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Originally Posted by Awpayne@outlook.
Can I use calibre to manage books that I have scanned in pdf or is it just for e-pub books
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I have many 100s of PDFs on Calibre. Only a small number can be used on my ereader (like A5 or A6 sized equipment manuals). Some smaller old scanned text books work on my newest ereader as it's 7" @300dpi (Kobo Libra H2O). Others are managed for my 10" windows tablet via a microSD card (save to Disk option). Also Calibre can invoke a PDF viewer. I've not yet add all the old magazines I've download for research over the years or the massive collection of electronics datasheets as I'd need a 12" to 13" non-widescreen tablet for those. They are all in an organised directory structure, so I use the filebrowser and standalone PDF viewer.
I've contemplated putting my paper books, VHS, CDs, DVDs, Cassettes, BDs and home made 8mm videos in it. But I think there are better solutions that can use a barcode scanner (I have two).
So for now I only have electronically readable content that works on the ereaders or tablets. You can in theory catalogue anything in it, you don't have to store the content. So Lego parts, Electronic components, insects etc are possible. Add a column for quantity.
You can have multiple libraries and use multiple devices (and track content even when not connected by extra per device columns).