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woodygirl · 10-11-2010, 04:53 PM

Probably a dumb Nook / Calibre question...
I just bought a new Nook and I am wondering one thing...

What is the best way to use Calibre with my Nook?

I know that the Nook isn't the greatest for finding books and organizing books, so I want to be able to use Calibre to do that. I have about 2000 books on my home PC with everything entered the way I like on Calibre(covers, tags, and metadata), so it's really easy to find a book by topic or series or author. I want to be able to use Calibre from my Nook to search through my library, for example, search for books by a certain tag or series. What is the easiest way to do this? I know Calibre has a Content Server, to access it as a web page. So, is my only option to copy my entire library over to my Nook and then use Calibre's Content Server to basically search for the book I want to read next and then go to My Documents folder on my Nook and try and find that book?
Or is there a more simple way to do this?

I have read different posts on people "softrooting" their Nook to do this...I have no clue how to do anything like that! And it's a brand new Nook with the newest firmware and it seems that there can be issues trying to root that version.

I just want to be able to sit on my couch with my Nook and browse through my library via Calibre.

Thank You!

10-11-2010, 04:53 PM	#1
woodygirl Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Nook	New Nook and Calibre question Probably a dumb Nook / Calibre question... I just bought a new Nook and I am wondering one thing... What is the best way to use Calibre with my Nook? I know that the Nook isn't the greatest for finding books and organizing books, so I want to be able to use Calibre to do that. I have about 2000 books on my home PC with everything entered the way I like on Calibre(covers, tags, and metadata), so it's really easy to find a book by topic or series or author. I want to be able to use Calibre from my Nook to search through my library, for example, search for books by a certain tag or series. What is the easiest way to do this? I know Calibre has a Content Server, to access it as a web page. So, is my only option to copy my entire library over to my Nook and then use Calibre's Content Server to basically search for the book I want to read next and then go to My Documents folder on my Nook and try and find that book? Or is there a more simple way to do this? I have read different posts on people "softrooting" their Nook to do this...I have no clue how to do anything like that! And it's a brand new Nook with the newest firmware and it seems that there can be issues trying to root that version. I just want to be able to sit on my couch with my Nook and browse through my library via Calibre. Thank You!