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Originally Posted by Statch
@Starson17, I did have to enter the Calibre server address in the settings section of the app. There is a place to enter the password as well.
I'm using it on my internal network only, but the ad for it says, "If your Calibre server is visible on the Internet, you can even use your phone's data plan to download books. If your phone has wireless, you can download books from within your own lan regardless."
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Thank you for the reply. That tells me that it doesn't use the Bonjour service to automatically discover the address. The bottom line seems to be that the program seems to be aimed at those who don't know that the free ereaders and the free browsers already do this function. That's fine, but I'd prefer to use the tools that I already have installed. The setup process seems to be the same for all - just give them the address, port, username and password. It doesn't seem to simplify anything for my Mom. (Possibly it skips the step of asking for the port, and assumes you use the Calibre default port. That might simplify it a bit for some, but not enough for me to recommend it.)
I'm sorry if this seems negative, but that's how I see it. If I'm missing some function it does, I'm still interested in knowing what it is.