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lazorbeam · 02-01-2016, 11:43 PM

Hey Hofferic -

Just wanted to say how much I looooove CalibreBox and, also, how it saved my ereading.

I recently acquired a Kindle Fire. It's my first Android-based ereading and I had to leave the best ereader in the world behind (Marvin) which was unreasonably difficult. Even worse, I hadn't realized how most ereaders display your Dropbox library through folders rather than a book view. YIKES. And Calibre Companion doesn't work for me because my computer is often off.

CalibreBox has definitely saved my sanity and is crazy efficient and simple to use. Very glad I found it. I love the quick loading, the book detail page, and the handy sort and filter options. I think we're all grateful you were fed up with CalibreCloud.

Thanks for all the effort. My device is getting swapped out in the next few days but I plan to purchase Pro following that.

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I was reading through the updates here and couple quick questions about features you mentioned:
1) How do you sort by downloaded vs. non-downloaded items? I didn't see that unless it's a trick in Sort/Filter lists.
2) How do you long-tap the FAB for labels? I can't engage that.
3) Related, when I click 'Update' within a book detail, the book downloads. Is that the intention or is it doing something different than 'Download'? I thought it might be updating cover image/tags/etc.

Thanks again.

02-01-2016, 11:43 PM	#66
lazorbeam Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: iPhone; Fire HD	Hey Hofferic - Just wanted to say how much I looooove CalibreBox and, also, how it saved my ereading. I recently acquired a Kindle Fire. It's my first Android-based ereading and I had to leave the best ereader in the world behind (Marvin) which was unreasonably difficult. Even worse, I hadn't realized how most ereaders display your Dropbox library through folders rather than a book view. YIKES. And Calibre Companion doesn't work for me because my computer is often off. CalibreBox has definitely saved my sanity and is crazy efficient and simple to use. Very glad I found it. I love the quick loading, the book detail page, and the handy sort and filter options. I think we're all grateful you were fed up with CalibreCloud. Thanks for all the effort. My device is getting swapped out in the next few days but I plan to purchase Pro following that. --- I was reading through the updates here and couple quick questions about features you mentioned: 1) How do you sort by downloaded vs. non-downloaded items? I didn't see that unless it's a trick in Sort/Filter lists. 2) How do you long-tap the FAB for labels? I can't engage that. 3) Related, when I click 'Update' within a book detail, the book downloads. Is that the intention or is it doing something different than 'Download'? I thought it might be updating cover image/tags/etc. Thanks again.