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jotheman · 06-20-2009, 01:54 AM

Dear Beowulf,

I've used Bookit extensively over the past few days and here are some thoughts on how to make it an even greater tool than it already is:

- add a conversion status monitor and/or a completion message
I mostly convert news articles from the web or other stuff that I'd like to read for information purposes. Read-and-delete kind of things. So syncing the output folder to an SD card (using ChronoSync) is more practical than adding everything to Calibre and then saving it to disc (since Calibre doesn't sync with HanlinV3 running OI - and even if it would, USB 1.1 would make it too painfully slow). Only problem is, there is no way of knowing if a conversion is completed successfully, now that calibre won't pop up after the file has been added. (Sometimes there are problems an no file or an invalid file is created. Seemed to happen recently when I started two conversion processes in rapid succession.)

- more case-to-case options for conversion
there might be occasions, where I might want to still add to add a newly created ebook to Calibre. I might need to adjust the spidering settings. Might want to change the output directory. Right now, all of this can only be done by changing the default preferences.

- better handling of pictures
as said, most of the pictures and graphics somehow won't make it into the ebooks created with Bookit. Don't know why. Maybe a problem with Calibre itself rather than your plugin?

Can't think of anything else at this moment. An indication of how good Bookit has bekome in its latest versions.

Keep up the great work!

jo.

06-20-2009, 01:54 AM	#272
jotheman Sleeper. Posts: 109 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Boox Max2, Kinde Voyage, reMarkable, Dasung Paperlike Pro	Dear Beowulf, I've used Bookit extensively over the past few days and here are some thoughts on how to make it an even greater tool than it already is: - add a conversion status monitor and/or a completion message I mostly convert news articles from the web or other stuff that I'd like to read for information purposes. Read-and-delete kind of things. So syncing the output folder to an SD card (using ChronoSync) is more practical than adding everything to Calibre and then saving it to disc (since Calibre doesn't sync with HanlinV3 running OI - and even if it would, USB 1.1 would make it too painfully slow). Only problem is, there is no way of knowing if a conversion is completed successfully, now that calibre won't pop up after the file has been added. (Sometimes there are problems an no file or an invalid file is created. Seemed to happen recently when I started two conversion processes in rapid succession.) - more case-to-case options for conversion there might be occasions, where I might want to still add to add a newly created ebook to Calibre. I might need to adjust the spidering settings. Might want to change the output directory. Right now, all of this can only be done by changing the default preferences. - better handling of pictures as said, most of the pictures and graphics somehow won't make it into the ebooks created with Bookit. Don't know why. Maybe a problem with Calibre itself rather than your plugin? Can't think of anything else at this moment. An indication of how good Bookit has bekome in its latest versions. Keep up the great work! jo. Last edited by jotheman; 06-20-2009 at 01:58 AM.