What do you use Calibre For? - Page 7

ianrob99 · 05-17-2012, 03:24 AM

I use calibre mainly to manage my Sony 650. Use the conversion to allow me to move books onto the Sony fromvarious sources for personal use.

sapphiresilver · 05-19-2012, 06:30 AM

I use Calibre to manage all my books, sort them by genre, series, author or how much I liked the book, fix formatting issues, back books up (Dropbox) and put them on my Kindle. I don't keep many books on my Kindle at once, so Calibre is really helpful for sorting out my TBR list.

Fozzybear · 05-20-2012, 06:52 AM

I used it a couple of times to put RSS news on my kindle but wasn't really reading them so now it just sits on my computer pretty much unused. At some point I'll uninstall it as I don't really know how to use it or see much need for it - if I want to backup my kindle I just drag the whole set of files off it onto my backup hard drive.

kleinste · 05-20-2012, 06:59 AM

I'm still pretty foggy on all of the features of Calibre, but I use it to:
- sort out funky metadata if I get a book from a questionable source (ie TPB)
- make multiple copies of a book in a few different formats
- strip DRM

I have well over 1,000 ebooks, though, so I'm going to have to start working out how to use it to mark which books I've read and which books I haven't... It's just too time consuming to do that on the Kindle itself!

Edit: Hmm, well, after posting this, I went and did just that! I've started to use 'read' and 'to be read' tags on Calibre. There must be an easier way to too this... *shrewd stare*

Cdesja5 · 05-20-2012, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kleinste

I'm still pretty foggy on all of the features of Calibre, but I use it to:
- sort out funky metadata if I get a book from a questionable source (ie TPB)
- make multiple copies of a book in a few different formats
- strip DRM

I have well over 1,000 ebooks, though, so I'm going to have to start working out how to use it to mark which books I've read and which books I haven't... It's just too time consuming to do that on the Kindle itself!

Edit: Hmm, well, after posting this, I went and did just that! I've started to use 'read' and 'to be read' tags on Calibre. There must be an easier way to too this... *shrewd stare*

There's a plugin that will allow for a yes/no column to indicate read or not.

toddos · 05-20-2012, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cdesja5

There's a plugin that will allow for a yes/no column to indicate read or not.

Or you can just create a new custom column for that, no need for a plugin.

aardbewoner · 05-23-2012, 09:21 AM

Use Calibre to read books on my computer, and convert books to epub, as this hold a long suport promise. Calibre is great to manage all my books,sort and mark read.

Hellmark · 05-23-2012, 02:58 PM

I have two calibre libraries, one to sort my ebooks, and the other sorts my ecomics.

Mostly, I just use it to keep track of my stuff, so I don't lose it.

Joykins · 05-24-2012, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toddos

Or you can just create a new custom column for that, no need for a plugin.

I just did this to my collection. Very nice! Now I have a much better idea what books I need to sync with my reader

05-20-2012, 06:59 AM	#94
kleinste Nameless Being	I'm still pretty foggy on all of the features of Calibre, but I use it to: - sort out funky metadata if I get a book from a questionable source (ie TPB) - make multiple copies of a book in a few different formats - strip DRM I have well over 1,000 ebooks, though, so I'm going to have to start working out how to use it to mark which books I've read and which books I haven't... It's just too time consuming to do that on the Kindle itself! Edit: Hmm, well, after posting this, I went and did just that! I've started to use 'read' and 'to be read' tags on Calibre. There must be an easier way to too this... shrewd stare Last edited by kleinste; 05-20-2012 at 06:45 PM.

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05-17-2012, 03:24 AM	#91
ianrob99 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Blackburn Device: Sony Prs650	I use calibre mainly to manage my Sony 650. Use the conversion to allow me to move books onto the Sony fromvarious sources for personal use.

05-19-2012, 06:30 AM	#92
sapphiresilver Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 5368 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Australia Device: Amazon Oasis 2, Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro	I use Calibre to manage all my books, sort them by genre, series, author or how much I liked the book, fix formatting issues, back books up (Dropbox) and put them on my Kindle. I don't keep many books on my Kindle at once, so Calibre is really helpful for sorting out my TBR list.

05-20-2012, 06:52 AM	#93
Fozzybear Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 45968 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G	I used it a couple of times to put RSS news on my kindle but wasn't really reading them so now it just sits on my computer pretty much unused. At some point I'll uninstall it as I don't really know how to use it or see much need for it - if I want to backup my kindle I just drag the whole set of files off it onto my backup hard drive.

05-23-2012, 09:21 AM	#97
aardbewoner Grumpy Posts: 74 Karma: 2222222 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: linux computers ,raspberry	Use Calibre to read books on my computer, and convert books to epub, as this hold a long suport promise. Calibre is great to manage all my books,sort and mark read.

05-23-2012, 02:58 PM	#98
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	I have two calibre libraries, one to sort my ebooks, and the other sorts my ecomics. Mostly, I just use it to keep track of my stuff, so I don't lose it.

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