You pick the books you want to add manually from a directory of files. Here's a quick primer:Īdd books from a single directory: Opens a dialog box. If you're going to make a mess anywhere in the process of using Calibre it's right here-we speak from experience. You can add books in one of several ways. In our case we're pointing Calibre at /Ebook Library/Ebooks/. We're going to import your old ebooks into Calibre and let Calibre manage the directory structure. Make sure to create a new folder for your new Calibre library. When you run Calibre for the first time it will prompt you to select the language you want to use and the location of your library.
Calibre stores all information (meta data and covers) in each unique book directory. If you're not using the portable version don't stress about not putting everything together. Thus we can easily backup the entire library, management app and all, at once. The primary reason we've opted to go with the portable version is because it allows us to pack Calibre right along with our ebook collection using the following directory structure:
#CALIBRE FILETOOLS INSTALL#
Once you unpack the portable version or install the traditional version there is no difference in operation. For this tutorial we're going to be using the portable Windows version of Calibre.
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