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Old 01-13-2019, 07:59 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
but it still won't allow to edit the books themselves, or so I have understood.
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If you download an editable format from the server to a suitable device then you can edit it in place (e.g. edit a DOCX with WPS on Android).
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Yes, of course. But it's a clumsy, roundabout and more time-consuming way, compared to editing books and metadata in the full Calibre program. And as Calibre runs perfectly well not only on desktops and laptops, but also on modern Windows tablets, the need for a multi-access solution has increased. I personally use Dropbox (paid version) and it works well enough, but it's not perfect and one must be very careful to avoid messing up the library.
I did not suggest it was a convenient solution, or even easy - but you suggested it was not even possible. Which is false.

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