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Old 04-21-2013, 03:41 AM   #7
chaley
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Originally Posted by Adoby View Post
I would like to be able to push books to my device directly from Calibre, without having to operate CC from my device at the same time. Push, not pull. I achieve that now with the shared folder and the FolderSync app. Perhaps separate CC into three parts, a stupid and silent app that always listen in the background to automatically receive book pushes from calibre. A book pull app to remotely browse and download from calibre, like now. And a book browser and reader launcher app.
It seems that you are in fact pulling. Calibre writes some stuff to a folder, and then later your device does a folder sync to pull the contents of that folder to the device. But putting that niggle aside ...

You can do what you want today using the reading list plugin if you are willing to leave calibre running somewhere. Quoting the reading list plugin page:
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  • Lists can be manually populated, auto-populated based on books on a device, or auto-populated based on a tag/custom column value
  • ...
  • Optionally sync each list to one or more devices, a folder or iTunes
  • Specify whether list sync should add only new items not on device, add all items every time, remove all items that are on the list, or replace all items on the device with the list
  • Optionally force a sync to the device of your list if adding while it is connected
Once set up, your would use calibre and the plugin to maintain a list of the books you want on your device. There is no need for your device to be connected while maintaining that list. Later, at your leisure and wherever you happen to be, you ask CC to connect as a wireless device. Calibre tells the reading list plugin that the device has connected, at which point the plugin and calibre cooperate to do all the necessary syncing: add and delete books, and update metadata and covers for books already on the device.
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