Remarkable 2 and Calibre

[chilady1]

All - apologies if these questions have been asked. I searched the forums but could not find the answers to the following questions.

I am very much interested in the Remarkable 2 coming out in June timeframe. One thing that interest me above and beyond the note taking capability is the ability to read epubs (DRM free) on the device. This essentially could replace my Kindle/Ipad and notebooks.

1. Does Remarkable connect to Calibre which is my primary way of porting books onto my reading device?
2. Does anyone know how the Remarkable handles the metadata I have in Calibre? In other words, like most I use Calibre to organize my books especially the series by keeping them in order. So the basic question is when I transfer books to the Remarkable will it also take the series order and that's what I see.

Hope these questions make sense and someone can give me some insight into these very important topics before I order one. Thanks in advance.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by chilady1

I am very much interested in the Remarkable 2 coming out in June timeframe.
....
1. Does Remarkable connect to Calibre which is my primary way of porting books onto my reading device?
2. Does anyone know how the Remarkable handles the metadata I have in Calibre? In other words, like most I use Calibre to organize my books especially the series by keeping them in order. So the basic question is when I transfer books to the Remarkable will it also take the series order and that's what I see.

Your questions can be answered in June.
But Calibre Companion works on Android 10.3 Notes devices from Boox and Boyue-Likebook.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by chilady1

All - apologies if these questions have been asked. I searched the forums but could not find the answers to the following questions.

1. Does Remarkable connect to Calibre which is my primary way of porting books onto my reading device?

It'll take until someone creates the driver if possible. However, given that Remarkable mentions drag and drop to copy files, you should be able to treat it as a disk drive and use Save to disk.

Originally Posted by chilady1

2. Does anyone know how the Remarkable handles the metadata I have in Calibre? In other words, like most I use Calibre to organize my books especially the series by keeping them in order. So the basic question is when I transfer books to the Remarkable will it also take the series order and that's what I see.

Another question that is going to have to wait until the release. They are not publishing any information on Codex (Linux based OS) and what the capabilities of the software are.

Originally Posted by chilady1

Hope these questions make sense and someone can give me some insight into these very important topics before I order one. Thanks in advance.

Sadly, we will need to wait for the release before your questions can be properly answered.

[DJViking]

I just received my reMarkable 2. Have not tried to connect it yet to my Linux PC.

They do support transfering files when connected with USB, but it is through an Web UI.
https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en...-cable?preview[theme_id]=210292689&preview_as_role=anonymous

It is a shame that they don't support Linux the same way as Windows and MacOS. Considering that reMarkable is running a Linux OS.

[pazos]

@DJViking: based on the link you posted that solution will work in linux too. They seem to use usbnet + dhcpd + httpd and you're expected to open a browser at http(s)://10.11.99.1

[bmix]

Not what you asked for, but for those, who don't know, yet, there is an overview of community hacks at https://github.com/reHackable

Also, on the /r/RemarkableTablet Reddit there is some alternative software (including a full firmware replacement, but that makes you lose the typical reMarkable features) discussed.

[Brian Hahn]

I also want a way for my Remarkable 2 to connect with calibre. I have been using calibre for over 10 years and believe it’s the best software out there. So,I am waiting with hope to see if some clever coder out there writes support for this.