Thread: Can't export library or add book to device.
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Old 10-01-2018, 04:44 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by exodous View Post
So I'm trying to back-up my library like I have done in on past installs but I don't get the options in the device drop-down to export and I tried to add a book to my nook and the 'send to device' option is greyed out when I have that book selected.

I'm running Linux, is it something to do with permissions? In the past Calibre has just worked. I installed Calibre from the instructions on the site and not through the repositories for my distro so I have the latest version.

Thanx,
Stan

EDIT: Oh yeah, I get this error when trying to save to disk: calibre, version 3.32.0
ERROR: Not allowed: You are trying to save files into the calibre library. This can cause corruption of your library. Save to disk is meant to export files from your calibre library elsewhere.
A calibre library is just a directory containing a collection of subdirectories and files. Just use whatever tools you use to backup other data

See ==>> User Manual->FAQ->Miscellaneous->How do I backup calibre?

Many Linux users use rsynch to do backup/restores.

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