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Calibre just works and is great, but the user interface needs some work to modernize how it looks and to be less confusing in general. I'd love a fork that follows the Gnome Human Interface guidelines.
> the user interface needs some work to modernize No, it doesn't. Eventually people learn to use it, and everyone is happy that way.
I use Calibre to manage my Kindle pdfs and books. It is one of the oldest pieces of software I use, and it works really well.
There's a lot of really old software you probably use anytime you are on a computer. can't forget all of that!
as an avid calibre user myself, yay there are dozens of us! :)
The one thing I really don't like about Calibre is how it will copy all of my ebooks into its own file organization. There is probably a way to disable this, but that is the default. Kind of irritating when you have Calibre in a cloud-storage folder and your books are also in the cloud storage, and it uses up your space with duplicates.
Calibre just works and is great, but the user interface needs some work to modernize how it looks and to be less confusing in general. I'd love a fork that follows the Gnome Human Interface guidelines.
> the user interface needs some work to modernize No, it doesn't. Eventually people learn to use it, and everyone is happy that way.
Nice if you're into downloading ebooks illegally or from the few sites that don't do ERP. I used to use it too. However since graduating college and starting to make money I didn't download anything anymore due to lack of time more than lack of funds so I don't use it anymore.
Personally the only times i have used Calibre is the opposite of that: i used it with books i bought on Amazon to remove the DRM and convert them to epub so that i can read them on my mobile phone using my favorite ebook reader app (and also keep my own offline copies of course).
The one thing I really don't like about Calibre is how it will copy all of my ebooks into its own file organization. There is probably a way to disable this, but that is the default. Kind of irritating when you have Calibre in a cloud-storage folder and your books are also in the cloud storage, and it uses up your space with duplicates.
No, there is not, and never will be:
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#why-doesn-t-calibr...
Calibre's library is meant to be the place where you store your books.
I'm curious why you want to store a second copy outside Calibre. Is it because:
1. Calibre doesn't allow you to find books the way you want? (e.g. tagging doesn't have the all metadata you want)
2. You have other software (e.g. ebook reader software) that needs to read ebook files, and it's impossible/inconvenient to use Calibre's OPDS server for that purpose?
3. Some other reason?
Kovid only makes $1,800/m from/for development.[0] More people should support him; Calibre has been extremely high quality for years. https://www.patreon.com/kovidgoyal
The one thing I really don't like about Calibre is how it will copy all of my ebooks into its own file organization. There is probably a way to disable this, but that is the default. Kind of irritating when you have Calibre in a cloud-storage folder and your books are also in the cloud storage, and it uses up your space with duplicates.
"There is probably a way to disable this" No, there is not, and never will be: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#why-doesn-t-calibr... Calibre's library is meant to be the place where you store your books. I'm curious why you want to store a second copy outside Calibre. Is it because: 1. Calibre doesn't allow you to find books the way you want? (e.g. tagging doesn't have the all metadata you want) 2. You have…
Calibre just works and is great, but the user interface needs some work to modernize how it looks and to be less confusing in general. I'd love a fork that follows the Gnome Human Interface guidelines.
> the user interface needs some work to modernize No, it doesn't. Eventually people learn to use it, and everyone is happy that way.
1. I can't figure out how to change the styling of the book viewer. 2. Whenever I search, then try to hit backspace to modify my search terms, it tries to delete the first search result.