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Old 09-29-2021, 12:24 PM   #1
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Preparing for First Read

Not sure if I've put this in the right place.

I recently had to reinstall Caliber (and everything else!) on my laptop. I had backups of the library and config data and it's working except for one issue.

Every time I open any book at all it says it's "Preparing for first read", even if I've just opened it and closed it.

Clearly I've botched something. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Old 09-29-2021, 09:24 PM   #3
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Try changing the location of the calibre cache directory (this is where the "prepared" books are stored). You can do that by setting the CALIBRE_CACHE_DIRECTORY environmnet variable as described here: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ment-variables
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Sorry, should have noted that it's Windows.
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Try changing the location of the calibre cache directory (this is where the "prepared" books are stored). You can do that by setting the CALIBRE_CACHE_DIRECTORY environmnet variable as described here: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ment-variables
Thank you very much. That works, but one more question. Do I need to copy data from the default cache to the new cache folder I've specified to as above? If so, where is the default?
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No you dont, cached data is rebuilt if deleted.
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