Uploading to Calibre?

[loviedovie]

Is it possible to upload books to Calibre using CC?

[NSILMike]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

Is it possible to upload books to Calibre using CC?

I cannot say for sure, but not via the CC and/or Calibre settings that I can see... Also, I have never seen it referenced in here.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

Is it possible to upload books to Calibre using CC?

Yes, assuming that the books are in CC's database. The steps are:

• Connect to calibre as a wireless device
• In calibre, click the "Device" button
• Select the books you want to upload. They shouldn't have a check next to them.
• Right-click on one of the selected books.
• Select "Add books to library".

@NSILMike: yet another CC/calibre "secret feature"

[NSILMike]

Originally Posted by chaley

@NSILMike: yet another CC/calibre "secret feature"

I never doubted you!

[loviedovie]

@chaley thanks.

I guess that is one way to do it. How about uploading not while sitting infront of Calibre? Lets say I do not have physical access to the Calibre server.


Here is why I need this.

Sometimes I download books from online sources while I am on the device and most of the time I forget to put them back in Calibre. I was thinking that if I could put them in Calibre after I download them using CC, that way I would not forget to organize them later in Calibre.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

@chaley thanks.

I guess that is one way to do it. How about uploading not while sitting infront of Calibre? Lets say I do not have physical access to the Calibre server.


Here is why I need this.

Sometimes I download books from online sources while I am on the device and most of the time I forget to put them back in Calibre. I was thinking that if I could put them in Calibre after I download them using CC, that way I would not forget to organize them later in Calibre.

I don't understand the workflow. CC downloads only from a calibre library using one of the three connections, so by definition downloaded books are in a calibre library somewhere. There is no other way to download a book into CC's library.

If you download a book into CC's library folder using some other program then the book is not in CC's library. Assuming that the "Scan for new books" option is set, CC will add such books to its library when you connect as a wireless device. In that case the method I suggested is appropriate because you are connected as a wireless device.

If you are fetching books from multiple calibre libraries then it is up to you to manage copying books between the libraries. CC doesn't provide any special help.

One thought: you could upload the books to a "calibre auto-add" folder on the computer running calibre. Next time you run calibre on that computer the books will be added to the library.

[ekbell]

Originally Posted by chaley

I don't understand the workflow. CC downloads only from a calibre library using one of the three connections, so by definition downloaded books are in a calibre library somewhere. There is no other way to download a book into CC's library.

If you download a book into CC's library folder using some other program then the book is not in CC's library. Assuming that the "Scan for new books" option is set, CC will add such books to its library when you connect as a wireless device. In that case the method I suggested is appropriate because you are connected as a wireless device.

If you are fetching books from multiple calibre libraries then it is up to you to manage copying books between the libraries. CC doesn't provide any special help.

One thought: you could upload the books to a "calibre auto-add" folder on the computer running calibre. Next time you run calibre on that computer the books will be added to the library.

I place a copy of all books that I've grabbed from online sources when on a tablet into a 'Books for Calibre' folder in my Google Drive account. I then add all books from the folder to my Calibre library the next time I'm on my computer (I've not bothered with the auto-add function)

Simple, straightforward and ensures that I don't forget any books.

[loviedovie]

Thanks for ideas, I see some possibilties now.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by chaley

Yes, assuming that the books are in CC's database. The steps are:

• Connect to calibre as a wireless device
• In calibre, click the "Device" button
• Select the books you want to upload. They shouldn't have a check next to them.
• Right-click on one of the selected books.
• Select "Add books to library".

@NSILMike: yet another CC/calibre "secret feature"

But if the book isn't in your Calibre library, how would it have got into CC in the first place? You can only add books to CC from Calibre, can't you?