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-====== Decrapify and Send ======+.====== Decrapify and Send ======
  
 It's finally time to plug the ereader into the computer! It's finally time to plug the ereader into the computer!
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 Now that we're done with the initial setup, the process for getting and reading ebooks goes like this: Now that we're done with the initial setup, the process for getting and reading ebooks goes like this:
   - Download a book to your computer's hard drive;   - Download a book to your computer's hard drive;
-  - Bring the book into Calibre;+  - Bring the book into Calibre;e
   - Use Calibre to decrapify the book;   - Use Calibre to decrapify the book;
   - Send the decrapified book to your ereader and find a comfy chair.   - Send the decrapified book to your ereader and find a comfy chair.
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 Interestingly, I was able to send the same 3.8ish gigs of books that previously caused problems - it seems that on big SD cards, issues start to crop up as you //approach// four gigs, whereas an SD card with a single 3.9 gig partition can fairly reliably get filled until Calibre tells you there's no more room (leaving maybe half a meg for the cache file to expand). Interestingly, I was able to send the same 3.8ish gigs of books that previously caused problems - it seems that on big SD cards, issues start to crop up as you //approach// four gigs, whereas an SD card with a single 3.9 gig partition can fairly reliably get filled until Calibre tells you there's no more room (leaving maybe half a meg for the cache file to expand).
  
-The most books I've had on at once was around 1,100.  [[https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30849|Here's a guy]] who put over 4,000 on, bitching the whole tim+The most books I've had on at once was around 1,100.  [[https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30849|Here's a guy]] who put over 4,000 on, followed by two forum pages of useful technical information (after six forum pages of people bitching at him about it).
  
 ====== What else? ====== ====== What else? ======
 Part 4 of this guide is [[oldtech:calibre:manga|a special note on comics and manga]], and part 5 is a [[oldtech:calibre:bonus|bonus bit on how to get stories from web pages and turn them into .epub files]]. Part 4 of this guide is [[oldtech:calibre:manga|a special note on comics and manga]], and part 5 is a [[oldtech:calibre:bonus|bonus bit on how to get stories from web pages and turn them into .epub files]].
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