01-02-2012, 08:13 AM | #1 |
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Why use Calibre with Kobo Touch
I've seen quite a few posts here talking about calibre. I'm a noob to ereaders/ereading and I was wondering what the benefits there are to using calibre to manage my library as opposed to using ADE and the Kobo desktop app. Thanks for the info.
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01-02-2012, 09:44 AM | #2 | |
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Calibre allows you to manage large libraries of books. - Download covers/descriptions/reviews/etc. - Flexible filtering/search/sort/etc. - Tags Calibre can convert between ebook formats, make common fixes to ebooks, and even help you edit ebooks. Calibre offers viewers for most common ebook formats, and it will cooperate with third party viewers. Calibre can grab web pages and pack them into ebooks. Which is useful if you like to get your daily dose of news away from the computer. Vendor agnostic bookstore to help you find rare titles or get the best price (which can be $0 if it's in the public domain). And a lot more. |
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01-02-2012, 10:30 AM | #3 |
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Sounds a lot more flexible than ADE and versatile. So the next question is how easy is it to use?
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01-02-2012, 11:36 AM | #4 |
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Sure, but if you're someone like myself who purchases all their books from Kobo, then the ability to read the books on my PC is limited to ADE or the Kobo desktop aplication. Calibre cannot view books with DRM (Digital Rights Management).
I also borrow some library books. Calibre is not able to help there, ADE is required to borrow and read the book on the PC. Given the above, I choose ADE and the Kobo application, although Caibre is nice if you have a bunch of files you like to manage, or if you have a lot of DRM free books. |
01-02-2012, 11:44 AM | #5 |
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Thanks for the additional info ltr. I plan on borrowing from the library a fair bit and will probably purchase when I can't get what I want there. I may just stick with ADE and the Kobo app for now.
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01-02-2012, 11:45 AM | #6 |
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They're all free. Why limit yourself?
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01-02-2012, 01:49 PM | #7 |
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I see your point. However, I don't think of it as limiting myself. If I need something like calibre I know where to get it and where to come to get answers to my questions.
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01-02-2012, 01:58 PM | #8 |
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You cannot view DRM epubs with Calibre, but you can still load them into Calibre and then load them onto your Kobo from there. This allows you to take advantage of the Tagging and metadata features in Calibre.
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01-10-2012, 10:22 PM | #9 |
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i've opened my Calibre, but i don't see the Kobo icon on it so i can't seem to upload books wirelessly to my Kobo Touch.
also, i can never see the Kobo icon when i plug it into the USB for charging or managing files. |
01-10-2012, 10:53 PM | #10 |
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Do you select the option "CONNECT" on the Kobo Touch after making the USB connection?
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01-11-2012, 08:15 PM | #11 |
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To transfer books wirelessly, 1- your Calibre server must be ON, 2- you enter your local IP address into the touch browser's address line in this format:
http://192.168.1.118:8080 where 8080 is the port used by Calibre and the 192.168.1.118 is replaced with you own IP address ( usually only the last 3 numbers will differ from the example above.) Link below explaining how to find your IP address http://www.bobborst.com/tools/whatsmyip/ |
01-15-2012, 12:48 PM | #12 |
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hey guys thanks for the info. the real problem, however, was completely different.
i couldn't get the icon to transfer because i had my kobo plugged in with a dual plug in for the light (which is attached to the case). this sets them both into charge mode only and you can't transfer with the light extension attached. so if anyone else has this problem, this was the reason. cheers. finally, is there a reliable website for book downloads? people on this board are talking about the books their reading, but where are they getting them from? if you can't post it here, please pm me. i found a book series i was looking for, but can't find the website anymore. |
01-15-2012, 04:24 PM | #13 | |
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DRM can be removed from your books using after market plugins for calibre so that you can move your collection easily between your devices. good luck jack |
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03-30-2012, 09:59 AM | #14 |
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I'm new to ereaders. What is ADE?
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03-30-2012, 11:10 AM | #15 |
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