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Originally Posted by woodygirl
I just bought a new Nook and I am wondering one thing...
What is the best way to use Calibre with my Nook?
I have about 2000 books on my home PC with everything entered the way I like (covers, tags, and metadata). I want to be able to browse through my Calibre from my Nook, for example, search for books by a certain tag or series. What is the easiest way to do this? I plan on getting a micro SD card so I can store all my books on my Nook, but I will also keep them on my desktop hard drive...if that makes a difference.
I have read different posts on people "softrooting" their Nook to do this...I have no clue how to do anything like that!
I just want to be able to sit on my couch with my Nook and browse through my library via Calibre 
Thank You! |
This is from the FAQ section at the Calibre website:
Can I access my calibre books using the web browser in my Kindle or other reading device?¶
calibre has a
Content Server that exports the books in calibre as a web page. You can turn it on under
Preferences->Network->Sharing over the net. Then just point the web browser on your device to the computer running the Content Server and you will be able to browse your book collection. For example, if the computer running the server has IP address 63.45.128.5, in the browser, you would type:
http://63.45.128.5:8080
Some devices, like the Kindle (1/2/DX), do not allow you to access port 8080 (the default port on which the content server runs. In that case, change the port in the calibre Preferences to 80. (On some operating systems, you may not be able to run the server on a port number less than 1024 because of security settings. In this case the simplest solution is to adjust your router to forward requests on port 80 to port 8080).
I could not get it to work on my nook but then again I am no rocket scientologist.