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Old 04-27-2013, 10:55 AM   #1
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I have been going on this forum on Calibre and I guess my ADD is just not helping me. I have used Calibre for several years but I know I am not using it to it's full advantage. I have a large selection of ebooks and I just realized last week that I could go in, find all the different formats I have of ebooks, pull the format up, convert to Epub which is what I use and then delete all the other formats that I don't need. How helpful is that? So I wanted to know where I can find threads on not really the beginning use of Calibre but more advanced things I can do with it. Any suggestions?

I guess what I might be looking for is a Calibre book for Dummies !!!

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I have been going on this forum on Calibre and I guess my ADD is just not helping me. I have used Calibre for several years but I know I am not using it to it's full advantage. I have a large selection of ebooks and I just realized last week that I could go in, find all the different formats I have of ebooks, pull the format up, convert to Epub which is what I use and then delete all the other formats that I don't need. How helpful is that? So I wanted to know where I can find threads on not really the beginning use of Calibre but more advanced things I can do with it. Any suggestions?

I guess what I might be looking for is a Calibre book for Dummies !!!
Such a thread will probably not exist because it would be out of date within a few weeks. Calibre changes very quickly, which is why we recommend NOT reopening a thread that has been idle for a few MONTHS (For other programs, that is YEARS). Sigil is another such program. Sigil 7 is not much like Sigil 2 of a few years ago. Possibly, it is because some of the same developer work on that ALSO
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So what would be the best way to figure out what all I can do in Calibre?
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So what would be the best way to figure out what all I can do in Calibre?
1) Read the FAQ, Watch some of the tutorials of the Official Calibre Help page.

2) Read recent threads (and ask thread specific questions ) here at MR

Calibre does lots of things that ARE NOT relevant to my device nor my Library. I imagine your usage will have the same.

We are ALL DIFFERENT in our usage:
I keep original formats, even if I make a conversion
I keep formats for all my devices
My preferred Cover (size) is 300px wide (smaller file size that still looks reasonable in the cover browser)
99.99% of my Library is Fiction.
I don't (could not even do so on my PEZ ) annotate

Read the threads, there are millions of users. There are thousnds of ways that he use Calibre that is not MY way
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