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Old 07-19-2016, 08:07 PM   #1
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Is there Any Way to Keep Calibre from "Communicating" with my E-reader?
I sometimes want to use Calibre with my e-reader plugged in, or forget to quit Calibre.

Because Calibre uses one style of folder organization, and my e-readers use other styles, there's no point exporting from Calibre to either e-reader. I have to export from Calibre to a transfer folder on my computer and then copy the appropriate parts of the transfer folder to each e-reader. I don't think there's any point indexing either.
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Old 07-19-2016, 08:18 PM   #2
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@MarjaE - IIRC I did this, with device plugged in, go to Preferences->Sharing->Ignored devices and check the device, you may have to restart calibre.

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Old 07-19-2016, 08:21 PM   #4
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I sometimes want to use Calibre with my e-reader plugged in, or forget to quit Calibre.

Because Calibre uses one style of folder organization, and my e-readers use other styles, there's no point exporting from Calibre to either e-reader. I have to export from Calibre to a transfer folder on my computer and then copy the appropriate parts of the transfer folder to each e-reader. I don't think there's any point indexing either.
Disable the device driver for your device model.
You will be (need to be) using the Save to Folder (not the Connect to Folder, which is a device)
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Old 07-19-2016, 08:56 PM   #5
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I sometimes want to use Calibre with my e-reader plugged in, or forget to quit Calibre.

Because Calibre uses one style of folder organization, and my e-readers use other styles, there's no point exporting from Calibre to either e-reader. I have to export from Calibre to a transfer folder on my computer and then copy the appropriate parts of the transfer folder to each e-reader. I don't think there's any point indexing either.
The others have answered, but the driver has an option to configure the path used for the files when sent to the device. This is the "Save template". You should be able to set this to match what the device needs.
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I sometimes want to use Calibre with my e-reader plugged in, or forget to quit Calibre.

Because Calibre uses one style of folder organization, and my e-readers use other styles, there's no point exporting from Calibre to either e-reader. I have to export from Calibre to a transfer folder on my computer and then copy the appropriate parts of the transfer folder to each e-reader. I don't think there's any point indexing either.
The others have answered your question but your comment that calibre uses one style of folder organisation is misleading. When it comes to sending books to device you can use device templates to set how calibre saves files on your device.

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Old 07-29-2016, 11:26 PM   #8
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I use a Mac. I used to use Linux, but had hardware accessibility and driver incompatibility trouble.

I use an Iriver Story Hd with an external memory chip, so Calibre would export to the wrong chip, and a Kindle Dx which can't get a stable usb connection.
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