Exporting Metadata Summaries?

carld · 08-08-2010, 03:41 PM

I'm relatively new to using Calibre to manage my ebooks, so there may be an obvious answer to this.

One problem I have with my Kindle's large collection of books is that I sometimes forget what certain books are about and why I bought them or downloaded a sample. It would be great if there were some way to export Calibre's Metadata summaries to a file on the Kindle. That way I could quickly look up a book or sample and remind myself what it's about. Is there any way to do this?

Sydney's Mom · 08-08-2010, 03:47 PM

Great question! Hope this already exists.

itimpi · 08-08-2010, 03:51 PM

It sounds like you want to use the Calibre facility for generating a catalog? You can do this for selected books and then load the results as a mobi file to the Kindle.

carld · 08-08-2010, 05:21 PM

Thanks itimpi, creating a Mobi catalog looks to be exactly what I was looking for. Good times

08-08-2010, 03:41 PM	#1
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Exporting Metadata Summaries? I'm relatively new to using Calibre to manage my ebooks, so there may be an obvious answer to this. One problem I have with my Kindle's large collection of books is that I sometimes forget what certain books are about and why I bought them or downloaded a sample. It would be great if there were some way to export Calibre's Metadata summaries to a file on the Kindle. That way I could quickly look up a book or sample and remind myself what it's about. Is there any way to do this?

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08-08-2010, 03:47 PM	#2
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,896 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Great question! Hope this already exists.

08-08-2010, 03:51 PM	#3
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	It sounds like you want to use the Calibre facility for generating a catalog? You can do this for selected books and then load the results as a mobi file to the Kindle.

08-08-2010, 05:21 PM	#4
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks itimpi, creating a Mobi catalog looks to be exactly what I was looking for. Good times

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