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Originally Posted by BetterRed
True, but not necessarily for the slicker UI.
I help coordinate reading group of 25±5 at my local public library. Over the past couple of months three members (mac users) have moved from calibre to Octary - it has a migration feature. The clincher wasn't Octary's glitz and glamour, it was support for multi-level series and universes. Given how often that issue is raised here perhaps it should be 'the why' for calibre 10.
Now that there's a Windows version more will undoubtedly follow, and more still when it provides support for Kobo and Pocketbook e-readers. Thirteen members of the reading group have used calibre at some time (about half), it's now seven (about a third). My guess is that it will be down to two by the end of the year… me and the Linux user.
Don't know whether it means anything, the number of active calibre installs used to be north of 3.1M, its now south of 2.9M ==>> https://calibre-ebook.com/dynamic/calibre-usage.
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Over the years, I've seen many book management systems that try to be more aesthetically pleasing than Calibre, but that glittery makeup falls off in the long run. Meanwhile, given Calibre's regular updates and constant evolution, no one else will ever achieve that. Calibre is multiplatform, and many of its clones rely on Calibre's code. There, I've vented!