Sharing Books back and forth between multiple devices

newlife · 08-18-2014, 11:18 AM

I currently work at a girls home where reading books is part of their recovery but only certain books are approved for certain times. We are looking into a system where we could have a main data base of books and add them and remove them from about 10 different devices quite frequently. Ideally each device would have no more than a few books on it at any given time.

It seems as if Calibre is set up for such a system, is this correct? Would it matter what the devices were (Kindle, Ipad, etc)?

Thank you so much!

eschwartz · 08-18-2014, 01:33 PM

calibre is device-agnostic.

You may want to look into [GUI Plugin] Reading List which can maintain per-device booklists and update the device to add and remove books.

newlife · 08-18-2014, 01:48 PM

Thank you so much, so I would purchase Calibre first and then this and that would allow me to have one main device that sends books out to the other devices? Or would a password be required in order to get books on each device? I would just need to make sure that the users could only use the books I gave them and nothing more

itimpi · 08-18-2014, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by newlife

Thank you so much, so I would purchase Calibre first and then this and that would allow me to have one main device that sends books out to the other devices? Or would a password be required in order to get books on each device? I would just need to make sure that the users could only use the books I gave them and nothing more

Calibre is free!

However Calibre has no concept of user or device management so I am not sure it will meet your needs. Calibre is really intended for personal/family use where access to the library is not regulated.

susan_cassidy · 08-18-2014, 03:07 PM

What ereader device are you using? Kindles generally have a limit of 6 devices that the book can be downloaded to simultaneously. Probably other ereaders have similar restrictions, as it is a publisher thing.

Presumably all the devices would be registered to the same account.

08-18-2014, 11:18 AM	#1
newlife Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: none	Sharing Books back and forth between multiple devices I currently work at a girls home where reading books is part of their recovery but only certain books are approved for certain times. We are looking into a system where we could have a main data base of books and add them and remove them from about 10 different devices quite frequently. Ideally each device would have no more than a few books on it at any given time. It seems as if Calibre is set up for such a system, is this correct? Would it matter what the devices were (Kindle, Ipad, etc)? Thank you so much!

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08-18-2014, 01:33 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	calibre is device-agnostic. You may want to look into [GUI Plugin] Reading List which can maintain per-device booklists and update the device to add and remove books.

08-18-2014, 01:48 PM	#3
newlife Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: none	Thank you so much, so I would purchase Calibre first and then this and that would allow me to have one main device that sends books out to the other devices? Or would a password be required in order to get books on each device? I would just need to make sure that the users could only use the books I gave them and nothing more

08-18-2014, 03:07 PM	#5
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	What ereader device are you using? Kindles generally have a limit of 6 devices that the book can be downloaded to simultaneously. Probably other ereaders have similar restrictions, as it is a publisher thing. Presumably all the devices would be registered to the same account.

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