Thread: iOS - number of books available if "skip subscription"
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Old 05-08-2020, 08:24 PM   #6
pwalker8
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Originally Posted by Henning View Post
Dear pwalker8

I used another library on my Mac (running with calibre 4.15). I was able to establish wireless connection with my iPad Pro 10,5 (PadOS 13.4.1). The App CalibreCompanion started to sync. Again only 40 books were synced.

As you have a subscription: I am not sure CalibreCompanion doesn't know you have a subscription, even if you use another device. Are you using it from within the same local network? is your 2nd device registered by apple (AppleID)?
So actually I would prefer to wait for feedback a) from another USER without subscription or / and from the CalibreCompanion Team directly.

Regarding the money question: How much are you paying for calibre? The real service is the database - isn't it? CC only generates a link between a Reader application and the database. Thats something! for sure but the intellectual work behind this service is much smaller than the intellectual work behind setting up a decent reader application or / and an excellent database.
One last remark: did you try the calibre-web reader? there you can read ePub by using any web-Browser. (still I personally have some remarks on this procedure... but....).

yours
Henning
CC doesn't generate a link between the reader app and the database. CC is the database and passes the book to the reader app. CC basically downloads the books from Calibre to your iPad, as well as the database information.

With the wireless, you connect wirelessly, which goes through the "sync" process. It then displays the information in Calibre with a check mark if a book is on the iPad or not. You can push the book to your iPad via the send to device. How many books do you have in Calibre? Can you scroll through all of them on you Mac after starting the sync?
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