02-21-2010, 12:38 PM | #1 |
Guru
Posts: 967
Karma: 3438612
Join Date: Oct 2009
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle 4NTB x 4
|
Two different copies of same book
I must be overlooking this, but I just can't find the answer.
I am in charge of loading up different ebook readers for different people. Mom has a Jetbook Lite, lady up the road has a Sony 600, and I still don't know what the heck I am going to end up with. So basicly I need to convert books into epubs, but they need to be different for each reader. (one reader 5", one 6") Can I do this? Or when I re-convert the book will it just overwrite the epub I have already converted to? I am very new to all this so please forgive me if I have asked a totally stupid question. S |
02-21-2010, 12:57 PM | #2 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,208
Karma: 16534692
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3
|
I know nothing about the Jetbook so accept this info FWIW until someone more knowledgeable chips in.
I think the way of customising for each particular e-reader is in the [Convert] - [Page setup] - Output profile section. You could try setting this up for the 5" reader and convert to epub. Load the same epub onto each e-reader. Check out results. Reset Output profile to 6" reader and convert to epub. Load the same epub onto each e-reader. Check out results. If one Output profile looks OK on both e-readers then use that one as your default. |
Advert | |
|
02-21-2010, 03:19 PM | #3 |
Guru
Posts: 967
Karma: 3438612
Join Date: Oct 2009
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle 4NTB x 4
|
I'm sorry, I don't think I explained myself correctly. I guess what I need to ask is can I have two epubs of each book in the folder made by Calibre, or will the program overwrite the first made epub with the second made epub?
In other words, if I make an epub of a Pride and Prejudice formatted for my mom's Jetbook, then I make an epub of Pride and Prejudice formatted for my friends Sony 600, when I make the second epub will it overwrite the first epub I made? Or should I move the first epub to another folder before making the second? Sorry for not explaining myself better! S |
02-21-2010, 03:26 PM | #4 |
Member
Posts: 10
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: PRS 600
|
I have double copies of some of my books on Calibre and it seems to cope fine. I will warn you that you already have a copy of the book in the library and ask you if you want to continue. Just say yes and all should be fine. It is then just a question of remembering which one you need for which ereader.
|
02-21-2010, 07:57 PM | #5 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,208
Karma: 16534692
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3
|
Perhaps I didn't explain very clearly either.
If you're happy to load the book into Calibre twice then you can do what you want by converting one for 6" and one for 5". You will, of course, have 2 lines displayed in the Calibre window for every book, which some would consider messy, but if you can live with it that's all that matters. If you only want to store the book once then each time you create an epub it will overwrite the previous one. So you would have to create 5" epub and download to 5" reader. Then create 6" epub and download to 6" reader (or vice versa). The original point I was trying to make is that you could try, just as an experiment, creating the 5" epub and downloading to the 6" reader to see if it was readable. If it was acceptable (maybe not perfect) you could save yourself a lot of future effort and keep a tidier library. |
Advert | |
|
02-21-2010, 10:24 PM | #6 | |
US Navy, Retired
Posts: 9,864
Karma: 13806776
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: North Carolina
Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Nexus 7
|
Quote:
Output profile size comes into play when you are dealing with CBZ comic files and other graphic oriented formats. In case individual image size makes any difference I would just set my Calibre for the 5inch reader and do all my conversions using that as my base. No muss no fuss one size fits all. |
|
02-22-2010, 07:06 AM | #7 |
Guru
Posts: 967
Karma: 3438612
Join Date: Oct 2009
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle 4NTB x 4
|
Thank you very much for your answers! I didn't realize I could use 5" formatting on a 6" device, or visa versa. I thought each one had to be formatted for it's specific target. Duh! Sometimes the little things throw me!!
S |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
mulitple copies of ebooks | lady_morana | Calibre | 1 | 08-08-2010 10:32 PM |
Multiple Copies on Reader! | niki_a | Sony Reader | 9 | 04-20-2010 09:05 AM |
Multiple copies of same book in different formats | Starson17 | Calibre | 10 | 01-07-2010 11:55 AM |
multiple copies | nirax | EPUBReader | 15 | 12-22-2009 08:22 AM |
E-Book Author Complains About Unauthorized Physical Copies | sea2stars | News | 7 | 02-14-2007 11:38 AM |