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itimpi · 06-05-2010, 05:04 AM

The integration between Calibre and and iBooks on an iPad is a great new feature

Points I have noted so far are:

I have both audiobooks and ebooks on my iPad. Calibre listed each audiobook file as though it was a book in its own right. I think that either audio books shoud be ignored (possibly using a preference in the device driver), or the files for the same book grouped into a single entry in Calibre (some of the audio books can have over 100 separate files).
I am using both iBooks and Stanza on my iPad. I like the catalog feature of Stanza that has no equivalent in iBooks (or any other iPad eReader I am aware of). I am not sure at the moment if I prefer the actual overall reading experience in iBooks or Stanza - both have their pros and cons. Are there any plans to provide a similar level of integration via iTunes with Stanza+Calibre as is provided with iBooks+Calibre now that Stanza 3.0 support the iPad natively?
Every time I use "Send to Device" or delete books from the iPad I get an
"ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device" message although the action appears to have completed. The option to copy the extra detail to the Clipboard appears to not be working as the error dialog keeps coming up with the button already saying "Copied" (I will restart Calibre to see if that makes a difference).

That is it for now. but I am sure more will surface as I use this feature more.

06-05-2010, 05:04 AM	#1
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Calibre/iPad integration The integration between Calibre and and iBooks on an iPad is a great new feature Points I have noted so far are: I have both audiobooks and ebooks on my iPad. Calibre listed each audiobook file as though it was a book in its own right. I think that either audio books shoud be ignored (possibly using a preference in the device driver), or the files for the same book grouped into a single entry in Calibre (some of the audio books can have over 100 separate files). I am using both iBooks and Stanza on my iPad. I like the catalog feature of Stanza that has no equivalent in iBooks (or any other iPad eReader I am aware of). I am not sure at the moment if I prefer the actual overall reading experience in iBooks or Stanza - both have their pros and cons. Are there any plans to provide a similar level of integration via iTunes with Stanza+Calibre as is provided with iBooks+Calibre now that Stanza 3.0 support the iPad natively? Every time I use "Send to Device" or delete books from the iPad I get an "ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device" message although the action appears to have completed. The option to copy the extra detail to the Clipboard appears to not be working as the error dialog keeps coming up with the button already saying "Copied" (I will restart Calibre to see if that makes a difference). That is it for now. but I am sure more will surface as I use this feature more.