Copy Ebooks from PC to IPad using Marvin/Calibre - Page 2

peaceridge · 06-13-2019, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

How many books do you typically read in a month? Ebooks tend to be fairly small files, generally under 1MB. Even if you read two books a week, that’s less than 8MB a month, which won’t put too much of a dent in even the most restrictive of data plans.

I usually read one ebook a day, but often have 20 or more partially read (depends on my mood which I want next). But, you guys have a point, maybe I'm being too cautious and worried about ebook sizes. Saying that, I'm often camping where there is no internet access, however I can adjust for that ahead of time. Thanks.

ShellShock · 06-15-2019, 05:10 AM

I download from DropBox too. In fact, I keep my Calibre library in DropBox, and this works very well for me. So: add new book to Calibre, the DropBox client automatically uploads it to the DropBox cloud. The new book is now available at any time for me to download to Marvin.

Warning: you have to be careful to make sure Calibre is not running before accessing the library in DropBox from elsewhere. This is OK for me because I only run Calibre to add new books to my library.

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06-15-2019, 05:10 AM	#17
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,176 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	I download from DropBox too. In fact, I keep my Calibre library in DropBox, and this works very well for me. So: add new book to Calibre, the DropBox client automatically uploads it to the DropBox cloud. The new book is now available at any time for me to download to Marvin. Warning: you have to be careful to make sure Calibre is not running before accessing the library in DropBox from elsewhere. This is OK for me because I only run Calibre to add new books to my library.