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emanuensis · 05-08-2013, 12:36 PM

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>theducks: Start Calibre from the SOURCE Library: then select books: Right-click: Copy to Library

>theducks: This make an Metadata entry AND moves/copies the book to the destination Library. Done

Unfortunately clicking on "Calibre Library" does not allow one to specify WHICH (ie there is no subsequential dialogue), so it is useless for that purpose.

HOWEVER in the same right click menu there is a "save to disk" | "save to disk in a single directory" which does allow the creation of an output which can also serve as an input to Calibre! Ie Calibre can be coerced to eat its own dog food, and thus the program i outlined originally is feasible.

>theducks: all named the same (Calibre Library).

There are at least 4 naming violations Calibre forces: 1) the creation of an extra layer as you mentioned 2) the creation of a folder with a blank in it 3) missed case names 4) names over 255 characters in length. All of these cause various types of headaches.

>DoctorOhh: Since calibre doesn't have "collections"

i used "collection" as a short hand for a higher level of organization than can be afforded by Calibre.

DB approaches which work on blobs are only useful (for hefty home sized computers) to about 10^5. my library is approaching 10^6 and it is necessary to find a higher level of organization. At the high end they take too long, and are thus increasingly vulnerable to faults. Though often (unfortunately for safety not always) the faults are repairable, this again takes time. Calibre makes it difficult, as more than one instance cannot be run in the same operating system. Not even the "portable" version.

Thanks for the insights, i do hope to come to a stable and convenient system. i see such DB systems as a good intermediate step down system twixt collections and readers, but are vulnerable on both fronts, unfortunately. my impression is that much more thought and effort has been placed in the reader end. Which i am very thankful for!

05-08-2013, 12:36 PM	#4
emanuensis Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: none	@theducks >theducks: Start Calibre from the SOURCE Library: then select books: Right-click: Copy to Library >theducks: This make an Metadata entry AND moves/copies the book to the destination Library. Done Unfortunately clicking on "Calibre Library" does not allow one to specify WHICH (ie there is no subsequential dialogue), so it is useless for that purpose. HOWEVER in the same right click menu there is a "save to disk" \| "save to disk in a single directory" which does allow the creation of an output which can also serve as an input to Calibre! Ie Calibre can be coerced to eat its own dog food, and thus the program i outlined originally is feasible. >theducks: all named the same (Calibre Library). There are at least 4 naming violations Calibre forces: 1) the creation of an extra layer as you mentioned 2) the creation of a folder with a blank in it 3) missed case names 4) names over 255 characters in length. All of these cause various types of headaches. >DoctorOhh: Since calibre doesn't have "collections" i used "collection" as a short hand for a higher level of organization than can be afforded by Calibre. DB approaches which work on blobs are only useful (for hefty home sized computers) to about 10^5. my library is approaching 10^6 and it is necessary to find a higher level of organization. At the high end they take too long, and are thus increasingly vulnerable to faults. Though often (unfortunately for safety not always) the faults are repairable, this again takes time. Calibre makes it difficult, as more than one instance cannot be run in the same operating system. Not even the "portable" version. Thanks for the insights, i do hope to come to a stable and convenient system. i see such DB systems as a good intermediate step down system twixt collections and readers, but are vulnerable on both fronts, unfortunately. my impression is that much more thought and effort has been placed in the reader end. Which i am very thankful for!