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tadas · 12-13-2017, 11:03 AM

I'm quite aware that Android is an OS - I was using it as shorthand for "library management program running under Android that behaves like the Kindle app on the old dedicated Kindle readers", which is a lot more to type.

While the inkBOOK is running pure Android, it's a digital paper device that will be used solely to read books.

What I was trying to get at was that Amazon wrote a reader app that runs on whatever the underlying Kindle OS is (talking first thru third generation, not the Fire) which Calibre, with appropriate plugins, can upload books and grouping data via USB connections.

I'd be interested in a similar application for the Android OS, or some kind of extension, either to CC, or a plugin to Calibre that understands and can manipulate CC's config files, structures, file locations and other data, that allows similar transfer via USB.

I'd also be interested to know if there's a way that I can make CC come up as the default screen when I restart my inkBOOK, just like Kindle's library comes up as the default on my 3rd gen Kindle Keyboard.

12-13-2017, 11:03 AM	#7
tadas Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle	I'm quite aware that Android is an OS - I was using it as shorthand for "library management program running under Android that behaves like the Kindle app on the old dedicated Kindle readers", which is a lot more to type. While the inkBOOK is running pure Android, it's a digital paper device that will be used solely to read books. What I was trying to get at was that Amazon wrote a reader app that runs on whatever the underlying Kindle OS is (talking first thru third generation, not the Fire) which Calibre, with appropriate plugins, can upload books and grouping data via USB connections. I'd be interested in a similar application for the Android OS, or some kind of extension, either to CC, or a plugin to Calibre that understands and can manipulate CC's config files, structures, file locations and other data, that allows similar transfer via USB. I'd also be interested to know if there's a way that I can make CC come up as the default screen when I restart my inkBOOK, just like Kindle's library comes up as the default on my 3rd gen Kindle Keyboard.