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bmacaskill · 09-18-2010, 11:08 PM

... but I just "donated" $50 to Calibre's ongoing development.

I have had an ereader for eight weeks, just long enough to go from a Kobo to a Kindle 3. The entire experience has been positive, but on whole, only because of Calibre. I'm pretty sure I would have thrown away my Kobo had the only way of adding books been the Kobo Desktop. The combo of Kobo and Calibre rocked, so much so that I wanted to upgrade the experience. As a result, I now own a Kindle 3.

Tonight, sitting at home, smug with the knowledge that (a) I was now an ereader myself, and (b) I now had two great ereading pieces of hardware, it suddenly struck me that each device was only useful because of Calibre.

I'd spent almost $400 on ereaders, and not a cent on the software that made each so useful. As my Mum says, "Makes you think, doesn't it?"

09-18-2010, 11:08 PM	#1
bmacaskill Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 1134 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London, ON Device: Kobo, Kindle 3	Donating to Calibre. Not sure if this is the right place... ... but I just "donated" $50 to Calibre's ongoing development. I have had an ereader for eight weeks, just long enough to go from a Kobo to a Kindle 3. The entire experience has been positive, but on whole, only because of Calibre. I'm pretty sure I would have thrown away my Kobo had the only way of adding books been the Kobo Desktop. The combo of Kobo and Calibre rocked, so much so that I wanted to upgrade the experience. As a result, I now own a Kindle 3. Tonight, sitting at home, smug with the knowledge that (a) I was now an ereader myself, and (b) I now had two great ereading pieces of hardware, it suddenly struck me that each device was only useful because of Calibre. I'd spent almost $400 on ereaders, and not a cent on the software that made each so useful. As my Mum says, "Makes you think, doesn't it?"