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kovidgoyal · 01-26-2012, 05:34 AM

I personally respond to every donation that has a note in it, even if its a simple thank you. (I may occassionally miss one or two during periods when I am very busy). For donations without a note, I don't acknowledge them, as kiwidude points out, doing so will suck up a significant fraction of my time. I don't like the idea of an automated response, as it doesn't really have any meaning, and simply creates email noise.

I am, of course, very grateful for every donation I receive, the evidence of my gratitude is the continued development of calibre, see: http://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new or https://www.ohloh.net/p/calibre/analyses/latest (which shows development activity in calibre).

Indeed, I currently work full time on calibre and that is made possible only by the number of donations I receive.

01-26-2012, 05:34 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,379 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I personally respond to every donation that has a note in it, even if its a simple thank you. (I may occassionally miss one or two during periods when I am very busy). For donations without a note, I don't acknowledge them, as kiwidude points out, doing so will suck up a significant fraction of my time. I don't like the idea of an automated response, as it doesn't really have any meaning, and simply creates email noise. I am, of course, very grateful for every donation I receive, the evidence of my gratitude is the continued development of calibre, see: http://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new or https://www.ohloh.net/p/calibre/analyses/latest (which shows development activity in calibre). Indeed, I currently work full time on calibre and that is made possible only by the number of donations I receive.