Sending a copy of Calibre to a friend

piperclassique · 01-06-2018, 10:55 AM

I made a friend on my travels in Burma who reads 19th century British fiction. As you can imagine, not so easy to come by there. I'm burning a DVD for him, made up from books on Gutenberg (he has a computer but only a flaky internet connection)
I thought of adding a copy of Calibre mobile as otherwise he will probably only be able to read plain text on the computer, and his phone has a tiny screen.
Would this be acceptable, do you think? Kovid?
Also can anyone suggest other useful small low overhead reading software that will run on XP?
Thanks for your ideas

SirHumphrey · 01-06-2018, 01:20 PM

I doubt Kovid would object considering that Calibre is licensed under the GPL 3, meaning you have the right to share it.

dwig · 01-06-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by piperclassique

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Also can anyone suggest other useful small low overhead reading software that will run on XP?
Thanks for your ideas

Keep in mind that the recent versions of calibre will not run on XP, even the portable. You'll have to dig down to find the last that would. Kovid has them all on his site, though I don't remember the last XP-compatible version.

PeterT · 01-06-2018, 03:08 PM

1.48 https://download.calibre-ebook.com/1.48.0/

theducks · 01-06-2018, 03:55 PM

Read only media poses other problems. Calibre does expect full access.
SD cards and Pen drives have come down in price (just not as cheap as a DVD) . 4G cards should be under $7US (you don't need fast for a Library)
(I chose 4G since a DVD is 4.7max)

piperclassique · 01-07-2018, 12:56 AM

Thanks, all. Good idea to use a pen drive, too.

RichL · 01-07-2018, 06:05 AM

Mobipocket Reader 6.2 is still around.

Plain reader that lets you (easily) make notes.

01-06-2018, 10:55 AM	#1
piperclassique A garbling groftpot Posts: 993 Karma: 9234667 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: France Device: Oasis, Voyage, Kobo mini, Samsung tablet, phones, whatever.	Sending a copy of Calibre to a friend I made a friend on my travels in Burma who reads 19th century British fiction. As you can imagine, not so easy to come by there. I'm burning a DVD for him, made up from books on Gutenberg (he has a computer but only a flaky internet connection) I thought of adding a copy of Calibre mobile as otherwise he will probably only be able to read plain text on the computer, and his phone has a tiny screen. Would this be acceptable, do you think? Kovid? Also can anyone suggest other useful small low overhead reading software that will run on XP? Thanks for your ideas

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01-06-2018, 01:20 PM	#2
SirHumphrey Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: iPad using Marvin 3	I doubt Kovid would object considering that Calibre is licensed under the GPL 3, meaning you have the right to share it.

01-06-2018, 03:08 PM	#4
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	1.48 https://download.calibre-ebook.com/1.48.0/

01-06-2018, 03:55 PM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Read only media poses other problems. Calibre does expect full access. SD cards and Pen drives have come down in price (just not as cheap as a DVD) . 4G cards should be under $7US (you don't need fast for a Library) (I chose 4G since a DVD is 4.7max)

01-07-2018, 12:56 AM	#6
piperclassique A garbling groftpot Posts: 993 Karma: 9234667 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: France Device: Oasis, Voyage, Kobo mini, Samsung tablet, phones, whatever.	Thanks, all. Good idea to use a pen drive, too.

01-07-2018, 06:05 AM	#7
RichL Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 1096520 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: back to x51v	Mobipocket Reader 6.2 is still around. Plain reader that lets you (easily) make notes.

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