Thread: Can I use Calibre without the Library always in the way?
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Old 10-10-2021, 10:15 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by mb2u View Post
Why would I want to load books into Calibre's Library when I just want to use Calibre to read one? Can I use Calibre without this Library constantly wasting my time loading its books?
1: See an EPUB file.
2: Click it to open.
3: Calibre opens it.
Like a normal program operates.
Correct. And as you have clearly demonstrated, calibre is working like a normal program. That is, when installing a program, it tells the OS what type of files it can handle. Calibre will tell the OS it can handle all the various books formats. It also registers the viewer and editor for formats they can handle. But, it doesn't register any of these as the default application only that they can handle these file types. When you try to open a book, unless you have already set a default application, the OS should still prompt you what to use. At that point you can choose which of the listed applications to open the book with and set if it is the default for future use. If the user makes the wrong choice, they can change this using the OS functions.
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Is this possible or are Calibre's designers living on another planet of self importance thinking their hallowed Library actually has some sort of function other than wasting the time of millions of people?
Except that calibre is not a book viewer. Calibre is an ebook management application. And it has a lot of related functions built into it. One of these is a book viewer. Another is an ebook editor. And there are other tools that can be used independently from the main ebook management application. Or through the main interface.


All of that means that yes, you can tell your OS to open books using the calibre viewer without opening the main calibre application. Just as you can do it for any other file type and application. If you don't know how to do this, searching for something like "set default application" for your OS should find instructions to follow.
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