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Originally Posted by cliver
A windows 7 PC, A Linux Mint Laptop and possibly a WM7 device as well with the possibility of a Kindle later on.
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Calibre will work on Windows and Linux. If you put your library in something like Dropbox you'll be able to run it on both without any issues. Be aware that you shouldn't have multiple machines accessing the library simultaneously. Also, the version in the Mint repositories is probably quite old, as new versions are released every week, so install from the Calibre website.
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Originally Posted by cliver
My first leanings are towards Calibre as my cross platform manager but I'm at a bit of a loss as to which reader app is best for which platform. Obviously it would be good if I could settle on one app that works cross platform but not sure that's feasible.
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If you do use Calibre, it has an e-reader included, so you'd be able to use that on your Windows & Linux boxes.
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Originally Posted by cliver
The one thing that may push me towards a dedicated reader is the eInk screen for clarity.
Am I right in assuming that if I buy say a Kindle I can use something like Calibre to convert all my books to one format for use on that particular device?
Also how well does this conversion work in terms of page size, format retention etc.?
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Calibre will convert between Mobi (for Kindle) and ePub (for pretty much every other e-reader), as long as the books don't have DRM.
I've found the conversion to work very well. Page size isn't really an issue, since both use reflowable text that adjusts to fit the screen size. It works in a similar way to HTML on web pages (the Mobi and ePub formats are both based on HTML)