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--- calibre [2024/03/01 17:20] – created frenchbm
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-====== Calibre Tutorial ======
+====== eBook Lending Library Tutorial ======
+The ebooks are offered through a relatively friendly web portal called Calibre-Web. This tutorial will show some tips for various ways to interact with the books.
+===== Main Page =====
+Once logged in, the main landing page should look something like this:
+{{ :mainpagecalibre.png?nolink&400|}}
+In the center is a row of randomly selected books, and below that is an ordered list of every book in the library. The default sort is by New, but there are a few other options as well.
+The sidebar to the left is mostly self-explanatory. **Books** brings you back to this page; **Discover** gives you a big selection of random books; and **Categories** gives you a list of tags. The tags are mostly auto-downloaded, but they might help you find something new.
+If you know what you're looking for, your best bet is probably searching the Title or Author in the search bar at the top.
+===== Book Page =====
+{{ :bookpage.png?nolink&400|}}
+After clicking on a book, you get a book summary and some options up top for interacting with the book. If you want to read the book in your browser/on your phone, you can click **Read in Browser**.
+If you have it properly set up, you can email the book to your eReader.
+Or, you can download the file and manually transfer it to your device. If you have a Kindle and want to streamline the process as much as possible, download the .azw3 file (if available). See the following sections on using Calibre to do this option.
 **Using Calibre to manage your ebooks**
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 Otherwise, all you really need to know is the following workflow:
-. Add book to Calibre
+  - Add book to Calibre
-. Plug your ereader into your computer
+  - Plug your ereader into your computer
-. Use Calibre to send a book to your device
+  - Use Calibre to send a book to your device
-. Use Calibre to remove a book from your device (if you want)
+  - Use Calibre to remove a book from your device (if you want)
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 [{{:pluggedin.png?nolink&400 |Plugged in}}]
-When your device is plugged in, note the extra column ("On Device") and the extra button up top ("Send to Device" with the blue arrow). The On Device column will have a big green check mark for any book currently on your device, and that button is a shortcut to send new books over to your reader.
+When your device is plugged in, note the extra column (**On Device**) and the extra button up top (**Send to Device** with the blue arrow). The **On Device** column will have a big green check mark for any book currently on your device, and that button is a shortcut to send new books over to your reader.
-To send books over, just click on them and click the Send to Device button.
+To send books over, just click on them and click the **Send to Device** button.
 To remove books, either do it on your device or right click on the book in your library:
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 [{{:removebook.png?nolink&400 |Removing a book from your device}}]
-Make sure you click "Remove matching books from device". If you click the top option (Remove selected book), you will only delete the book from your local library. It will still be on your reader. (And I don't even know - if the book isn't in your local library, it might not even show up in Calibre anymore)
+Make sure you click **Remove matching books from device**. If you click the top option (**Remove selected book**), you will only delete the book from your local library. It will still be on your reader. (And I don't even know - if the book isn't in your local library, it might not even show up in Calibre anymore)