Deleting Books from Marvin

Bermudagirl · 01-29-2014, 05:16 AM

I use Calibre to manage all my books in Marvin on my iPad. Apart from the problem with cover art not displaying properly (something which I rectify by reconverting the epub in Calibre) - I really love the app.
Just one little query. I have just realised that I have way too many books on my iPad, and I want to remove a whole lot of them and just keep the books I really want to read on my iPad. I have been deleting the books through Calibre because although I want to remove the books from my iPad, I want to keep them in Calibre.
It's a slow process doing this. If I delete the books through Marvin on my iPad (which I am hoping will be a quicker process), will this affect the books I have in Calibre when I connect my iPad to Calibre on my computer?
This may seem a silly question, but I don't want to loose any of the books in Calibre (I have a lot of them) and I really don't want to have to put them back into Calibre, which would take ages.
Any advice would be much appreciated!

kguil · 01-29-2014, 05:28 AM

Deleting books from Marvin, won't affect your calibre library.

Bermudagirl · 01-29-2014, 06:32 AM

Many thanks!!!

HarryT · 01-29-2014, 08:10 AM

Isn't it quicker to use Calibre? Select the books you want to delete from the device, then right click one of them and select "Remove matching books from device" from the pop-up menu. No need to do it one at a time. Alternatively, select the "Device" view in Calibre, and delete using that.

01-29-2014, 05:16 AM	#1
Bermudagirl Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 192164 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Scotland Device: iPad Mini 4	Deleting Books from Marvin I use Calibre to manage all my books in Marvin on my iPad. Apart from the problem with cover art not displaying properly (something which I rectify by reconverting the epub in Calibre) - I really love the app. Just one little query. I have just realised that I have way too many books on my iPad, and I want to remove a whole lot of them and just keep the books I really want to read on my iPad. I have been deleting the books through Calibre because although I want to remove the books from my iPad, I want to keep them in Calibre. It's a slow process doing this. If I delete the books through Marvin on my iPad (which I am hoping will be a quicker process), will this affect the books I have in Calibre when I connect my iPad to Calibre on my computer? This may seem a silly question, but I don't want to loose any of the books in Calibre (I have a lot of them) and I really don't want to have to put them back into Calibre, which would take ages. Any advice would be much appreciated!

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01-29-2014, 05:28 AM	#2
kguil Addict Posts: 1,215 Karma: 1836966 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Malta, Europe Device: Marvin for iOS	Deleting books from Marvin, won't affect your calibre library.

01-29-2014, 06:32 AM	#3
Bermudagirl Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 192164 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Scotland Device: iPad Mini 4	Many thanks!!!

01-29-2014, 08:10 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Isn't it quicker to use Calibre? Select the books you want to delete from the device, then right click one of them and select "Remove matching books from device" from the pop-up menu. No need to do it one at a time. Alternatively, select the "Device" view in Calibre, and delete using that.