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tadas · 12-11-2017, 10:40 AM

I'm in the middle of trying to get CC working on a new device after my old one croaked. I have 4500+ books and about 150 categories in my Calibre library. My old inkBOOK's touchscreen fails in some areas of the screen (including the place where you can run "Settings"), so I can't run a backup.

When I set that one up a year ago, it required a week, with large amounts of manual intervention, to copy my (then) 3800 books -- per the docs, I had to copy them in dribs and drabs of 100 or so books, selecting them one at a time, using the Content Server.

No way was I putting myself through that again. I had an Android tablet on hand that had a 64GB Micro SD card. I copied my entire Calibre library to the SD, (started the copy, went out, done when I got back home), then used the "cloud" feature to import my books into Calibre Connection (started the import, went to bed, job done the next morning). The theory was that I'd then run a backup and copy everything to my new inkBOOK reader.

I now have 4500+ books on my Android device and successfully moved to my new inkBOOK. However, none of my categories (in a column in my library called "Kindle Collections") made it over. A reader with 4500 books and no categories is effectively useless.

When I try to connect via "Wireless Network Connection", apparently the only way to update metadata, CC doesn't find my Calibre library. It can't find my content server either, unless I explicitly enter the (fixed) IP address and port.

The instructions scattered over FAQs and forum entries says I have to start the wireless connection in Calibre using "wireless connection menu shown above." (quote from the FAQ). My Calibre, version 3.12 *DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING RESEMBLING THIS MENU*. I can start, stop, and configure the content server via "Preferences/Change Calibre Behavior/Sharing/Sharing over the Net", but there's *absolutely nothing* relating to "wireless connections".

How do I get this working so I can get my categories from the Calibre library on my destop? Alternatively, how do I get the categories over via "cloud connection", and I'm willing to do a do-over on the Android tablet (fortunately, I never deleted the library from the SD card)?

When I had a Kindle or Kobo, I could, with the appropriate plugin, sync my library to the device, including my categories, over blazing fast USB. Why, oh why do the developers hate USB and make me go through all of these hoops?

Is there different software that will allow me to sync my metadata from Calibre via reliable USB connections?

12-11-2017, 10:40 AM	#1
tadas Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle	Why do the developers hate usb connections? I'm in the middle of trying to get CC working on a new device after my old one croaked. I have 4500+ books and about 150 categories in my Calibre library. My old inkBOOK's touchscreen fails in some areas of the screen (including the place where you can run "Settings"), so I can't run a backup. When I set that one up a year ago, it required a week, with large amounts of manual intervention, to copy my (then) 3800 books -- per the docs, I had to copy them in dribs and drabs of 100 or so books, selecting them one at a time, using the Content Server. No way was I putting myself through that again. I had an Android tablet on hand that had a 64GB Micro SD card. I copied my entire Calibre library to the SD, (started the copy, went out, done when I got back home), then used the "cloud" feature to import my books into Calibre Connection (started the import, went to bed, job done the next morning). The theory was that I'd then run a backup and copy everything to my new inkBOOK reader. I now have 4500+ books on my Android device and successfully moved to my new inkBOOK. However, none of my categories (in a column in my library called "Kindle Collections") made it over. A reader with 4500 books and no categories is effectively useless. When I try to connect via "Wireless Network Connection", apparently the only way to update metadata, CC doesn't find my Calibre library. It can't find my content server either, unless I explicitly enter the (fixed) IP address and port. The instructions scattered over FAQs and forum entries says I have to start the wireless connection in Calibre using "wireless connection menu shown above." (quote from the FAQ). My Calibre, version 3.12 DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING RESEMBLING THIS MENU. I can start, stop, and configure the content server via "Preferences/Change Calibre Behavior/Sharing/Sharing over the Net", but there's absolutely nothing relating to "wireless connections". How do I get this working so I can get my categories from the Calibre library on my destop? Alternatively, how do I get the categories over via "cloud connection", and I'm willing to do a do-over on the Android tablet (fortunately, I never deleted the library from the SD card)? When I had a Kindle or Kobo, I could, with the appropriate plugin, sync my library to the device, including my categories, over blazing fast USB. Why, oh why do the developers hate USB and make me go through all of these hoops? Is there different software that will allow me to sync my metadata from Calibre via reliable USB connections?