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maddz · 03-16-2026, 10:21 AM

My partner and I both have Kobos and we both use separate Calibre instances for our library management. My instance is used as the master copy for logging books on LibraryThing. Both instances are in the shared drive of an iMac; I'd like to be able to have a single instance because of free disc space (as in lack of).

What's the best way to manage Calibre so we each have a library to export? He'd rather not have to trawl through my Calibre and ignore my Regency romances, I'd rather not have to trawl through his Calibre and ignore his horror novels...

I have my instance set up with a Send/Do not send tag in a specific column; would expanding the selection there do what we want? Send is all epubs and small PDFs, Do not send is omnibuses that have been split into single books and large PDFs and comix.

03-16-2026, 10:21 AM	#1
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,473 Karma: 30087146 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	Managing transfer to device for 2 people My partner and I both have Kobos and we both use separate Calibre instances for our library management. My instance is used as the master copy for logging books on LibraryThing. Both instances are in the shared drive of an iMac; I'd like to be able to have a single instance because of free disc space (as in lack of). What's the best way to manage Calibre so we each have a library to export? He'd rather not have to trawl through my Calibre and ignore my Regency romances, I'd rather not have to trawl through his Calibre and ignore his horror novels... I have my instance set up with a Send/Do not send tag in a specific column; would expanding the selection there do what we want? Send is all epubs and small PDFs, Do not send is omnibuses that have been split into single books and large PDFs and comix.