Quote:
Originally Posted by tamhas
I am curious about best practice with regard to books I am not going to read. In Calibre, I have all books that I have acquired. I have a custom column for status including Read, Reference, Cookbook, Skip, etc. If a book is Read, I then delete it from my Kindle. Likewise for Skip, i.e., I'm never going to read it because it is a book my wife is interested in and I am not.
Note that I have Kindle for Android on the phone which I use on the rare occasions when I want to read there. It appears that, if I want to read something, I have to download it with Kindle for Android.
So, if I have deleted a book from the Kindle, would you delete it from Calibre Companion?
|
Most of this is personal preference. I am not going to go there.
Quote:
|
Also, when I connect and it automatically does the sync of metadata, is it just updating any changes in the books it already has?
|
Yes
Quote:
|
So that to get a new book to show up in Calibre Companion at all, I have to push it from Calibre to the device? How much is it actually pushing? Just the metadata?
|
Yes. That said, there are at least two methods for automating this process.
- Use the Reading List plugin. This plugin can auto-send books to CC as long as you have set it up to do so.
- Use the SmartEject plugin. When you disconnect, this plugin can tell you which books are not currently on your device.
When you send a book from calibre to CC, it sends the metadata and the highest-priority book file.