Intended for NOOKcolor

January 2011

By Sardonics

You need the free software called

“Calibre”

www.calibre-ebooks.com

Calibre is an eBook management tool where you can manage your eBook Library.

You will enjoy many hours in your library using Calibre (pronounced cal-i-ber)

DISCLAIMER: It is not the intent of this document to be a tutorial on Calibre. Please refer to the User’s Guide and other documentation provided when you download Calibre.

Once Installed launch Calibre and

you will see the main screen

Your screen will be blank until you “Add Books”

If you have eBooks on you local machine go ahead and ‘click’ the Add BooksButton at the top left hand corner.

If your eBooks are all on your NOOKcolor, attach your device via USB now.

Recommend copying your eBooks from your NOOKcolor to your hard drive

Adding eBooks to your Calibre

Library

You may add your B&N (and other eBooks with DRM) to your Calibre Library but you will not be able to add/change the cover

By using the ‘drop-down’ arrow to the side you have several options of adding eBooks.

Navigate to the appropriate file folder and select your book(s)

Calibre when your NOOKcolor is

attached

When your NOOKcolor is attached via USB Calibre reads your device and creates a new column on left hand side to indicate eBooks in both libraries.

NOTE: Calibre cannot read your eBooks from B&N in your B&N Downloads files.

Adding Cover (and Metadata)

This is how is the main menu should look when your book is added.

That big ugly blue thing to the right indicates you do not have a cover.

Click on blue button with the large ‘i’ to navigate to the “Edit Metadata” screen

Adding Cover (and Metadata) (cont…)

This is the data about your eBook – The metadata.

The easiest way to get a cover is to use the Internet to find an ISBN number and enter it then ‘click’ on “Fetch metadata from server”

Adding Cover (and Metadata) (cont…)

You may get a message the metadata could not be found. Use another ISBN number.

Be sure the ISBN has a cover and the box is checked to download cover; click OK.

If no cover, use a different ISBN; you may need to ‘test’ a few ISBN numbers.

Adding Cover (and Metadata) (cont…)

Check the author, title and ‘sorts’ on the left side.

Add/check whether the book is a series and what number

Click OK

Adding Cover (and Metadata) (cont…)

Your eBook should now appear with a cover on the left side

You are not done yet.

Now, click on the “Convert books” button

Adding Cover (and Metadata) (cont…)

Be sure you are converting ‘EPUB’ to ‘EPUB’

Check your metadata and click OK.

Watch the bottom right hand side. This make take a minute.

Adding Cover (and Metadata) (cont…)

Attach your device via USB (if not already)

Remove ‘old’ version from your NOOKcolor prior to loading.(use “Remove books” button in Green)

Click “Send to device”

Finishing Up

This was not intended to teach you everything about Calibre.

Experiment!

If you like this tool you should also download ‘Sigil’.download ‘Sigil’.

Thank you to Kovid Goyal for developing Calibre