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PaulBeijer · 11-15-2017, 07:07 AM

Thanks HarryT. Useful to know that I need to be careful abt iOS updates as well.

To answer your question: I did try out Calibre Companion, and it worked, but for my purposes it has two drawbacks: (1) it does not appear to have the batch transfer facility that Calibre itself allows, and I sometimes need to transfer multiple books to iBooks. Doing one at a time is simply too slow. (2) Calibre Companion maintains a copy of the transferred book on the device. With several thousand items in iBooks i cannot spare the space for duplicate copies in Calibre Companion.

Best,

Paul Beijer

11-15-2017, 07:07 AM	#14
PaulBeijer Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: iPad	Thanks HarryT. Useful to know that I need to be careful abt iOS updates as well. To answer your question: I did try out Calibre Companion, and it worked, but for my purposes it has two drawbacks: (1) it does not appear to have the batch transfer facility that Calibre itself allows, and I sometimes need to transfer multiple books to iBooks. Doing one at a time is simply too slow. (2) Calibre Companion maintains a copy of the transferred book on the device. With several thousand items in iBooks i cannot spare the space for duplicate copies in Calibre Companion. Best, Paul Beijer