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Originally Posted by Rika24
so my question is, can i bring books in my nook's memory over to Calibre on my mac using Calibre Companion?
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The answer is "a definitive maybe".
The answer is yes if:
- your nook can run CC. Since you have an HD I think the answer is yes.
- Your books are in a known folder somewhere on your nook. They can be in a subfolder of that folder, but they should not be in the root.
- If you want quality metadata, your books should be epubs.
- Your books are not DRM infested.
If all the above are true, then to do what you want you would:
- Install CC
- Use CC's folder setup to tell CC where the books are. See CC's FAQ for how to do this.
- Also using CC's folder setup, tell CC what kind of books you have. You probably won't need to change anything because epub and PDF are on by default, but you might if you use things like CBZ (comic books).
- Install calibre on your new computer. Start calibre.
- Ask CC to connect as a wireless device to your new computer.
At this point CC will scan the folder (and subfolders) you gave it above, find any book files, and send that information to calibre. They will appear in calibre's device view. You select the books, right-click, and choose "Add books to library". Once the add is done, you can disconnect CC and start the possibly long process of correcting the metadata in your newly-populated calibre library. At times of your choosing, reconnect CC so it will get the updated metadata.