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tapar · 12-21-2009, 10:08 AM

Thanks, I wasn't sure how useful it would be to anyone else. It is pretty narrowly focused on using Calibre to find books and upload them to the Kindle. I figured that anyone who has installed Calibre and added books to Calibre's library wouldn't need anything like this. That would limit it's usefulness to people in similar situations to mine where they are setting things up for someone else and it can serve as a cheat sheet.

I had not thought of putting it up as a wiki. I am not too familiar with the process for doing that but I am willing to give it a shot. lol.

The biggest issue putting it together was editing it down. I kept wanting to add more too it, for example how to delete books from the Kindle, how to add books to Calibre, how to browse the books with coverflow, and also how to search based on tags. That stuff would be handy but also a bit daunting and have 'wall-of-text' issues.

I have been debating a bit about the part of the guide where I try to explain how to search. I thought about leaving it out to make the guide clearer and more concise. I left it in because searching is so helpful when there are many books in the library. It is the classic choice between information overload and making everyday use easier. I thought about leaving it out of the document and just explaining it in person, going for the "learn a little at a time" approach. That still may be the best way to go, lol.

12-21-2009, 10:08 AM	#4
tapar Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 1420 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Kindle Keyboard 3g, Kindle Paperwhite v1	Thanks, I wasn't sure how useful it would be to anyone else. It is pretty narrowly focused on using Calibre to find books and upload them to the Kindle. I figured that anyone who has installed Calibre and added books to Calibre's library wouldn't need anything like this. That would limit it's usefulness to people in similar situations to mine where they are setting things up for someone else and it can serve as a cheat sheet. I had not thought of putting it up as a wiki. I am not too familiar with the process for doing that but I am willing to give it a shot. lol. The biggest issue putting it together was editing it down. I kept wanting to add more too it, for example how to delete books from the Kindle, how to add books to Calibre, how to browse the books with coverflow, and also how to search based on tags. That stuff would be handy but also a bit daunting and have 'wall-of-text' issues. I have been debating a bit about the part of the guide where I try to explain how to search. I thought about leaving it out to make the guide clearer and more concise. I left it in because searching is so helpful when there are many books in the library. It is the classic choice between information overload and making everyday use easier. I thought about leaving it out of the document and just explaining it in person, going for the "learn a little at a time" approach. That still may be the best way to go, lol.