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Old 02-02-2014, 06:17 PM   #1
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Hi all.
Is it possible to have 2 separate Calibre programs on one computer?
I already have Calibre on our computer with over 1000 books of mine in it.
My daughter also has an ereader and at the moment her 600+ books are just on an SD card.
I dont want to have both her books and mine in the same Calibre. I want to be able to browse through all my books without having to see all hers too, and vice versa.
I tried downloading a different version of Calibre but it just wanted to replace my existing one.
Is there a way to have 2 Calibre's on one computer please?
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Old 02-02-2014, 06:28 PM   #2
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Hi all.
Is it possible to have 2 separate Calibre programs on one computer?
I already have Calibre on our computer with over 1000 books of mine in it.
My daughter also has an ereader and at the moment her 600+ books are just on an SD card.
I dont want to have both her books and mine in the same Calibre. I want to be able to browse through all my books without having to see all hers too, and vice versa.
I tried downloading a different version of Calibre but it just wanted to replace my existing one.
Is there a way to have 2 Calibre's on one computer please?
Create a second library. The icon on top of the bookshelf, with "Calibre Library" underneath it, has a dropdown -- the first option is to "create/switch library".

See here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#library
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Or you could create Virtual Libraries: Mine and Hers based on a regular or custom column tag
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@Chapter One - If your daughter is old enough to have an ereader with 600 books then I'm guessing she's probably old enough to have her own calibre installation with a bit of start up help from you know who

So... assuming you're using Windows, and you want to go the whole nine-yards then you could install a calibre portable for your daughter, and then she can have her own library and a calibre configuration which she can customise how she wants it to be. You could even put it on a thumb drive, then there'd be even less confusion.

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Or, again if using Windows, create a User Account for your daughter in Windows on your PC. Open that account and run Calibre; it will take you through creating a new library for that account and that will be completely separate from yours.

For her to get to her library she logs into her own account and just runs Calibre.
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