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Originally Posted by JSWolf
@dDrou what does Libib do for you that you cannot do with Calibre?
Calibre is free with no restrictions and has no "Pro" version at an expensive price.
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Tbh, probably nothing but I'm not paying for the pro version and I very much doubt I'll ever need to (unless they change their rules regarding free accounts). As originally stated, I wanted to catalogue my very long tbr list of ebooks so I could see at a glance what each book was. I'm more of a visual person so I wanted somewhere where I could have a bookshelf view of each book but could also very easily read a short description of each book to see what it was about.
First off, with calibre, I like it for converting books, editing metadata etc but the actual program itself is not intuitive for me personally- I can do the basics but I feel like I need a qualification in computer science to get the most out of it. Secondly, whilst it can display all the required information IF you click on each individual book, it cannot (to my limited knowledge) display books in a bookshelf view. When I open it up, all I see is a list of books, authors and series, I then need to click on each book separately to se the information in the right hand panel, whereas when I see the covers laid out in front of me I tend to remember which book is which. Lastly, my ebooks are saved in a folder on my laptop - if I were to add every single one to calibre, I'd then have another file of each ebook in the separate calibre folder so would essentially be using double the memory for each book - when my book folder alone is already 10gb it seems a bit ridiculous to do that.
What it essentially boils down to is personal preference really - most places you can catalogue your books will probably all allow you to see similar information, it just comes down to which format you most like the look of and ease of use. For me that's Libib although if I had to pay the Pro version rates to use it, I would probably settle for another free catalogue instead tbh.