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--- tool:software:calibre [2019/02/17 17:05] – created rjt
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 ====== Calibre ======
-**Calibre** is a mature but still kinda clunky program for managing EBooks. I used it to organise PDFs of essay and things, and sync that too my NAS so I can read it from a tablet computer.
+**Calibre** is a mature but still kinda clunky program for managing digital texts. I used it to organise [[PDF]]s of essay and things, and sync that to [[qnap_ts-231p|my NAS]] so I can read them from [[samsung_sm-t330|a tablet computer]].
+I've since stopped using it and started  working on [[pdf_catalogue|my own solution]].
 ===== Extending =====
+==== Plug-ins ====
+I've tried two plug-ins so far that've both been worth recommending. One for finding duplicate files, and one for grabbing metadata from [[Goodreads]]. I installed them from the built-in plug-in package manager, but here are the links they provide as their 'Plugin homepage':
+  * [[https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131017|[GUI Plugin] Find Duplicates ]]
+  * [[https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130638|[Metadata Source Plugin] Goodreads]]
 ==== Server ====
-The two I've tried are **COPS** and **Ubooquity**.
+The two I've tried are **[[COPS]]** and **[[Ubooquity]]**.
 === Ubooquity ===
-Was really easy to install via a QPKG, only hitches were:
+Was really easy to install via a [[https://www.qnapclub.eu/en/qpkg/206|QPKG]], only hitches were:
-  * admin page was  at a different port/address than they said ''[URL]:2203/admin'' rather than ''[URL]:2202/admin''
+  * Admin page was  at a different port/address than they said ''[URL]:2203/admin'' rather than ''[URL]:2202/admin''
-  * Couldn't find the address of the OPDS feed without some digging. It's: ''[URL]:2202/books-opds''
+  * Couldn't find the address of the [[OPDS]] feed without some digging. It's: ''[URL]:2202/books-opds''
 ==== Clients ====
+FIXME
+===== Storage =====
+Annoyingly, Calibre doesn't //officially// support storing it's database on a network drive.
+I'm using a NAS and accessing it using SMB. The post linked below suggests adding ''nobrl'' to the mount options in fstab to stop the common 'database is locked' errors.
+  * https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149270#9
+Previously I kept the library on my computer and synced it with the NAS with [[Syncthing]], so that's another option.
+The only downside I've encountered is due to Linux file systems being case-sensitive and Windows ones not. So I lost a bunch of things when I wanted to fix an incorrect capitalisation in an author's name.
+{{tag>software organisation fixes}}