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Originally Posted by Tight
Although I am a bit confused by some of the replies, it sounds like the iPad won't play a role at all in facilitating transfer of the files from an HD to the Kindle and the process will have to rely on the Kindle Browser to transfer then?
I will have to research what a Calibre server is and how it functions and how it is different than having the Library on Dropbox. Odd that there is no easy and elegant way to put books on a Kindle from a Calibre Library without using a computer with Calibre installed. However since I've always done it that way myself, I could be missing a way to do that I'm not familiar with.
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Unfortunately, iOS is very restrictive so yes, the iPad is pretty much out of the equation. Calibre Companion interfaces with Calibre running on a PC (or Dropbox or OneDrive) to get books from Calibre (or the cloud) to Calibre Companion (on the iOS device). CC is more like a client device similar to the Kindle Paperwhite.
The Calibre (content) server I referred to is just a built-in component of Calibre. I believe you can turn it on via Connect/Share. You'd still need something to run Calibre, though (e.g. old PC or Raspberry Pi). Alternately, there's COPS
https://blog.slucas.fr/projects/cali...ds-php-server/ for something more lightweight.
Why is it odd that there's no elegant way to copy books to the Paperwhite without a computer? It's really more meant as a gateway to sell Kindle books and services. The only cloud service it's expected to work well with is Amazon Kindle's.
By the way, if you have a "SanDisk 200GB Connect Wireless Stick Flash Drive", you could probably just put the Calibre Library on there and access it directly using the Kindle Paperwhite's experimental web browser. Might actually be easier than Dropbox. I'm not familiar with the SanDisk but I expect there should be a way to access its contents via web browser.