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I remember when Sony changed the format of their eBooks from whatever it was (cannot remember name now) to ePub.
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Previously, they used LRF.
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Fortunately they gave us plenty opportunity to exchange them as the ePub versions became available, but some of mine never got reformatted into ePub.
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That's the number one reason to use Calibre. It allows you to move books out of their original eco-system, onto a reader they would normally not be compatible with.
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Amazon, or any store, could suddenly change formats like Sony did.
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As far as I'm concerned, they already did. I think AZW3/KF8 is now the default format, and the only reason to still support MOBI is because of older Kindles. At some point, the MOBI-format will probably be dropped.
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We need to be ready and have our books liberated in case that ever happens. More recently the demise of Fictionwise caused me to lose a few books I could no longer liberate for whatever reasons.
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Indeed. Even if Calibre had been a simple ADE-like program, but with DRM-removal capabilities (on itsel or through plugins), it would already be worth it to use it.
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As JosieB said earlier in the thread: "I wouldn't be reading on an e-reader if it wasn't for Calibre." For me, that would be true for bought books. I would never ever ever buy a DRM-ed book from Amazon or anyone else, if I didn't have a way to remove DRM.
After that, I could live without Calibre, but it makes life much easier. Imagine having a folder with 4000 MP3 files, all tagged and named in different ways. (Or even not at all, just named "Track_001.mp3".) Then try to pick out the onces that belong to one album...
Calibre is to ebooks what iTunes (or FooBar or MediaMonkey) is to MP3, even if you buy Amazon books.
There are a million music players and organisers, on every operating system, but then again, MP3 is already 20 years old. e-books as we know them now only exist since 2006 or so. In 2026, there will be more e-book managers alongside Calibre, no doubt.