12-10-2014, 05:29 PM | #1 |
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copy2kindle: OS X, CLI tool to copy files to USB-attached kindle
Hi folks.
I have quickly hacked a tool to stop drag-and-dropping files into Kindle manually and instead let The Almighty Computer figure out where the heck the Kindle "documents" folder is and why the heck it is not mounted. https://github.com/dottedmag/copy2kindle Currently OS X only. Other OSes are support to add if anyone would like to. See my plans for this utility here: https://github.com/dottedmag/copy2ki...ob/master/TODO Why not Calibre? I can't stand neither UI nor CLI interface of it, nor the size of the software. |
12-10-2014, 10:51 PM | #2 |
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usbnetwork has rsync also...
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12-11-2014, 12:44 AM | #3 |
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Too simple a solution, and does not require re-inventing wheel.
Set-up on PC, directory structure representing the desired collection structure and fill with books. Keep PC organization up to date with your desired layout. Use provided rsync to keep Kindle up-to date. Call librarian-sync with the "collections from directory structure" option. Like magic, the Kindle's collections and books are now what was set-up as the model on the PC. Done. shoot, I might even be able to do that. |
12-11-2014, 08:29 AM | #4 |
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Uhm, my script is not for maintaining a large collection on Kindle (I found out it becomes a horrible mess), but for easily pushing books to it.
I used to use e-mail feature to directly put things on Kindle, but it turned out that "to read" queue is becoming unmanageable this way. So, basically once I read everything on Kindle, I do fire up copy2kindle ~/toread/2014-10/* and here we go for another month. Doing it with librarian is definitely possible, but all the library would not fit on a single Kindle. |
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