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zimmerleut · 10-26-2009, 05:31 PM

Hi,
I just got myself a PRS 600 and wanted get started on putting my articles collection (>1000 items) on my reader.
I already use a program for PDF management (on Mac, BibDesk), which means that
a) I have a folder structure that is maintained by BibDesk which I'd like to keep, and
b) there is extensive metadata for my library (e.g. titles, authors, ratings, dates, tags) which are saved in a .bib (i.e. bibtex) file, and
c) these metadata are not available from the PDF files (as most publishers seem not to populate these fields meaningfully).

Is there a way to get my articles on my reader without copying them into Calibre's library AND preserve as much metadata from BibDesk as possible?
Manually adding the information is not a choice.

Thanks,
Jonas

10-26-2009, 05:31 PM	#1
zimmerleut Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS 600	Calibre + BibDesk (or other reference managers) Hi, I just got myself a PRS 600 and wanted get started on putting my articles collection (>1000 items) on my reader. I already use a program for PDF management (on Mac, BibDesk), which means that a) I have a folder structure that is maintained by BibDesk which I'd like to keep, and b) there is extensive metadata for my library (e.g. titles, authors, ratings, dates, tags) which are saved in a .bib (i.e. bibtex) file, and c) these metadata are not available from the PDF files (as most publishers seem not to populate these fields meaningfully). Is there a way to get my articles on my reader without copying them into Calibre's library AND preserve as much metadata from BibDesk as possible? Manually adding the information is not a choice. Thanks, Jonas