Maplewood and Calibre

rxmom03 · 05-20-2025, 10:33 AM

Hi, I have a new iPhone (iOS 18.4.1) and iPad (18.4.1) and after looking around some I decided to buy Mapleread SE as a reader. But I haven't been able to connect to calibre (8.3) and can't tell if I am doing something wrong.

I have been trying to connect via the content server. My iPad has been able to connect to calibre, but every time it tries to load it eventually times out. I have 789 books in calibre and I feel like most people here have even more than that

so I don't know if it times out because of the amount of books?

I put Mapleread SE on my phone also, but it can't even find calibre to connect. Calibre is on my PC (windows 11).

I'm trying to put as much info in as possible, because I work the night shift and am going to bed after I finish this post!

Does anyone have any ideas about what I am doing wrong? Or other ways to connect to calibre? I am new to the apple system as of about a month ago so there are problably other things the iphone/ipad can do that I'm unaware of. Thanks for your help!

Mary

JSWolf · 05-20-2025, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rxmom03

Hi, I have a new iPhone (iOS 18.4.1) and iPad (18.4.1) and after looking around some I decided to buy Mapleread SE as a reader. But I haven't been able to connect to calibre (8.3) and can't tell if I am doing something wrong.

I have been trying to connect via the content server. My iPad has been able to connect to calibre, but every time it tries to load it eventually times out. I have 789 books in calibre and I feel like most people here have even more than that

so I don't know if it times out because of the amount of books?

I put Mapleread SE on my phone also, but it can't even find calibre to connect. Calibre is on my PC (windows 11).

I'm trying to put as much info in as possible, because I work the night shift and am going to bed after I finish this post!

Does anyone have any ideas about what I am doing wrong? Or other ways to connect to calibre? I am new to the apple system as of about a month ago so there are problably other things the iphone/ipad can do that I'm unaware of. Thanks for your help!

Mary

You cannot do it the way you want. What you might be able to do is to run the calibre server and have Mapleread SE connect to the server to download eBooks. If that won't work, one other solution that I use is I put some eBooks on Dropbox or Onedrive and am then able to download some eBooks.

rxmom03 · 05-20-2025, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You cannot do it the way you want. What you might be able to do is to run the calibre server and have Mapleread SE connect to the server to download eBooks. If that won't work, one other solution that I use is I put some eBooks on Dropbox or Onedrive and am then able to download some eBooks.

Thanks! I am about to go back to work (!) but will try this in the morning.

Mary

MegDreamsofBooks · Yesterday, 02:23 PM

I do this with MapleRead SE and Calibre. I have around 730 books and it works fine, by default OPDS only loads the first 30 in the list.

Here's how mine is set up:
*Calibre running on my Windows PC with web server enabled (and password protected.) Set to run at startup so it is always available
*MapleRead SE in the "Exchange" I added a user-defined OPDS catalog which is my Calibre server. The format here is very specific: http://pc.IP.address:8080/opds (note that if you configure a different port in Calibre, replace 8080 with the port you selected)
*from the MapleRead SE Exchange, tap on the saved Calibre catalog, enter the username and password if one was configured

Once I'm in the catalog, I can browse my books by author, date, series, tag, etc and download them individually or in bulk to my MapleRead SE app.

05-20-2025, 10:33 AM	#1
rxmom03 Addict Posts: 220 Karma: 539264 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: DFW, TX Device: Kobo Clara 2E, Kobo Libra Colour, iPhone, iPad	Maplewood and Calibre Hi, I have a new iPhone (iOS 18.4.1) and iPad (18.4.1) and after looking around some I decided to buy Mapleread SE as a reader. But I haven't been able to connect to calibre (8.3) and can't tell if I am doing something wrong. I have been trying to connect via the content server. My iPad has been able to connect to calibre, but every time it tries to load it eventually times out. I have 789 books in calibre and I feel like most people here have even more than that so I don't know if it times out because of the amount of books? I put Mapleread SE on my phone also, but it can't even find calibre to connect. Calibre is on my PC (windows 11). I'm trying to put as much info in as possible, because I work the night shift and am going to bed after I finish this post! Does anyone have any ideas about what I am doing wrong? Or other ways to connect to calibre? I am new to the apple system as of about a month ago so there are problably other things the iphone/ipad can do that I'm unaware of. Thanks for your help! Mary

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Yesterday, 02:23 PM	#4
MegDreamsofBooks Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 500566 Join Date: Jun 2021 Device: Pocketbook InkPad Lite, iPad	I do this with MapleRead SE and Calibre. I have around 730 books and it works fine, by default OPDS only loads the first 30 in the list. Here's how mine is set up: Calibre running on my Windows PC with web server enabled (and password protected.) Set to run at startup so it is always available MapleRead SE in the "Exchange" I added a user-defined OPDS catalog which is my Calibre server. The format here is very specific: http://pc.IP.address:8080/opds (note that if you configure a different port in Calibre, replace 8080 with the port you selected) *from the MapleRead SE Exchange, tap on the saved Calibre catalog, enter the username and password if one was configured Once I'm in the catalog, I can browse my books by author, date, series, tag, etc and download them individually or in bulk to my MapleRead SE app.

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