Calibre Companion

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Calibre Companion (CC), really helpful by calibre builders, is three functions in a single:

- an excellent device-based calibre library organizer

- a high-performance WiFi-based calibre device emulator

- a calibre content server and cloud provider (Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and Amazon Cloud Drive) client

1) CC is a device-based calibre library organizer. Once you set books on your system using one of the connection strategies described beneath you possibly can:

- view a guide's metadata (author, tags, sequence, rating, dates, and so forth.).

- kind and group books by their metadata.

- see guide lists by cowl or by list.

- mark books read and sync this data with calibre.

- launch your e-book reader utility to read a guide (works with most reader functions aside from Amazon Kindle for Android on non-Fire devices).

2) CC can connect with calibre over WiFi and be detected by calibre as a device. Once related, you employ calibre to move books to and out of your device. Calibre routinely updates all of the e-book metadata saved by CC to match the latest in your library.

3) CC can connect to calibre’s content server or to your cloud provider to browse your library and download books to your system. Cloud suppliers presently supported: Dropbox, Box, Microsoft OneDrive, and calibre libraries on the gadget or on an SD card.

For more data see our FAQ (http://cc_faq.multipie.co.uk/)

Notes:

1) CC isn't a reader app. You should set up and use one of many many excellent reader apps out there.

2) CC requires that you use calibre calibre 0.9.02 or later, out there at http://calibre-ebook.com/. Some CC features similar to syncing book read information require newer variations of calibre.

A free demo model of CC is available within the Google Play store. Install and test with that model if you have concerns that CC won't work in your community or is not what you want. To get it, go to http://www.multipie.co.uk/calibre-companion/ and click the button for the demo version (links to Google Play do not work here).

Permissions rationalization:

- Allow Wi-Fi multicast reception: multicast is required to have the power to discover calibre with out requiring you to enter an IP handle.

- Users with Jellybean (Android 4.1): You may also see a permission about “Test entry to protected storage”. This is attributable to a change Android is making concerning SD card access, and simply means our app can save books on your external storage.