@Don Edwards,
I would address one thing about
libraries on the PC and Android and keeping in sync.
There are different ways of doing this easily. It only matters WHAT you really want.
Do you want your ENTIRE library on your Android device? I have a 12 gb library so I don't story it all. But if I did, rather than using Calibre to sync,
you can store you library in a cloud drive folder that will always sync with changes. On Android, you can use apps like OneSync, DropSync, DriveSync, and some other variations to interact with your cloud storage in very specific ways (not just EVERYTHING). This can keep your entire library synced based on the changes you may make when editing on your PC. Technically, you can set the sync options from the app to be one way or two way or mirroring, etc....Also, you can set the library to sync into a particular folder on Android such as Books (the go-to folder for most e-reader apps). That folder doesn't have to match a folder name on the PC/Cloud location.
There is no effort involved after this simple setup.
In my case, rather than store an entire library, I can either access the cloud drive and get what I want individually if not on the device through various apps including my reader app (Moon+ in my case), OR
I can easily keep a large handful of books on hand on the device that store with the name I choose as well as location. This is another way Save to Disk is so powerful.
- I Save to Disk in my chosen format (epub) in a specific folder on my PC. This file names according the the template I determined (Author,Series,Index,Title,some custom info).
- That folder is synced to the cloud.
- That cloud is synced to my android devices (plural) into the Books folder.
- My e-reader auto imports or I can just open individually as my naming scheme makes it easy to find.
- My e-reader also syncs reading positions to any Android device (due to cloud storage access). I'll use those before I ever use the PC to read anymore (but I would use Calibre viewer to do so if I did).
- Also, when I finish with the file, I can delete it via my special "books in the bag" folder on the PC OR delete from my android device. It deletes everywhere due to syncing (not from the original Calibre storage, of course).
- As far as library management such as tagging that I've read it, I do have to open Calibre on my PC to add that.
I have no fuss, no mess to deal with in this setup. Cost: Android device(s), any free reading App or paid for ability to read it to me, cloud access I already use, inexpensive syncing app for phone, Rooting of phone or tablet for writing files where I want because Google screwed everyone over with KitKat 4.4 on that front :-)
Oh, and a reasonable donation to Kovid for the amazing FREE Calibre software I wish I'd found years ago.
I just pick the books I want, Save to Disk, and I'm done.
Should you decide you do want to keep the entire library on the Android device, I suggest USB copying. Then set up the apps sync to take care of any changes or miscellaneous stuff.
Pretty simple..copy your library folder under Books on Android (or whatever folder your reader reads from). That's it. The reader on Android should take care of imports from there. Just be sure to Polish the metadata into the book so you don't miss seeing that info you might update.
I'm curious, does Nook handle your own epubs (or other formats)? You can likely find a way to de-DRM so you can manage your book files as you want.