Thread: Alternatives to calibre?
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Old 11-19-2012, 08:05 PM   #2
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When I started using Calibre out of necessity, I found it to be a lot of what its detractors say - counterintuitive, ugly, hard to manage.

Three things happened, though.

1. KG improved it a LOT (around version 6 or 7?)
2. Necessity. There IS no other game in town for book management.
3. I decided, that, being 40+, I'd adjust to what I could not learn.
4. Third parties wrote awesome, essential plugins.
5. KG went all gui. It became obsolete to worry about python installations and scripts.
6. I use devices that can deal with titles being plopped on their storage from Windows explorer. When I wanna read, I export from calibre into one of my Desktop folders (Books4Kobo, Books4Nook, Books4Archos)

Okay, so six things happened. I'm a reader, not a mathematician.

What I'm saying is: Give Calibre 0.9x a fresh spin with a fresh mind. Yeah, it had growing pains. So did I.
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