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Originally Posted by LCIII
What's the best program for maintaining an open-format e-library on a hard-drive (preferably something that's available for both Windows and Linux)?
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http://calibre-ebook.com and the Calibre forums on this web site.
Open-format is only a practical issue when it comes to encrypted books. And neither of the two main systems (Adobe EPUB vs. Amazon Kindle) are really open, at least as I would use the word. Outside the US, copyrighted public library eBooks are, almost all, Adobe EPUB format only, and just about every eReader except Kindle supports that. Only in the US can you also get public library books for the Kindle. That is the big openness barrier I can see for the Kindle, although it will look different if you buy a lot of encrypted books. Calibre will almost automatically convert between the Amazon and EPUB formats -- if not encrypted.
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Speaking of mp3 players, I wouldn't mind one being integrated in the reader. It's not a necessity, but it would be nice.
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Since I grew up with record players, the one built into my Kindle Keyboard seems, by comparison, good to me. But by the standards younger people have gotten use to, it's lacking. To reorder the songs, you have to hook it up to a computer and use a freeware FAT32 file organization program.
Also, are you aware of all the uses for an eReader beyond the hard drive side-loading model? The Calibre news feature is one example. This explains another:
Forget eBooks