I just tried Calibre hoping it would help me get the metadata in my library in order… But maybe I am stupid, but I don’t understand the purpose of this software. It apparently can’t choose the MTP device as your library, only a folder on your computer? And only push the books onto the reader? I don’t get how that’s massively different from just copypasting the files into the reader. Is the main point convenient metadata editing?..
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qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
This is why you never connect your kindle to the internet. Calibre forever
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s a library manager, like iTunes, or Plex for movies, Google Photos/Picasa for photos/images . You pick a spot for you library locally, and then your local lib is a jump off point to load in on to any reader device you want. It will understand what device you are pushing it to, and automagically convert it to supported file-types.
The big difference with just copy-pasting is that you have a full library somewhere locally, and you can pick and choose what you load up on your reader. For me and maybe you, those lists are pretty close to identical, but what if you have a very large collection? And what if i just had to RMA my Libra? One click and a couple minutes after i receive my replacement, all of my books and reading progress will be synced back. If you had put your lib on the device itself, you would have had to rebuild it from scratch.
alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It’s like iTunes, but for books.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 months ago
That barely tells me anything because I could never afford Apple tech :/ But from what I read, Apple devices genuinely need an external piece of software to even upload anything there rather than you just copypasting the files, so idk how fair of a comparison it is.
alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Meta data manager, file organiser by metadata, upload a subset to your device, sync device metadata back to your library, built-in reader, file format conversion, file editing.
It’s a whole suite really.
phx@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
This doesn’t track.
To pull my books into calibre, I need to first download them onto the Kindle, which requires wifi.
qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
My kindle has been on airplane mode for years and I read new books all the time with it, but hey, whatever works for you