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Vox calibre
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How CALIBRE got its name...
Converter And LIBRary for Ebooks
Other factors making the name appropriate: Kovid is a grad student at CALtech. That is where CALIBRE was conceived. Kovid's Zodiac sign is LIBRa. Calibre means degree or grade of excellence and CALIBRE is a high calibre product ;-) Its a short word with a nice zing to it. I had recently watched a west wing episode where Bartlet used a gun metaphor in commenting on Richies book. And i nagged Kovid till he agreed to the name ;-) |
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I'm Super Kindle-icious
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Hello better Goyal half! Welcome to MobileRead and thanks for sharing the story behind the "Calibre" name.
Hope you'll be hanging around! |
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Enjoying the show....
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Krittika Goyal welcome to MobileRead! Officially, that is.......I know you've probably read every post here.....
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Steerage Class
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Well, indeed--thanks for clearing that up!
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It's about the umbrella
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Hello Krittika Goyal and thank you for the back story on calibre. I wondered about it and came up with ...... CAlifornia (where you are) and working with the ebook LIBRary
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Holy S**T!!!
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Hey ... too cool!! Now we have two of the Goyal family!!
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creator of calibre
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Darn the secret is out
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Vox calibre
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Thank you all. Wow this makes me feel like I am married to a celebrity.
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Guru
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Thanks for letting us know the story behind our favorite ebook library program! And thanks for sharing Kovid with us - We know that he spends many hours helping us unravel our little oops and fulfilling "can you make it do that". We appreciate it.
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Vox calibre
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Enjoying the show....
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Grand Arbiter
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