Kudos to Calibre Coders and a possible RFE

strannik · 10-07-2009, 04:36 PM

Greetings,

Upon getting my new ipod touch and moving everything from the palm to the touch, I discovered Calibre. This is a nice bit of work - one which many of us have been waiting for. I see a lot of posts from others on what would move Calibre from very good to perfect, so I am adding my list - some of which may haev a work-around I haven't yet thought of.

I already submitted an actual RFE to allow the Calibre Server to reformat URLS from http:// to ereader:// as needed for those of us who use it.
It would be nice if the metadata could have a user-defined category field which also can be used to show books by category (in lieu of folders which would probably add too much complexity to the library)
Is there a way to add 1 book which is split into multiple parts? e.g. each part is a different secion of one book.
I have a laptop which has a little space and a server which has a lot. I want to move most (but not all) of my library to the server while keeping some books on the laptop, but be able to access both repositories. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks again to kovidgoyal and the band for the great work thus far!

pking36330 · 10-07-2009, 06:11 PM

I can't answer them all, but you will be pleased to learn that Calibre can perform #3 now.

Just post the Series title in that field when editing the metadata and then select what number in the series the book for the selected book.

FragFrog · 10-07-2009, 06:13 PM

About point 2: I do not know how this works with iPods, but my sony touch automatically assumes each 'tag' is a catagory. In a way, through those tags I am able to create catagories, at least on my reader, much like I'd otherwise use folders (I, too, was looking into a way to create those, but alas, no dice).

I store my library on my server by the way, with a network drive pointing to it - this pretty much means I don't have to also keep a local copy. Of course, when not at home it's a bit trickier to set up a VPN, but I'm not sure if it'd be easier or harder than switching repositories.

strannik · 10-09-2009, 03:47 PM

Thank you all for your helpful responses. It does turn out to be just as easy to use the tags/series as any other category scheme. I also decided to keep all of the books on the server. I can use Calibre on the LAN from my laptop, and I can have another copy of Calibre on a dedicated machine to launch the Calibre-server via VPN as needed. The web server function is very useful, and the software overall is amazing. Now I just have to figure out what to do with those DRMed books I can't do without.

10-07-2009, 04:36 PM	#1
strannik Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: ipod touch, palm, other	Kudos to Calibre Coders and a possible RFE Greetings, Upon getting my new ipod touch and moving everything from the palm to the touch, I discovered Calibre. This is a nice bit of work - one which many of us have been waiting for. I see a lot of posts from others on what would move Calibre from very good to perfect, so I am adding my list - some of which may haev a work-around I haven't yet thought of. I already submitted an actual RFE to allow the Calibre Server to reformat URLS from http:// to ereader:// as needed for those of us who use it. It would be nice if the metadata could have a user-defined category field which also can be used to show books by category (in lieu of folders which would probably add too much complexity to the library) Is there a way to add 1 book which is split into multiple parts? e.g. each part is a different secion of one book. I have a laptop which has a little space and a server which has a lot. I want to move most (but not all) of my library to the server while keeping some books on the laptop, but be able to access both repositories. Is there a way to do this? Thanks again to kovidgoyal and the band for the great work thus far!

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10-07-2009, 06:11 PM	#2
pking36330 FT Parent PT Reader Posts: 322 Karma: 187838 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Alabama Device: Shocked by how much I've read on an iPod Touch received as a gift!	I can't answer them all, but you will be pleased to learn that Calibre can perform #3 now. Just post the Series title in that field when editing the metadata and then select what number in the series the book for the selected book.

10-07-2009, 06:13 PM	#3
FragFrog Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 32 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Netherlands Device: PRS-600	About point 2: I do not know how this works with iPods, but my sony touch automatically assumes each 'tag' is a catagory. In a way, through those tags I am able to create catagories, at least on my reader, much like I'd otherwise use folders (I, too, was looking into a way to create those, but alas, no dice). I store my library on my server by the way, with a network drive pointing to it - this pretty much means I don't have to also keep a local copy. Of course, when not at home it's a bit trickier to set up a VPN, but I'm not sure if it'd be easier or harder than switching repositories.

10-09-2009, 03:47 PM	#4
strannik Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: ipod touch, palm, other	Thank you all for your helpful responses. It does turn out to be just as easy to use the tags/series as any other category scheme. I also decided to keep all of the books on the server. I can use Calibre on the LAN from my laptop, and I can have another copy of Calibre on a dedicated machine to launch the Calibre-server via VPN as needed. The web server function is very useful, and the software overall is amazing. Now I just have to figure out what to do with those DRMed books I can't do without.

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