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Old 10-29-2022, 01:32 PM   #1
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Patreon, GitHub Sponsors or Liberapay?
Hopefully, Kovid will see this and mention his preference. But, his Contribute to calibre page:

https://calibre-ebook.com/donate

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If you would like to contribute regularly to calibre, you can become a calibre patron, by using the Patreon service, the GitHub Sponsors service or the Liberapay service.
Is any one of these better than the others? Is there any difference in how much Kovid would net across those services?
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Old 10-29-2022, 02:31 PM   #2
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Isn't there also PayPal?
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Old 10-29-2022, 02:36 PM   #3
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I donated via PayPal a few months ago. I wanted Kovid to know my appreciation for the help he has provided me. I found it annoying that there was no way to add my forum username to the donation. Essentially my donation became anonymous.

Next time I'll try Github as at least my username there matches my username here.

The forum should also consider a "Donor" status for members.
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Old 10-29-2022, 05:10 PM   #4
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Isn't there also PayPal?
Well, I think it's supposed to be the option behind the big, yellowish "Support Calibre" button. But, upon clicking it, it says "PayPal Unavailable" and doesn't give me other options (maybe my privacy settings are messing something up). But, I figured a recurring donation through one of those services might be better. I just don't know anything about them.

Patreon seems to have political issues and I'd never heard of the other two (yes, I've heard of Github, but not their Sponsor program). But, ignoring all the non-financial stuff with the services, I wonder which one passes the most money along to donee. Right now, I'm leaning towards Github since I already have an account there. But, I just don't know how much of any donations any of those services keep to handle their expenses.
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Old 10-29-2022, 10:42 PM   #5
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I dont really have a preference, whatever is easier for you. github sponsors currently has microsoft matching sponsorships so making a donation through it (it can be either one time or recurring) will actually double the amount I receive, but that is a temporary thing (IIRC first year only).
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Old 10-29-2022, 11:53 PM   #6
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I went with the Github method. Thanks, Kovid.
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Old 10-30-2022, 12:49 AM   #7
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