Once you have entered “Title, Author, or ISBN”, you then click the “Fetch metadata from server” button. As I state in the screencast, you don’t even need to know the exact title or Author to bring up the information. This will bring up a new screen where you enter the Title, Author and ISBN. Select the empty book entry that you want to edit and then click on “edit metadata information.” You can get Calibre to look up information for books in three different ways: Title, Author, and ISBN. Once the empty records are entered into Calibre, the next step is to edit the metadata and get Calibre to pull in the book information and book cover automatically. First, click on the grey arrow by the “add books” icon on the upper left hand corner:Ī window will pop up asking you how many empty book records you want to add: If you don’t want to watch the screencast, here are some screenshots to help you get started. Download Calibre here (compatible with Mac, PC, and Linux). You can watch the full screencast (link to a full screen version) or read on below. Yes! I created a short screencast to walk you through adding books to create a library of your print books. You mentioned something last week about using Calibre to track my wants and to be reads and purchases for my print books. Jane Dear Jane / Misc Book Organization / Calibre 11 Comments JDear Jane: Can I use Calibre to manage my paper books?

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