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Originally Posted by kcladyz
I hear talk of this program here so I downloaded it. How do I add my oasis books and Nook books to it? Also what are the good uses for it? I do not see the point but maybe someone to open my eyes to the benefits. Thank you.
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You have to download the books to your computer, then you can add them inside Calibre (using the "add book" button).
Unless they've got DRM, you should immediately be able to view them via Calibre.
And as soon as you plug in an eBook reader, Calibre should recognize it, so you can transfer the books to it (right click, "send to main memory").
The benefit of it is mainly to have a central library of all your books,
instantly knowing which are on your reader right now (as soon as you plug in the reader, a new column appears in the library to show which books are on the device),
and of course, the far most important to me, being able to convert books from all sources and (with help from Apprentice Alf) get rid of DRM.
Also nice, it does offer good sorting/searching.
You can have it download new covers too - useful since some books, for whatever reason, don't have the cover that is shown in the shop.
I regularly buy books from Kobo and Amazon. I read them on my inkBook which is from neither.
(Note: I do have to install Adobe Digital Editions and an older Kindle for PC version to actually GET the books. But once I have the file, Calibre does the rest.)