Pocketbook owners, why use Calibre?

[paola]

Please forgive me if this is a silly question, but I really am very green on these issues. From reading this forum i understand taht Pocketbook has a pretty good software to manage librearies - so what is the use of additional software like e.g. Calibre, which I see that some of you also use?
Many thanks!

[kacir]

Originally Posted by paolamanzini

Please forgive me if this is a silly question, but I really am very green on these issues. From reading this forum i understand taht Pocketbook has a pretty good software to manage librearies - so what is the use of additional software like e.g. Calibre, which I see that some of you also use?
Many thanks!

I am one of the hardcore PocketBook users and I never heard that PocketBook supplies an application for PC that will let you:
- manage thousands of books,
- sort them any way imaginable,
- convert from almost any format to almost any format known to a man,
- export books to directories of great complexity using Regular expressions to parse book metadata,
- automatically download covers for books from the net
- automatically gather news from hundred of sources and format them for your device (using so-called recipes).

PocketBook devices do support directories, Favourites virtual folder, but to prepare content to load up into those directories I use Calibre. For a long time I was using files in all kinds of directories, but I grew tired of the fact that when I look for a book I have to look in many places.

[Billi]

With Calibre you may

- organize your library on your home computer ("normally" you store all your books on an external drive and send only "some" to your reader)

- convert between different file formats

- change metadata, which can be useful for the organization of the files on certain devices.

Edit: Oops, Kacir was faster, sorry for double-posting.

[paola]

thanks guys, as I am still waiting for my new pocketbook, I have only a vague idea of how it will actually work. And now I have downloaded both Calibre and Libris me (they are looking for beta testers, here, in case you haven't seen it), so hopefully I'll learn something useful

[fjtorres]

It comes down to convenience.
You don't *need* to use an external PC app to manage your DRM-free content.
You *can* do the job manually from a PC-based file manager or even directly on the reader itself without a PC.
But Calibre is faster, more flexible, and more convenient.
Leaves you more time for reading.

[alexul]

I use it for conversion.

[paola]

guys, thansk for your advice - and I have to say I have been playing around with Calibre for a week or so, and I am totally hooked. Quite handy to read books and news on my laptop, too, while I wait for my ebook to arrive...