Thread: Uploading a Lot of books using Calibre Companion
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Old 02-10-2016, 08:13 AM   #14
chaley
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There are a lot of questions here.
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Originally Posted by crane3 View Post
So, as an Aldiko reader user, is CC able to import the Aldiko library into CC's library/catalog? This will allow me to delete the Aldiko library & uninstall. I do have paid versions of Moon+ & Mantano along with Aldiko.
No. CC gets its books from calibre. It cannot import books from the device.
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I do have Calibre on the PC but it's library doesn't have all the books in Aldiko & I don't want to take the time to add the older books into Calibre; happened because I found that DRM lied about authorizing a DEVICE to use DRM (an app is considered a "device"???).
If a book isn't in calibre then it cannot be correctly put into CC. It is possible using the scan on connect option, but the book metadata will most likely be wrong.

As for DRM, my understanding is that a device+app is considered a device for DRM purposes. If I am correct then it would be very easy to run out of devices. I suggest that you just strip the DRM. No book I have purchased still has its DRM.
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Will be getting a new tablet & would like to use CC especially if it can have its library be on an external sdcard via a library "extension"?
CC can store books on an SD card. I don't know what you mean by an "extension".
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Nevertheless, still would like to try CC as Mantano now lets me download, read & return the public library's books.

Also, hopefully, I can just do a backup/copy of the CC library to different tablets & PC & NAS for archival & use on my other tablets.....
You can backup CC's database and settings, copy that file wherever you want, and restore them. There is no guarantee that the paths to the books folder will survive the experience, but it is easy to fix them using CC's settings / Formats and folders.

It is up to you to copy your books. CC does not back them up.

It might be easier to use CC's cloud connection and a supported cloud provider (Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Amazon Cloud Drive, and (if you are careful) Google Drive) as the common place to store books. That way CC on any device can get to them.

The thing to take away from all of this is that CC is a "companion" to calibre. It is not standalone and never will be.
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