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Rida · 04-14-2020, 08:14 AM

Hello, gentlefolks.

I'll get to the point because I think this is gong to be longish ...

I've bought my kid a Kobo Forma. I don't have an ereader but I read books on my small phone sometimes.

I used to have a calibre library but that was ages ago. When I get another, I'll start from scratch.

I've set up a library on his PC with 40 books so far. All good, and communicating with the Forma no problem.

Here's my main goal ...

I want to be able to add metadata etc etc on MY computer and then update HIS library with that new info.

One way seems to be to copy the updated library folder from my PC to his and then use "switch/create library" and make a new library each time - as shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CemyyMTbNMM

I'm happy doing that because it's easy.

But while doing this metadata updating, I've been making rules in "Preferences>Metadata download>Create rules to filter/transform tags".

How to get those rules from my PC to his without redoing them?

Also, at some point I'm going to want my own library separate from his.

How can I then continue to do work on 'his' books on my PC and then update only those books on his PC?

I'm about a thousand years old, I don't know what a NAS is, my free 2GB Dropbox account is full up and I really don't want to go down a complicated route like that.

I'd just like to find new books for him while he's busy on his own machine and then add them to his calibre library as I go along, with all the metadata I've updated included.

Any help and suggestions would be very gratefully received.

Many thanks.

04-14-2020, 08:14 AM	#1
Rida Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2020 Device: Kobo Forma	Please help me help my son - i.e. how to work on 2 PCs Hello, gentlefolks. I'll get to the point because I think this is gong to be longish ... I've bought my kid a Kobo Forma. I don't have an ereader but I read books on my small phone sometimes. I used to have a calibre library but that was ages ago. When I get another, I'll start from scratch. I've set up a library on his PC with 40 books so far. All good, and communicating with the Forma no problem. Here's my main goal ... I want to be able to add metadata etc etc on MY computer and then update HIS library with that new info. One way seems to be to copy the updated library folder from my PC to his and then use "switch/create library" and make a new library each time - as shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CemyyMTbNMM I'm happy doing that because it's easy. But while doing this metadata updating, I've been making rules in "Preferences>Metadata download>Create rules to filter/transform tags". How to get those rules from my PC to his without redoing them? Also, at some point I'm going to want my own library separate from his. How can I then continue to do work on 'his' books on my PC and then update only those books on his PC? I'm about a thousand years old, I don't know what a NAS is, my free 2GB Dropbox account is full up and I really don't want to go down a complicated route like that. I'd just like to find new books for him while he's busy on his own machine and then add them to his calibre library as I go along, with all the metadata I've updated included. Any help and suggestions would be very gratefully received. Many thanks.