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Old 01-10-2024, 12:17 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by halloleo View Post
Good point! One argument against it appears in the following scenario: You are out and about on a weekend trip. In an unexpected discussion with a friend you want to check when you have read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". With LibraryThing you can check easily; with Calibre you would need to expose your local Calibre server to the internet which due to my limited server security knowledge I'm not dare enough to do.
As BetterRed said, for checking something outside your home you can create a calibre catalog in various formats and sideload/email/send via a cloud server to your phone.

I also keep my libraries local in Calibre + backup copies in Dropbox and on external drives.
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