[mlevin77]

Hi all,

I'm investigating tools for the following, and people have suggested Calibre. I've done a little reading on it but I want to hear people's thoughts about the capabilities. I have a few eBooks (in .mobi and PDF format), as well as a couple of thousand of paper books. I'd like to find a solution (software/system/scheme) to manage all this, with a central library on my desktop computer such that

1) The list of books, and also the actual content syncs to several devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone) and can be read even when network is not present.

2) There is a searchable, convenient database of what books are there.

3) The database can be added to by barcode scanning the ISBN tag on a real book

4) Some entries in the database are linked to full content. That is, I'd enter books that I have in electronic format, but also books from my library that exist only in paper form.

I'm looking for a total solution to manage all my books - list them all, plus enable ready access to the content for the ones I have. I'd like to have it sync to several devices. Does Calibre do some/all of this? Thoughts greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance,

Mike