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Originally Posted by jbcohen
Not trying to disparage Calibre in any way, I think its a great software program, I would question the need for it with a Kindle. Kindle format books are available at several large companies and the last time I looked probably 90% of every book ever written is available in a Kindle format. Thus I have not downloaded nor do I use Calibre. However I think that if I ever had the need to translate books between any format I would most likely use Calibre to accomplish the task.
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Two reasons immediately spring to mind:
1. Library management. You're a fool if you rely on any third party to keep your books safe for you. The books are only safe if they're under YOUR control. You need to store them; Calibre is the easiest way to do so.
2. Book maintenance. Commercial eBooks often come with no cover image and messed-up metadata. Both of these are trivial to sort out with Calibre.
3. (OK, so I can't count...). Series maintenance. With a Calibre plugboard you can easily add series name and number to the title of your books. Very nice indeed for maintaining the order of books in a series.
I honestly don't understand why anyone with even a moderately-sized eBook library would NOT wish to use Calibre.