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Calibre Library - nest0r - 2010-11-04
So anyone else here use Calibre? If so, do you know how to tell Calibre to download only metadata for specific fields? Like "Comments", for example. I guess I could ask at their forum, but I'd have to register and stuff.
Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out. "Download only metadata" does the trick--at least, it adds a summary without messing up tags, cover, title, or author.
Edit 2: Ohh, customize plugins, uncheck boxes. ;p
Calibre Library - Blahah - 2010-11-04
Yeah I use it. It's quite powerful, and free, so I don't complain much. Ugly as hell as not at all intuitive though.
..OK, so I complain a little.
Best kindle management software there is though, and using acrobat + calibre you can get perfect conversion of PDF books to mobi (or epub), as far as I've discovered it's the only possible way.
Calibre Library - nest0r - 2010-11-04
I don't like the yellow bars on the side when I hide the tag/details browsers. But I like the cover browser.
Since getting my new computer I've caved and taken to using organizers/cover browsers for my media. Addictive.
Calibre Library - nest0r - 2011-03-06
By the way Blahah, I know you'd appreciate this: A batch APA/MLA citation generator for Calibre entries? They need a functionality like that. Well, not just those 2, but you get the picture. They could have a whole set you could pick from any number of, perhaps based on tags, such as: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Citation#Citation_styles
Calibre Library - nest0r - 2011-04-18
Well, just in case someone else with lots of bibliography/citation requirements might find it useful: How to Generate MLA, APA, Chicago, or Any Other Style Bibliography from BibTex/BibDesk Files
New version of Calibre allows exporting of your books to .bib files, and there's now a standalone version of Zotero, though the Firefox extension version and OpenOffice plugin look useful all on their own.
A comment mentions BibDesk (OS X) has templates for MLA and whatnot. I've found some cross-platform bibtext manager stuff from SourceForge that looks pretty good also.
Calibre Library - ファブリス - 2011-04-18
I'm gonna have to look into this. I just got my iPad last Friday and the difference between PDF and ePub became painfully obvious. I just never thought before about the reflow problem.
So what's the main use you get out of Calibre? It's very easy to transfer epub or PDFs just copy /paste or drag files into iTunes "Books" and then Sync, so I'm guessing it's something else. Are you converting books? Making your own Japanese books from online text?
Calibre Library - nest0r - 2011-04-18
ePub is great. I've been using Calibre to do conversion to ePub, with occasional tweaks via a program called Sigil.
I use Calibre as a database/catalogue with various tools for maintenance and manipulation. It became a necessity after a certain point. It's also got a lot of synching options, re: Apple (and others). http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118559
At the moment I am organizing various papers and putting a system in place to make it easier to generate APA, &c. citations.
I can't stand iTunes so I only have it installed on my tm2 for when I need to sync my iPod (I used to use foobar2000 for this but I am too lazy to see if that still works for these newfangled iPod Touch things.)