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Originally Posted by Adoby

I don't mean that you run calibre ON the iPad. Just that you control it FROM the iPad. I assume that there are VNC or RDP software for the iPad? (Spoiler: I just checked. Yes there are.) So you can read a book on your iPad and switch app to instead remotely control calibre on your PC from the iPad. And edit metadata as you like. I assume that you can even attach a keyboard and a mouse to the iPad and control calibre fully from the iPad.

Or you might even use the calibre reader app on your PC remotely from your iPad.

I wouldn't do it. But I don't feel any need to transfer metadata from my reader device to calibre.

Or skip the iPad and use some other device. Perhaps even one that can run calibre. Perhaps even a laptop or a hybrid laptop/tablet. That may or may not be an alternative depending on how important it is to be able to edit the metadata in calibre on/from the reader device compared to how important it is to keep using an iPad.

Yes, there are RDP and VNC apps available (note, I did mention remote desktop on my previous post). I've been using those since iPad 2 (iOS 4?). I'm sure they've been available for even longer for iPhone but remote desktop is difficult on a tiny screen so I never bothered prior to getting an iPad.

Mouse, only Citrix X1 and only for select apps. One of the frequent complaints I've seen on MacRumors is lack of built-in mouse support on iPad (e.g. for bluetooth mouse).

Mind, when I start needing mouse and keyboard to accomplish tasks or for efficiency, that's when I ditch the iPad and switch to desktop/laptop.


I don't believe any ebook reader app on Android or iOS facilitate easy transfer of metadata from Android/iOS to Calibre. On iOS, it's also more difficult to extract books from apps (pretty much the only way to do so is if the app has built-in export function). Hence, I always save to Dropbox instead of directly importing to the reading app.


@lamerc/Dianne
Here are my settings/workflow. Maybe it might give you some ideas on how you want to tackle your own setup:

Marvin
Link to Dropbox: Linked
Dropbox search path: Custom (/fanfic)

Dropbox
  /fanfic
    /ao3-tmp -> my intake folder
    /ao3 -> copy of my Calibre library

1. Download epub on iOS device.
2. More... -> Save to Dropbox -> /fanfic/ao3-tmp (iOS/Dropbox usually keeps a history of recently used folders). Once on Dropbox, the epub is accessible on any of my iOS devices and computers.
3. Add books from ao3-tmp to Calibre library then delete. This process can be automated with Automatic adding but I would lose access to "unprocessed" books unless I either 1.) move my live Calibre library to Dropbox (probably bad idea) or 2.) automate step 6 below (probably doable with RealTimeSync).
4. Add and cleanup metadata in Calibre.
5. Run Polish books to embed updated metadata into epub.
6. FreeFileSync (one-way mirror) from Calibre library to Dropbox\fanfic\ao3
7. Delete old copies with missing metadata from Marvin and batch re-download from Dropbox to Marvin (I sort by Date, newest to make this easier).