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Old 05-09-2010, 08:10 PM   #1
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Browsing by cover your Calibre library on the Kindle

A new version of the Calibre Database Extractor allows for browsing by cover on your Kindle. I personally prefer browsing my catalog this way so this is a welcome addition. Here is an example screen shot from my Kindle DX:



I wish Amazon would incorporate some sort of cover browser in the Kindle itself...
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Old 05-10-2010, 01:14 AM   #2
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What's the format of the webaddress you're using on the Kindle there to connect to your dropbox account? Can't see that in the documentation...
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Old 05-10-2010, 09:58 AM   #3
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If you put the library in a public Dropbox folder, just right click on the catalog.html file and "copy public link". You can run that through tinyurl to get a smaller address.
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