Calibre Plug-Ins?

bigyun2000 · 05-22-2013, 10:29 AM

Hi all. I am a bit of a newbie and have a catalogue of about 27,000 ebooks all in epub format. Most are freebies and others I have purchased or swapped.

This makes my laptop very sluggish although I use an HP Envey Core i5 with 8GB RAM and running Windows 8 (64bit).

I obviously need to scale back as Calibre isn't handling the amount of data very well so I was wondering what advanced users of Calibre would recommend in the way of PLUG-INS? I am thinking of using the FIND DUPLICATES plug-in to help remove doubles or trebles etc

Also I want to try and store my database in not only Book Title Order, but also by Book Series at the same time.

Finally a Plug-In or setup for searching for Metadata & Book cover. What would advanced users recommend in the settings please?

Many thanks
Tony (Bigyun2000) UK

Rbneader · 05-22-2013, 11:14 AM

Will the advice of an intermediate user do?

I use the Find Duplicates plugin and it works very well to find duplicates. I look for similar title, similar author and that gets everything for me.

One thing I do to manage space is to set up separate libraries for different books. I have a library for comics, a library for subscriptions, a library for general books, a library for a specific genre, etc. That said, I don't have close to the same number of books that you do.

For storing by series, I have no idea. I know you can have the Series tag. Probably you'd need to change how Calibre saves books to include that?

mrscoach · 05-22-2013, 12:23 PM

There is a forum just for Calibre. You might get your question answered more quickly there.

Dr. Drib · 05-22-2013, 02:23 PM

You need to post in the correct forum, which would be the calibre forum.

Your thread has now been moved.

Don
(Moderator)

bigyun2000 · 05-22-2013, 08:14 PM

Apologies.........

bigyun2000 · 05-22-2013, 08:15 PM

Thanks guys and apologies

PeterT · 05-22-2013, 08:39 PM

You might also want to search here for tips on performance with large libraries.

For instance, avoid having a column displayed that shows the formats a book has.

See Calibre Speedup for some handy tips.

05-22-2013, 10:29 AM	#1
bigyun2000 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rotherham - England UK Device: iPad Mini \| iPhone 5 \| Kobo \|	Calibre Plug-Ins? Hi all. I am a bit of a newbie and have a catalogue of about 27,000 ebooks all in epub format. Most are freebies and others I have purchased or swapped. This makes my laptop very sluggish although I use an HP Envey Core i5 with 8GB RAM and running Windows 8 (64bit). I obviously need to scale back as Calibre isn't handling the amount of data very well so I was wondering what advanced users of Calibre would recommend in the way of PLUG-INS? I am thinking of using the FIND DUPLICATES plug-in to help remove doubles or trebles etc Also I want to try and store my database in not only Book Title Order, but also by Book Series at the same time. Finally a Plug-In or setup for searching for Metadata & Book cover. What would advanced users recommend in the settings please? Many thanks Tony (Bigyun2000) UK

05-22-2013, 08:14 PM	#5
bigyun2000 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rotherham - England UK Device: iPad Mini \| iPhone 5 \| Kobo \|	Apologies......... Last edited by bigyun2000; 05-22-2013 at 08:16 PM. Reason: laptop trouble refreshing - oopps

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05-22-2013, 11:14 AM	#2
Rbneader Fanatic Posts: 503 Karma: 2661351 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: None	Will the advice of an intermediate user do? I use the Find Duplicates plugin and it works very well to find duplicates. I look for similar title, similar author and that gets everything for me. One thing I do to manage space is to set up separate libraries for different books. I have a library for comics, a library for subscriptions, a library for general books, a library for a specific genre, etc. That said, I don't have close to the same number of books that you do. For storing by series, I have no idea. I know you can have the Series tag. Probably you'd need to change how Calibre saves books to include that?

05-22-2013, 12:23 PM	#3
mrscoach Guru Posts: 767 Karma: 4837659 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Angelo Texas Device: Samsung Galaxy tab	There is a forum just for Calibre. You might get your question answered more quickly there.

05-22-2013, 02:23 PM	#4
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,311 Karma: 59447733 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	You need to post in the correct forum, which would be the calibre forum. Your thread has now been moved. Don (Moderator)

05-22-2013, 08:15 PM	#6
bigyun2000 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rotherham - England UK Device: iPad Mini \| iPhone 5 \| Kobo \|	Thanks guys and apologies

05-22-2013, 08:39 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,264 Karma: 78869092 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	You might also want to search here for tips on performance with large libraries. For instance, avoid having a column displayed that shows the formats a book has. See Calibre Speedup for some handy tips.

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