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Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by lukewrites »

g051051 wrote: post #120

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.

That must be quite frustrating. FWIW, I have had the opposite experience - Calibre's always just worked. My various ereaders have been detected automatically, and plugins generally have worked without hassle. For me it's a been a great, reliable piece of software.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by kemayo »

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.

Being an asshole doesn't have to be about what you're doing, it can be about how you're doing it. In fact, that's normally how I see it used -- referring to an abrasive person who's difficult to interact with.

(I'm not commenting on the specifics of Goyal at all; I don't know about their situation.)

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by jxdxbx »

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.

the extensive library of plugins allows you to do things not possible with just command line tools or the file manager. But of course the basics are just awareness of metadata, metadata editing, and grouping different file formats of the same book together in one entry. Using an app that is aware of the metadata conventions of the specific media files you are managing is indispensable to me.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by mgsk »

tomcam wrote: post #111
Chris2048 wrote: post #108

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> 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?

The entitlement of some people...

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by ladyanita22 »

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…

Came here to say that I 100% agree, but Foliate doesn't compete with Calibre.

Foliate is a much better reader IMO, but Foliate cannot do everything Calibre can. Calibre, on the other hand, can do everything Foliate does.

Calibre is much more than just an eBook Reader. Foliate is a very good (the best for computers, maybe? I don't know how it pales agains Apple Books) eBook reader.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by kemayo »

ladyanita22 wrote: post #125
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…

Came here to say that I 100% agree, but Foliate doesn't compete with Calibre. Foliate is a much better reader IMO, but Foliate cannot do everything Calibre can. Calibre, on the other hand, can do everything Foliate does. Calibre is much more than just an eBook Reader. Foliate is a very good (the best for computers, maybe? I don't know how it pales agains Apple Books) eBook reader.

In my usage at least, Calibre is an eBook library-manager, editor, and conversion tool... which has a so-so eBook reader attached that I mostly forget about. :D

It's pretty essential for getting things onto the devices that I actually use to read, though.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by Chris2048 »

tomcam wrote: post #111
Chris2048 wrote: post #108

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> 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?

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Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by bheadmaster »

tomcam wrote: post #112
paskozdilar wrote: post #44

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

It is very difficult to communicate with Kovid when you're not a user and you've not previously praised his genius. Any kind of criticism or suggestion that isn't wrapped up in the "but your project is awesome and you're awesome!!!" wrapping-paper is met with hostility, insults and banning.

It is a problem for anyone trying to communicate with him.

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