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Originally Posted by Pinkie
I bought Calibre Companion a while back, and while it's a nice little app, there's one thing that makes me give up every time.
It doesn't scan and read the books already on my device. I have several devices that I read on, and they don't all have the same books. So I need something that knows what's already on the device, so the books aren't duplicated. For instance, I only keep a few books on my phone, but my large tablet has everything, and it's a Windows one, so I can't use CC. My small tablet has around 300 books but only reads the few I've tried on CC, and then they're dupes.
Ideally, when I point Calibre to my Books file, it should be able to read the books already there.
It doesn't read anything it hasn't downloaded for itself.
I would love to use it as an organiser. It's a great idea, but unless I'm prepared to use the Companion alone, it's not feasible.
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Unless you have shut off the option in CC's settings, CC does scan for books already on the device when you connect to calibre as a wireless device. That permits CC to get metadata from calibre, which it needs to be able to do anything. Of course, the scan will only find books that are in the folder(s) that you told CC (in settings) to use. It will not scan other folders.
CC cannot reliably get metadata from books. Most books contain no or partial metadata, and often the metadata that is there is wrong. That is why CC must discuss the books with calibre.