09-28-2011, 01:57 AM | #1 |
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Access my library with Kindle wi-fi????
Is there any way to download my books of choice from my home PC (or a home server) to my kindle, wirelessly?
For example, if I was in bed and wanted to search my home library (Calibre), and pull down a book of choice, can I do it? Thank you... |
09-28-2011, 02:19 AM | #2 |
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Many on MR use www.dropbox.com to store there ebooks for retreveal.
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09-28-2011, 02:32 AM | #3 | |
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09-28-2011, 02:56 AM | #4 |
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You upload your ebooks to the site and then use the kindle's browser to download the book you want. Think of it as a online hard drive.
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09-28-2011, 03:07 AM | #5 |
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Thanks guys I will give it a go.
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09-28-2011, 03:15 AM | #6 |
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The Calibre Content server can be used in conjunction with the Kindle browser to achieve this. However, although this works fine from a technical perspective, it does show up how 'clunky' the Kindle browser is when one has to use the Kindle keypad for navigation.
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10-14-2011, 01:27 PM | #10 |
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When I wanted to do exactly this I used Calibre2opds. I keep my Calibre library in my Drop Box folder. I then use Calibre2opds to create a sort of web-based catalogue of it. I now can use my kindle iteself to browse the library, but author, genre, newly added titles and so on. I just worked (slowly - I'm no techie) through the instructions in the thread at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64095 You end up having to run this to create the webpages. So I do it after any significant additions to the library. I suppose that could be considered tedious but it seems OK to me.
And once the library was being stored in Dropbox anyway I've switched to using the portable version of calibre so my calibre settings are all the same whether I run it at home or at work. |
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