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Originally Posted by leebase
As for using Calibre for organizing and transfer to kindle…is what I need in the help docs, or is there a “how to use Calibre” web page you’d recommend?
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There is the general user manual
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/
As to transfer to Kindle, that's easy. Just connect your Kindle via USB, wait until Calibre has finished analyzing your device, select a book or several and click the "Send to Device" button. There's nothing else to it. Kindle collections cannot be managed with Calibre, unless your Kindle is jailbroken.
Metadata plugboards are used mostly to modify titles on the device, for example adding series info to a title. They're not necessary for just transferring books.
As to formats, you should be aware (you may already be, of course) that while mobi can be used to send your books wirelessly to your Kindle Cloud and sync between devices/apps, it's not the best format for reading. It doesn't support custom fonts and boldness adjustment, for example. For USB transfer azw3 is best.