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cami712 · 04-16-2021, 04:29 PM

Hi,

So I have a very big library of books (currently 1.744), which I have in calibre, changed the titles (all in capitalize), authors (first name then last name), genre (in a custom genre column) and tags (same as in genre column because for some reason they won't show when converting) and covers... all to my liking... and it's perfect and beautiful...

The thing is since I have an old ipad (2012 Ipad 3rd Gen) which doesn't allow for any software updates anymore (last iOS is 9.3.6) and my cable is not original so my laptop does not recognize my ipad so I can send my books with the "Send to device" option... which is ok... yet I can't seem to find an easy way to have my epubs send to my ipad...

So after alot of research - and probably there is an easier way to do this - I use the "convert epub to epub" first so my books have the new metadata embed into them... then I just create a folder on my documents where I copy all these new epubs without all those annoying author folders in the way, then I just send all my 1744 epubs to my icloud and load them onto the ibooks app...

The thing is that when I add an epub to my ibooks the cathegory (genre or tags) does not show... plus when I use the convert epub to epub the title gets cut off.... Help! anyone know how I could send them from my calibre onto my ipad in a very much easier way?? or at least the same complicated one but where I get all the metadata I changed?

PS. I have tried using the "Save to disk" only epub in a single directory and same thing... the cathegory/genre won't show...

04-16-2021, 04:29 PM	#1
cami712 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: Ipad 3rd gen	Calibre to iPad - Without "Send to Device" Hi, So I have a very big library of books (currently 1.744), which I have in calibre, changed the titles (all in capitalize), authors (first name then last name), genre (in a custom genre column) and tags (same as in genre column because for some reason they won't show when converting) and covers... all to my liking... and it's perfect and beautiful... The thing is since I have an old ipad (2012 Ipad 3rd Gen) which doesn't allow for any software updates anymore (last iOS is 9.3.6) and my cable is not original so my laptop does not recognize my ipad so I can send my books with the "Send to device" option... which is ok... yet I can't seem to find an easy way to have my epubs send to my ipad... So after alot of research - and probably there is an easier way to do this - I use the "convert epub to epub" first so my books have the new metadata embed into them... then I just create a folder on my documents where I copy all these new epubs without all those annoying author folders in the way, then I just send all my 1744 epubs to my icloud and load them onto the ibooks app... The thing is that when I add an epub to my ibooks the cathegory (genre or tags) does not show... plus when I use the convert epub to epub the title gets cut off.... Help! anyone know how I could send them from my calibre onto my ipad in a very much easier way?? or at least the same complicated one but where I get all the metadata I changed? PS. I have tried using the "Save to disk" only epub in a single directory and same thing... the cathegory/genre won't show...