03-25-2010, 01:12 PM | #1 |
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Calibre and nook
I have had problems loading books from calibre to my nook. I think I did everything right - imported the books (mostly pdf-files) into calibre; downloaded all the data for them based on their ISBNs (both automatically and manually for those it didn't find on its own); and then did 'Send to device' (the regular . In the dialogue box it says that everything went fine, but when I look in my Documents - I see none of those books; only the books I downloaded directly from B&N. Any idea about what I could have done wrong? Thanks!
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03-25-2010, 06:51 PM | #2 |
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On the nook: from the main menu, tap "My Library" and then "Check for new content"
Other things to check: Enusre that your nook is upgraded to V1.2; if not you can follow the steps listed here Switch your device off and on again. I have been using the nook with calibre for a few months and it is working properly on all calibre versions from 0.6.37 onwards. |
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03-25-2010, 08:35 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for your reply. My nook is softrooted (but yes - Software version 1.2.0) - when I click on My library, I only get View my documents; View item details & options, Show covers; Check for new B&N content; Sort by; Show; Hide archived items; and Open Audio player. Am I missing sthg? -Stephan |
03-25-2010, 09:03 PM | #4 | |
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It seems like you might be. Maybe someone who has also softrooted their Nook can speak up and give you a hand. Update: You can always convert back to the basic firmware and see how it works then softroot it again and see if it breaks. Last edited by DoctorOhh; 03-25-2010 at 09:18 PM. |
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03-25-2010, 11:37 PM | #5 |
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IIRC the Nook driver sends books to the my documents folder.
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03-26-2010, 05:31 AM | #6 | |
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I've using soft rooted Nook for a few week (modded 1.2.0). Since soft rooted, I use My Books function instead of the stock My Library. Seeing your problem, I tried to use My Library again and see what could be your problem. After pressing My Library, my Nook shows all B&N books, which is normal. However, when I press View My Document, the book list on the eink screen will not change; but it change the title to My Documents!. I have to wait for quite a while before my Nook displays all the non-B&N books in My Documents. In summary, though you see My Documents on the top of your eink screen whilst the menu on LCD is actually for B&N Library (because you saw View My Documents, etc.. on LCD), you may have to wait for a while before your documents will appear. I don't think it is the side effect of rooting your Nook; and it has nothing wrong with Calibre because you should see all your books in your Nook drive, your PC, when you connect your Nook with usb cable. Last edited by bthoven; 03-26-2010 at 05:38 AM. |
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03-26-2010, 01:07 PM | #7 |
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Thanks all for your help. Let me document what I did:
Long story short - I think I have two points to report
So is this speed issue normal or is it just me? -Stephan Last edited by sdspieg; 03-26-2010 at 06:21 PM. |
03-26-2010, 10:08 PM | #8 | |
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One thing to keep in mind, Calibre writes any metadata that needs updating into the file on transfer. In the past any time a process took this long Kovid would suggest the main culprit was the PDF metadata writer plugin. If you disabled the PDF metadata writer it would be quicker but your metadata might not be as desired. The books I sent were all converted in Calibre so most of them didn't need any metadata added during the transfer process and they were all epubs. |
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03-26-2010, 11:30 PM | #9 |
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That's certainly not normal, I would try disabling the PDF metadata writer (pdf files have to be read fully into memory, parsed and rewritten to update their metadata).
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03-27-2010, 03:46 PM | #10 |
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Thanks all. That might indeed be the culprit. I'll disable the PDF metadata writer. And would you also recommend converting the pdf files into another (more nook-friendly) format?
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03-27-2010, 09:31 PM | #11 |
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PDFis not the best format for conversion, still if you're happy with the conversion results, yes, you should convert them.
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03-27-2010, 09:37 PM | #12 |
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Thanks Kovid. I'll try with a few of them and will see how it works out. Let me report, in the meanwhile, that disabling the pdf-metadata writer did indeed make a HUGE difference! Thanks so much. E.g. Calibre now reads the 13 gig I have on the SD-card in 10' instead of 110'. Still long, but a LOT faster anyway. I'll start playing with some conversion options and will see what that gives.
Great support tho! -Stephan |
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