books stored where?

kcarscadden · 06-25-2021, 04:15 PM

On an Android phone, using Google Chrome to acccess a Calibre server, where are downloaded books stored? Are they accessable by other apps?

At home, I downloaded several books to read while away. Everything was fine, until I accidentally hit home, and of course I go to the Chrome home page, and can no longer access the Calibre server so cannot get to he books I downloaded.

kovidgoyal · 06-25-2021, 10:22 PM

If you download books they will be stored in the downloads folder. If you open the books in the servers builtin reader, they are stored in the browser's internal cache and are not accessible by anything else.

kcarscadden · 06-26-2021, 02:14 PM

Thanks for the response, Kovid.

I meant, open in the built-in reader. So I presume I am out of luck with my books until I get back home. I reconnect to the setver, and my opened books will be there again.

If I actually download, then I can't use the built-in reader, correct?

theducks · 06-26-2021, 07:03 PM

You use a reader app on your device for times not connected to the server.

kovidgoyal · 06-26-2021, 10:55 PM

Yes if you actually download then you have to use a thrd party reader app.

06-25-2021, 04:15 PM	#1
kcarscadden Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 13776 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: semi-north Ontario, Canada (N 45.41 W -79.67) Device: iPad Air 5, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE	books stored where? On an Android phone, using Google Chrome to acccess a Calibre server, where are downloaded books stored? Are they accessable by other apps? At home, I downloaded several books to read while away. Everything was fine, until I accidentally hit home, and of course I go to the Chrome home page, and can no longer access the Calibre server so cannot get to he books I downloaded.

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06-25-2021, 10:22 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you download books they will be stored in the downloads folder. If you open the books in the servers builtin reader, they are stored in the browser's internal cache and are not accessible by anything else.

06-26-2021, 02:14 PM	#3
kcarscadden Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 13776 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: semi-north Ontario, Canada (N 45.41 W -79.67) Device: iPad Air 5, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE	Thanks for the response, Kovid. I meant, open in the built-in reader. So I presume I am out of luck with my books until I get back home. I reconnect to the setver, and my opened books will be there again. If I actually download, then I can't use the built-in reader, correct?

06-26-2021, 07:03 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,267 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You use a reader app on your device for times not connected to the server.

06-26-2021, 10:55 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yes if you actually download then you have to use a thrd party reader app.