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Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by tomcam »

Chris2048 wrote: post #108
james-redwood wrote: post #101

This comment is from the perspective of a Calibre power-user, and someone who has been involved with the software for years now. I must admit, I'm slightly shocked at some of the comments here. Kovid puts in an extraordinary amount of work (nearly 80 hours a week) into Calibre - of which most is for free, in the name of open source software. Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time on the mobileread forums will a…

> His only 'crime' was being blunt with a bug report around eleven years ago Here's something from 2018: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/9#issuecomment-41...

Is that supposed to be some kind of an offense?

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by tomcam »

paskozdilar wrote: post #44
submeta wrote: post #27

Kovid Goyal, the developer of Calibre, is a very responsive, very gentle person. Whenever I needed help, I have gotten help from him. [1] - Calibre is an indispensable tool for me to manage my digital library with close to 800 books. I support him regularly. Consinder doing it as well if you appreciate the app. Go to https://calibre-ebook.com/ , there’s a support link on the top right. [1] This is the forum dedicated…

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How on earth is overly sensitive a problem for anyone? Assuming for the sake of argument he is.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by akho »

swozey wrote: post #107
akho wrote: post #102

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I only read 60-80 books a year, maybe 40-60 on a Kindle. I guess I need to take up some sport to live long enough to reach your numbers (and to stop deleting things). Even including an occasional article, 'thousands' is very impressive.

I'm a horrible hoarder but I've also had a kindle and have been using Calibre since it started. You can store a ridiculous amount (thousands+) of books on a Kindle but as soon as you do that the interface slows to a crawl, it's really unpleasant to use at that point. Just page turning in your library takes seconds and I think it only lists 10-20 books a page.. oof. I bounce between books a LOT. I don't read daily or…

Yeah, I delete things I’ve read. Quicker to re-download than to find on the device.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by sigzero »

em500 wrote: post #39
submeta wrote: post #27

Kovid Goyal, the developer of Calibre, is a very responsive, very gentle person. Whenever I needed help, I have gotten help from him. [1] - Calibre is an indispensable tool for me to manage my digital library with close to 800 books. I support him regularly. Consinder doing it as well if you appreciate the app. Go to https://calibre-ebook.com/ , there’s a support link on the top right. [1] This is the forum dedicated…

OT, but he also happens to be the developer of kitty, my favorite terminal emulator on Linux: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty

I had no idea! Awesome.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by sigzero »

akho wrote: post #37
blowski wrote: post #28

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I use it extensively for managing the books on my devices (Kobo Libre, and my wife has an old Kindle).

What’s there to manage? They are files. Read a book, copy a new book over, delete old book. A file manager does all that, and is simpler and easier.

I use its ability to add the number of the book in a series. So I get:

This is a book - book 1 of 3 That book - book 2 of 3 There book - book 3 of 3

There's more to it but that is the gist of it. It's awesome.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by RScholar »

berkes wrote: post #94
Torifyme12 wrote: post #67

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You go write your scripts, maintain them, etc since you feel that's a superior option We'll keep using Calibre

Why the snarky tone? I expect better from a debate on HN.

Just because you were civil in your expression of it doesn't mean that your opinion itself isn't in poor taste to communicate, especially for someone involved in open source. You may be indifferent to criticism which exists only as a means of self-expression, but when silence costs nothing it's difficult to see exactly how your thought couching your criticism of the e-book ecosystem as a distaste for this long running, free and fairly popular piece of software was going to advance the conversation.

There's a term in Portuguese for a crying baby that's held to a breast but who continues to cry, without even trying to suckle; it's what came to mind when I read your original comment. It's not used for flattery, I'm afraid...

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by jxdxbx »

I have used Calibre for years. It's utilitarian and I can usually get it to do what I need. The weird things I need--editing the metadata of ebooks, converting between formats (including to Amazon's weird KFX using a plugin that piggybacks on Amazon's official kindle tools).

Yeah, it's not some pretty mainstream app. But managing media files of any kind is a power user / nerd activity. Frankly it's a relief to to have to help people out with their completely fucked iTunes anymore. Personally I use Calibre for ebooks, and Swinsian (and tools like MP3Tagger). Ideally I'd have some sort of app that was like classic file-management-only iTunes but instead of iPod syncing, it would be a Plex or similar server for music and video.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by [deleted] »

idonotknowwhy wrote: post #77
KennyBlanken wrote: post #23

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"Awesome" is a serious stretch. It's incredibly cumbersome to set up for even the most basic, common tasks that everyone wants to do. He's forced to release constant updates because he refuses to separate the news processing code from the main application code (the processing "recipes" should be separately distributed) and worse, there's no auto-updater, so keeping the application up to date is a pain in the ass. The…

He's hardly an asshole if he's giving us a useful, free, open-source piece of software all by himself. If you don't like it, write your own.

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Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by g051051 »

I love the idea of Calibre, but I just have no idea how to use it. Whenever I try, I get stuck in some kind of confused loop where I've added things to it, but all attempts to access them just loop back to Calibre. In other words, I can't get it to let me actually read anything.
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