What I’ve been showing you supposes that your device and library are on the same wireless network. Note that it does seem to take longer to download than when I get a book from Amazon, but it does work. You can select a compatible format and download, just like on a tablet. It’s not very fast (OK, it’s actually deadly slow), but here’s what it looks like on my Kindle: And better than USB cords, right? Remember, this works on your Wi-Fi-equipped E Ink reader as well. Notice that you can see all your tags? And the box at the top of the screen? Yes, you can filter by tags, author or title to find exactly the books you’d like. Open the book in the e-reading app of your chosing, and you’re ready to go. Your Calibre library, right there, including all tags and formats available for each book! You can tap the format you’d like, and download right from here.Įasy as that. No reason to make hackers’ lives that much easier! Please don’t take offense at me blacking out my own IP address.

Enter your computer’s IP address in the URL box, using this format, where “x” is your IP address. Then fire up a browser on a tablet, smartphone or even on an E Ink reader that supports Web browsing. This post discusses a more “advanced” and seriously cool feature: Using Calibre’s Content Server to manage your library wirelessly, no cords needed! Up until now, we’ve covered mostly basic stuff. This post is part of TeleRead's 'Using Calibre for E-Book Management' Guide: Ch.

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