[Rob_W]

I use Calibre mainly with a library stored on my NAS. However some books I would like t o be able to access on my laptop even when I am not connected to my NAS. So I used the Reading List plugin together with the 'connect to folder' option to create a list of books that are synced 'offline' (in a folder on my laptop called D:\Calibre offline). Until now I made a list of shortcuts to these 'offline' books in order to open them quickly but this is also cumbersome.

What I rather would like to be able to do is to open calibre with a different library from e.g. a shortcut with a specific commandline, so this offline library does not point to the library on my NAS but to a library in D:\Calibre offline (my 'offline' folder). I thought this should be quite easy to manage but I get stuck on making a new library.

When I try to make a new library (pointing to the offline smaller library I point the location of the new library to the folder I used the connect to folder feature (D:\Calibre offline). Both the option 'Use the previously existing library at the new location' and 'Create an empty library at a new location' do not work. Either there is some kind of error message or no books show up.

When I open Calibre when I am not connected to my NAS I get an message that the library cannot be found and I need to select another folder. So this is not what I want.

Bottom line is I would like to be able to use 2 shortcuts, one to open the library on my NAS, one to open the local 'offline' library that is actually a exported group of books using the Reading List plugin (so this set of books can be overwritten when I sync the Reading list). By using the 2 shortcuts I prevent the error messages I get when not connected or can quickly go to the correct set of books.

Does anyone have some ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,
Rob