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09-11-2012, 10:57 AM | #32 |
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I'm with Man Eating Duck - want to keep the db neat and want to hoard everything too, and exactly for the same reasons.
I'm too lazy to do file renaming; downloaded books have usually quite varied naming rules. If they are all in one folder... I'm afraid it'll be rather difficult to find one single file. Much easier to find it in Calibre (for me). I for one love custom columns and can't have too much of them, though most of them are invisible or shown only on Book Details panel. And, if in the future I decide to get rid of some, it's much easier to pile all the data into tags than to sort tags into different columns. As for myself, I add a txt format to the book. There I note all kind of things - original format, conversion process (Calibre, Mobi Reader), typos and bad formatting I found when I read it in mobi, changes I did and changes I want but don't know yet how to do etc. Of course, all my changes so far are pretty simple, common S&R should undo them nicely. Also, this txt format serves me as a 'Read' tag, as I don't have any plain text books. |
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In sum, and in general: No way is "the right way". Everyone is different, in needs, strategies, workflow, inclinations, etc. Sometimes I change my ways. (Now I've got Santana, "Evil Ways" running through my head…) Last edited by unboggling; 09-12-2012 at 05:40 PM. Reason: clarify |
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So I'd guess that OS X is doing something with invisible files and calibre is detecting them. I'm currently on Mountain Lion, and don't recall this particular thing happening with Snow Leopard, though I might have missed it in the past. Anyway, so far my long titles are okay. My book files don't go back and forth between different OSs. And they don't reside on DropBox or another server farm either. Seems I've got a plague of invisible files, and you had a plague of cross-filesystem incompatibilities. Edit: Regarding long titles in filenames on OS X, whoops -- I was wrong. GeekyGal was right. I recently noticed trouble with long filenames when saving books to disk. So shorter filenames are safer. Last edited by unboggling; 02-06-2014 at 01:51 AM. Reason: Long filename trouble. |
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10-03-2012, 03:43 PM | #36 |
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General progress the past couple weeks:
Tested various methods for loading reading devices and made related revisions, primarily in Reading section. Got an Asus Nexus7 Android tablet and Calibre Companion, configured and tested them, added related discussion. Tested various page setup profiles, input and output, used in conversion of original format to EPUB master format. Decided to stick with input profile Default input profile and output profile Kindle Output Profile for consistency in the library. Those settings can be adjusted to tailor a format for a specific device per recommended page setup profile settings, but that seems like too much trouble, while I am willing to accept the slightly incorrect sizing of images like covers or maps on specific reading devices for most books. A subsequent conversion with tailored settings can be done later if necessary for image-laden books. Covered in brief discussion in the Reading section. Got a good file syncing utility, tested various setups for automatically syncing calibre library and configuration folders, and added discussion in the Maintaining section about one-way sync of those calibre folders to an external drive, automatically run at computer startup, to function as a secondary backup. Previously I copied those folders in the operating system after quitting calibre, manually and less frequently because I usually forgot to do it regularly. The primary backup is automated incremental backup of changes on entire startup drive hourly by an OS X backup utility, including calibre library and configuration folders, to a different external drive. Specific or small revisions, too many to mention. Hence a general progress report rather than specific revision notes. Last edited by unboggling; 10-07-2012 at 08:01 PM. Reason: clarify |
10-07-2012, 07:06 PM | #37 |
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Since you mentioned in the other thread that you're using Moon+, have you had any problems with Moon+ not reporting itself as an epub or mobi reader? I have the paid Pro version, and it shows up as a pdf reader option in CC, but won't answer calls for other formats.
It's not really essential right now, as I've been importing from within Moon+ anyway, but as I get more content on my tablet, there's a good chance I will prefer to navigate my collection from within CC instead. I've reinstalled both CC and Moon+ Pro, and then rebooted the tablet and resynced, but no joy. I'm just wondering if the issue is specific to me somehow or if it's a limitation of Moon+. |
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[QUOTE=CWatkinsNash;2253791]Since you mentioned in the other thread that you're using Moon+, have you had any problems with Moon+ not reporting itself as an epub or mobi reader? I have the paid Pro version, and it shows up as a pdf reader option in CC, but won't answer calls for other formats.[quote]
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I generally do that prior to uninstalling an app anyway, just to avoid remnants, but to be sure I did it again for both apps and I still can't open anything but pdfs. Since this is turning into an unintentional thread hijack, I'll post this over in the devices subforum. |
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10-07-2012, 08:42 PM | #41 |
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Deleted, moved response to thread in Devices:
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10-10-2012, 03:01 PM | #42 |
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hi i'm very new to all this and was wondering if there is a basic set up for calibre to start with. I have a sony reader prs-t1...thanks in advance for any help!
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Preferences: (wait for it) Run Welcome Wizard Select you brand and (similar) Model That is pretty much it. Wait until you get comfortable with the operation before rushing to make changes And Read the Stickies here and The Calibre (site) FAQ for ideas |
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Watch the video tutorials Grand Tour, and Tips for fast orientation to calibre. For more information about working with Sony device, see the discussion about Sony devices in calibre User Manual, Frequently Asked Questions, Device Integration. Edit: I recently found jackie_w's post about setting up collections on Sony device: (Sony)…How do I set it up..., post #15. Last edited by unboggling; 11-02-2012 at 10:39 PM. Reason: added link calibre Help Resources |
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10-28-2012, 01:31 AM | #45 |
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Recent changes:
Got a Sony PRS-T2 and added related discussion in relevant sections. Cut the Help section, which didn't really fit with the rest of it. Moved that Help content to its own thread: calibre Help Resources. Otherwise the content has stabilized considerably, so I no longer feel a need to revise it daily. For now I plan to replace Post #1 at least once a month, to keep it relatively consistent with changes in calibre or in my actual workflow, configurations, or settings. |
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