Transfer book list to iPhone

Karellen · 03-07-2024, 08:36 PM

As my library is steadily growing (506 books), my spotty memory is having trouble accurately remembering all my books and which are pbooks and which are ebooks.

What I would like to do...
Transfer the list of books in my Calibre library so it includes title, author, set, and a custom column which tells me if it is pbook, ebook or both.

Anyone have any good suggestions on how to do that, easily and quickly? So next time I am in a bookstore, I am not buying a book I already own, instead of the next one in the series I don't have yet.

What I don't want...
I don't want the epubs transferred to my iphone.

ownedbycats · 03-07-2024, 08:43 PM

Did you take a look at the Catalog feature? I think is under Convert menu.

theducks · 03-07-2024, 09:08 PM

+1 Catalog
If you only want Title, Author (and maybe series)
Look at the CSV output (assumes your phone has a spreadsheet). That really allows fine tuning (but no covers)

Karellen · 03-07-2024, 09:14 PM

Great! Thanks @ownedbycats and @theducks

That works and is good enough. A few steps but only took a couple of minutes.

For anybody that wants to try...

Export the catalog from Calibre, ensuring required columns are selected
Open csv in spreadsheet program and SaveAs to xlsx format
Using Files on the iPhone, copy the xlsx file across to the iPhone or iCloud storage.
Open in Numbers app.

03-07-2024, 08:36 PM	#1
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,104 Karma: 4911876 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Transfer book list to iPhone As my library is steadily growing (506 books), my spotty memory is having trouble accurately remembering all my books and which are pbooks and which are ebooks. What I would like to do... Transfer the list of books in my Calibre library so it includes title, author, set, and a custom column which tells me if it is pbook, ebook or both. Anyone have any good suggestions on how to do that, easily and quickly? So next time I am in a bookstore, I am not buying a book I already own, instead of the next one in the series I don't have yet. What I don't want... I don't want the epubs transferred to my iphone.

03-07-2024, 09:14 PM	#4
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,104 Karma: 4911876 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Great! Thanks @ownedbycats and @theducks That works and is good enough. A few steps but only took a couple of minutes. For anybody that wants to try... Export the catalog from Calibre, ensuring required columns are selected Open csv in spreadsheet program and SaveAs to xlsx format Using Files on the iPhone, copy the xlsx file across to the iPhone or iCloud storage. Open in Numbers app.

03-07-2024, 08:43 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,644 Karma: 61234567 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Did you take a look at the Catalog feature? I think is under Convert menu.

03-07-2024, 09:08 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,812 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	+1 Catalog If you only want Title, Author (and maybe series) Look at the CSV output (assumes your phone has a spreadsheet). That really allows fine tuning (but no covers)