iPod Touch, Calibre and Stanza

HarryO53 · 02-11-2010, 05:43 PM

This may be more a Stanza question than Calibre question, however, I am not finding the Stanza forums too receptive to my questions, even though they are not Mac specific.

I finally have gotten Stanza on the iPod to recognize my Calibre library. I can't seem to reliably transfer any books from Calibre to Stanza. I can select a book, but don't get a download button in the upper right hand corner of Stanza very often. When I do, there are apparently a random number of books being tagged for download.

Don't know how to remedy this, or if this has anything at all to do with the way Calibre's server is running.

The ebooks are all in EPUB format, and the ones that I can move to the iPod appear normally and in the proper format.

desertgrandma · 02-11-2010, 05:44 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, Harry053.

Hopefully you'll get some help soon.

kiklop74 · 02-11-2010, 05:46 PM

If you use windows you could install Stanza for PC and import books in that app. Than you can share the books from that app and ipod can detect such server.

HarryO53 · 02-11-2010, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiklop74

If you use windows you could install Stanza for PC and import books in that app. Than you can share the books from that app and ipod can detect such server.

Yup, thought of that as a last resort. I DL'd Stanza Desktop for pc, but it will probably be a few days before I boot into Windows 7. Just don't use it that often anymore.

I think I have a small idea of what is going on. It may have to do with the format the ebook is in as seen by Stanza on the iPod.

Harry

iandix · 02-11-2010, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryO53

Yup, thought of that as a last resort. I DL'd Stanza Desktop for pc, but it will probably be a few days before I boot into Windows 7. Just don't use it that often anymore.

I think I have a small idea of what is going on. It may have to do with the format the ebook is in as seen by Stanza on the iPod.

Harry

Well...maybe...

Stanza can only view epub books . The way stanza desktop works is it converts all over formats such as .lt and others to epub.

Try converting all your ebooks over to epub in calibre and then see how it works.

Ian

HarryO53 · 02-11-2010, 06:24 PM

Thats what I'm doing. It appears that Stanza shows all of the books as available from the Calibre library, but that's not the case. I may just delete all but epub once I convert them.

Stanza doesn't seem to be that great a reader..IMO.

HarryO53 · 02-11-2010, 07:38 PM

I guess I solved my own problem here. I have converted what I have to epub and all looks OK at this point.

02-11-2010, 05:43 PM	#1
HarryO53 Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: iPod Touch	iPod Touch, Calibre and Stanza This may be more a Stanza question than Calibre question, however, I am not finding the Stanza forums too receptive to my questions, even though they are not Mac specific. I finally have gotten Stanza on the iPod to recognize my Calibre library. I can't seem to reliably transfer any books from Calibre to Stanza. I can select a book, but don't get a download button in the upper right hand corner of Stanza very often. When I do, there are apparently a random number of books being tagged for download. Don't know how to remedy this, or if this has anything at all to do with the way Calibre's server is running. The ebooks are all in EPUB format, and the ones that I can move to the iPod appear normally and in the proper format.

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02-11-2010, 05:44 PM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Welcome to MobileRead, Harry053. Hopefully you'll get some help soon.

02-11-2010, 05:46 PM	#3
kiklop74 Guru Posts: 800 Karma: 194644 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Argentina Device: Kindle Voyage	If you use windows you could install Stanza for PC and import books in that app. Than you can share the books from that app and ipod can detect such server.

02-11-2010, 06:24 PM	#6
HarryO53 Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: iPod Touch	Thats what I'm doing. It appears that Stanza shows all of the books as available from the Calibre library, but that's not the case. I may just delete all but epub once I convert them. Stanza doesn't seem to be that great a reader..IMO.

02-11-2010, 07:38 PM	#7
HarryO53 Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: iPod Touch	I guess I solved my own problem here. I have converted what I have to epub and all looks OK at this point.

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