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DoctorYof · 10-13-2008, 05:39 PM

Does anyone know whether it is possible to have more than one library set up and to switch between them? Would changing the library path achieve this? Or can you run more than one installation of Calibre with different libraries on the same computer (running Windows Vista)?

I have a big library including the whole 'GutenTorrent' collection (~13,000 books altogether) and don't want to lose Calibre's excellent searching. On the other hand I'd prefer a more responsive version of Calibre for day-to-day use - 15,000 books slows some things down a lot! (for example, Kovid did a sterling job halving my startup time a few updates ago, but that was from 4 minutes down to 2 minutes, and it takes about a minute to add any new book to this mega-library)

Having a smaller sized (some might say "sensible sized") library for most of the time would be handy...

10-13-2008, 05:39 PM	#1
DoctorYof Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Derbyshire, UK Device: PRS-505	More than one Library? Does anyone know whether it is possible to have more than one library set up and to switch between them? Would changing the library path achieve this? Or can you run more than one installation of Calibre with different libraries on the same computer (running Windows Vista)? I have a big library including the whole 'GutenTorrent' collection (~13,000 books altogether) and don't want to lose Calibre's excellent searching. On the other hand I'd prefer a more responsive version of Calibre for day-to-day use - 15,000 books slows some things down a lot! (for example, Kovid did a sterling job halving my startup time a few updates ago, but that was from 4 minutes down to 2 minutes, and it takes about a minute to add any new book to this mega-library) Having a smaller sized (some might say "sensible sized") library for most of the time would be handy...