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Originally Posted by Nexutix
Let's request Kovid. He may release iPad version.
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First there would have to be Python programming language for iPad, then a lot of third-party utilities and components, such as QT gui library and imagemagick, would need to be available on iPad.
Chance of something like that happening is *extremely* low. Apple is fighting tooth and nail any possibility of ANY scripting/programming tool being available for iPad. Because if there was something like Python programming language plus whatever GUI widget library that Calibre uses available then people could avoid paying that 30% fee Apple collects for any program running on their iGadgets.
And rewriting from scratch Calibre using approved Apple programing toolkit for iDevices would be extremely labor intensive (if not impossible).
There is, however, as some previous posters mentioned, a web server built into Calibre, so as long as you are on local LAN (a WiFi network at home, for example) you can access your Calibre library on your PC.
Just start Calibre, go to Preferences, Sharing, Sharing over net, and click start server.
Now start browser at the same PC and type address localhost:8080 (or 127.0.0.1:8080) to the URL bar. You should see Calibre interface. Have a look it this is what you want.
If that doesn't work, you might have to set to firewall in your operating system to let out port 8080 or whatever port you have configured Calibre to operate on.
When that works, you can try url 192.168.1.30:8080 on the iPad. Please replace 192.168.1.30 with the actual IP address of your PC with Calibre running.
If you have static public IP address for your PC from your provider, this will work even over Internet. When you wish to enable that over Internet, do use some non-standard port address instead of 8080, and set up a strong password.