add books from calibre library or from kindle lib?

crane3 · 09-02-2020, 06:16 PM

I have been adding books from a laptop "kindle library" that I created by copying the azw file on the real kindle lib on the desktop; then go thru the motions to add the book(s) to the laptop calibre (win 10 home) & converting to epub.

I wonder if just adding books directly from the desktop calibre library book list would be better & that "everything" would be copied to the laptop calibre library. This would mean all the metadata as well as both the azw & epub files will be copied? Would save a step.

Or would the laptop Calibre just copy the epub?

Rouffian · 10-24-2020, 06:03 AM

Did you ever get anywhere with this?
I am using Calibre on all of my PCs and I can, thus access my books from anywhere. The problem does seem to be that the synch functionality is a bit hit and miss. I rename a book on my kitchen laptop and wait. I close Calibre. And wait. I am on my office desktop now and I still have both the old and the new versions of the e-book.
The metadata.db did get copied though, so I can't see the old version in Calibre. I just have to remember to delete books manually.

09-02-2020, 06:16 PM	#1
crane3 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 5007204 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Calif Device: Fire hdx 8.9, Tab S2, Tab S5e, Aura ONE	add books from calibre library or from kindle lib? I have been adding books from a laptop "kindle library" that I created by copying the azw file on the real kindle lib on the desktop; then go thru the motions to add the book(s) to the laptop calibre (win 10 home) & converting to epub. I wonder if just adding books directly from the desktop calibre library book list would be better & that "everything" would be copied to the laptop calibre library. This would mean all the metadata as well as both the azw & epub files will be copied? Would save a step. Or would the laptop Calibre just copy the epub?

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10-24-2020, 06:03 AM	#2
Rouffian Member Posts: 16 Karma: 27664 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	Did you ever get anywhere with this? I am using Calibre on all of my PCs and I can, thus access my books from anywhere. The problem does seem to be that the synch functionality is a bit hit and miss. I rename a book on my kitchen laptop and wait. I close Calibre. And wait. I am on my office desktop now and I still have both the old and the new versions of the e-book. The metadata.db did get copied though, so I can't see the old version in Calibre. I just have to remember to delete books manually.

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