[chaley]

Originally Posted by crane3

I don't think that the original question was answered. However, I did read in the FAQ that one can copy the Calibre directory in entirety onto a sub-folder in the SD card & CC will find/use it; seems reasonable for mass copy for an initial setup.

I would be interested in knowing where you read that. CC doesn't work that way.

However, also read the CC will then consider the directory as the "Calibre place". But I still wan to use Calibre on the PC to catalog the books, etc; will CC see the new books on the PC & then add the book to the SD version of the Calibre directory? IOW, once the Calibre directory has been copied onto the SD, can that become CC's directory also or will CC still have its own directory for books.

Again, CC doesn't work this way. CC cannot directly use a calibre library as the device library.

CC can treat a copy of a calibre library on an SD card as a "cloud" library and add books from that copy to its own library. Perhaps that is what you are referring to.

There should be a FAQ on how to mass create(?) a CC library onto an SD card especially if it is the same format(?). Would love to just put the Calibre library onto the SD card via a card reader & then CC can just use that as the CC library as well.

CC does not support dropping a bunch of books onto a device then declaring those books to be a CC library. You must add books to CC's library using one of CC's connection methods: wireless device, content server, or cloud. The steps:

• Wireless device: do as AnemicOak described. This is the best way because calibre then knows what books are on the device, making future connections much faster.
• Content server: add the books one author/tag/category at a time. This would be tedious.
• Cloud connection: go to "Newest" and then "Download all". At some point in the future you might need to connect as a wireless device in order to update book metadata.

Not sure I'm making sense............but getting about 500 books into the CC library looks to be time consuming(?) unless it is just time used in the wireless connection & I don't have to do manual manipulation for a initial setup.

Transfers using the wireless device usually take between 0.5 and 2 seconds per book. In AnemicOak's test the average was 1.8 seconds. Of course, the time required depends on the sizes of the books and the quality of the network.

Haven't gotten CC yet as haven't finished doing what needs to be done on the Calibre side; may now be a few days longer as read about Calibre "collections" on one of the FAQs.

Was this a CC FAQ? If so, which one?