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anamardoll · 02-09-2015, 11:56 AM

I have something like 4k books in my Calibre library now (addiction? what's that? I can quit anytime!) and have been pondering a nice way to put the covers on a rotating display (ideally away from the computer, i.e., NOT as a screensaver) in the house somewhere as one-part Pretty Library Feels and one-part "Hey, remember all the books you still haven't read? Get on that!" because I'll be honest that things are getting bought and forgotten about in a way that paper books didn't/weren't.

I spent much of the weekend uploading all my ebook cover.jpg files from Calibre onto a card to insert in a digital picture frame we had lying about unused, but disappointingly the digital frame in question was not programmed to rotate or resize-to-fit so that ended up being a wasted effort.

Has anyone managed a "rotating" (i.e., timed rotation that changes every 30 seconds or wev) display with a specific brand of digital frame or an android app on a cheap tablet? Or come up with other clever ways to display library titles away from Calibre running on a desktop? I'm fishing for clever ideas.

(Also, hi! *waves* I still exist! I know, I'm shocked too, how've ya'll been, much hugs for everyone.)

02-09-2015, 11:56 AM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Pretty Library Carousel Ideas? I have something like 4k books in my Calibre library now (addiction? what's that? I can quit anytime!) and have been pondering a nice way to put the covers on a rotating display (ideally away from the computer, i.e., NOT as a screensaver) in the house somewhere as one-part Pretty Library Feels and one-part "Hey, remember all the books you still haven't read? Get on that!" because I'll be honest that things are getting bought and forgotten about in a way that paper books didn't/weren't. I spent much of the weekend uploading all my ebook cover.jpg files from Calibre onto a card to insert in a digital picture frame we had lying about unused, but disappointingly the digital frame in question was not programmed to rotate or resize-to-fit so that ended up being a wasted effort. Has anyone managed a "rotating" (i.e., timed rotation that changes every 30 seconds or wev) display with a specific brand of digital frame or an android app on a cheap tablet? Or come up with other clever ways to display library titles away from Calibre running on a desktop? I'm fishing for clever ideas. (Also, hi! waves I still exist! I know, I'm shocked too, how've ya'll been, much hugs for everyone.)