: Strip DRM from purchased books and format to epub if necessary Whenever I add an ebook to my collection I immediately enter it into Calibre and use it to edit meta data, to add tags I want, and remove those that I don't want. Often this also means using the search for meta data and/or cover feature of Calibre I add entries in custom columns I have created for number of pages (using a count pages plugin), marking whether I have read the book or not, whether it is in my priority list, and once read a number of stars rating. I use the search feature to select a list of of books from which to choose my next read based on the various bits of information I described above. I use it to transfer books to by Sony reader and to delete books I have finished from that reader. I use the feature it provides to search the Internet for ebook titles I am interested in. Linking my Dropbox account to the Calibre library on my hard drive gives my automatic cloud backup of all my ebooks.