Opening books from a link

Berzelius · 01-03-2017, 05:39 PM

I have been scanning in a number of my books as PDF files but because I'm backing up on a free cloud site these files would take up too much space if I backed up after adding to Calibre. I therefore proceed as follows.

I store the PDF file in a Win Explorer folder and then temporarily add it to Calibre so that I can enter the metadata into Calibre. I then create a link to the PDF file stored in Win Explorer; this appears in the Calibre Book Details column. I finally delete the PDF book in Calibre - I was pleasantly surprised to find that Calibre allowed this; I feared that Calibre might object.

Right, I can now access the book from Calibre, but only if I remember to click the link in the Book Details column. If I'm on autopilot and click the title entry instead then, of course, I get an error message because there is no book in Calibre to open. Not catastrophic, just mildly irritating. Is there any way to access the link and open the book by clicking on the title entry?

BetterRed · 01-03-2017, 06:20 PM

@Berzelius - on an untweaked calibre portable version 2.76, double clicking a book with just a .LNK file works for me, it opens the link target.

What happens if you press 'V'

BTW - if you do the backup with a file sync utility you could either exclude PDF's, or better yet do incremental backups, then after the first backup, only the changes will be copied. Then you could keep the PDF's in the library.

BR

01-03-2017, 05:39 PM	#1
Berzelius Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 20414 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 4, Kindle Paperwhite 2 & Sony PRS-T1	Opening books from a link I have been scanning in a number of my books as PDF files but because I'm backing up on a free cloud site these files would take up too much space if I backed up after adding to Calibre. I therefore proceed as follows. I store the PDF file in a Win Explorer folder and then temporarily add it to Calibre so that I can enter the metadata into Calibre. I then create a link to the PDF file stored in Win Explorer; this appears in the Calibre Book Details column. I finally delete the PDF book in Calibre - I was pleasantly surprised to find that Calibre allowed this; I feared that Calibre might object. Right, I can now access the book from Calibre, but only if I remember to click the link in the Book Details column. If I'm on autopilot and click the title entry instead then, of course, I get an error message because there is no book in Calibre to open. Not catastrophic, just mildly irritating. Is there any way to access the link and open the book by clicking on the title entry? Last edited by Berzelius; 01-03-2017 at 05:43 PM.

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01-03-2017, 06:20 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,688 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Berzelius - on an untweaked calibre portable version 2.76, double clicking a book with just a .LNK file works for me, it opens the link target. What happens if you press 'V' BTW - if you do the backup with a file sync utility you could either exclude PDF's, or better yet do incremental backups, then after the first backup, only the changes will be copied. Then you could keep the PDF's in the library. BR

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