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View Poll Results: Do you use Calibre? | |||
Yes | 202 | 89.38% | |
No | 21 | 9.29% | |
Other. (Leave a comment in the thread) | 5 | 2.21% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 226. You may not vote on this poll |
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09-24-2019, 02:29 AM | #16 |
Diligent dilettante
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09-24-2019, 03:28 AM | #17 | |
Wizard
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(*) and there really is no software that would do half of what Calibre does in a single package. |
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09-24-2019, 07:25 AM | #18 | |
the rook, bossing Never.
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With Linux Mint (and Mate desktop), Waterfox or Firefox Browser you'll have Calibre, Gimp, LibreOffice, WINE (many old 32bit windows and some 64bit Windows), DOSBox AND every Google service/tool that is on a Chromebook, if you want it. Note you may need to uninstall WINE64 and manually install WINE32 first (Only MS OFFICE 2003 is good on Wine, though OFFICE 2007 also works, but LibreOffice 5.x & 6.x is now better for most users). Test with a Live USB Memory stick. Last edited by Quoth; 09-24-2019 at 07:27 AM. |
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09-24-2019, 07:39 AM | #19 | |
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You create a custom column for eBooks you've read or not read. Then when you want to see what you've read or not, you do a simple search using that column. There are things you can do in Calibre that you cannot do in your directory structure. You can see both read and unread books. You can see what books you've read by a specific author and if you have any unread book by that author. You will have all your books together so you can see them as you like. When you plug in your Reader to the computer you'd be able to see what book you have on your reader. There is a lot you can do with Calibre that a directory structure cannot do. I had a directory setup similar to what you have and since switching to Calibre, I would never go back. It just doesn't work as well. One thing you can do that no directory structure can do is manage collections on your Kobo. And you can have all book in a series labeled as such. I suggest giving Calibre a proper try and see how you get on. You may find you like it. Last edited by JSWolf; 09-24-2019 at 07:41 AM. |
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09-24-2019, 07:46 AM | #20 | |
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09-24-2019, 08:13 AM | #21 |
Diligent dilettante
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09-24-2019, 08:14 AM | #22 | |
Wizard
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09-24-2019, 08:38 AM | #23 | |
Evangelist
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I have a similar setup to the one JSWolf described and some saved searches that help me track which unread books are not on the reader. |
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09-24-2019, 08:47 AM | #24 | |
Diligent dilettante
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09-24-2019, 09:03 AM | #25 | |
Sorry for my English
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I voted for YES. I wrote, that I use "Calibre" instead of other software. - Since using only "Calibre" now, the other software I use not , I can not know in what direction their development or new offers. (and a year is a long time, programs are developing, updating. I have been using Calibre for more than a year, so I don't know what's going on in the world of software_readers. As I wrote. With calibre I am satisfied, i have no reason to change it.) - Or else, when I use one thing, I don't care what others do. - I do not know, and unfortunately does not know everything, as it was not given to me the power of endless knowledge.. Last edited by Michal Jancik; 09-24-2019 at 03:24 PM. Reason: correction "caliber" to "calibre" |
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09-24-2019, 09:09 AM | #26 |
Grand Sorcerer
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It can be calculated with a composite column (derived from the percentage column). I don't know exactly how to type it now (and I don't use the normal syntax as I'm better defining function in python), but you can do it for sure.
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09-24-2019, 10:05 AM | #27 |
Grand Sorcerer
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How do you want to use it? You can add a column as suggested, or a column based on this one as Terisa suggested. If it is for searching, you can just search for a value of 100. For display, I use a column icon that overlays the percent read column with a tick to show it has been finished. I also use a reading list that populates a tag-like status column which is then used to create collections. That one is really for the "to read" and "reading" collections, plus a couple of other statuses, but it creates a finished collection as well.
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09-24-2019, 02:40 PM | #28 |
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Oh... and one of the reasons for using Calibre is that there is an (unofficial) plugin by Apprentice Alf/Harper/others that can remove DRM* from e-books when importing them. This is absolutely essential for me, because I buy books long before I ever get around to reading them (because of pricing, and interest in them, sometimes having Calibre pick a random book), because I want to fix them if necessary, and convert them to the format of one reader or another. My entire library is in EPUB (cleaned, fixed and tagged), but I've used it on both a Kindle in AZW3 format and now on Kobo in a KEPUB format.
If DRM-removal hadn't been possible, I wouldn't even have considered getting into ebooks. I possibly wouldn't even read as much as I do now. Spoiler:
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10-04-2019, 12:25 PM | #29 |
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Calibre users, why don't you use koreader?
IMO it's not either/or, but more about "do you want to use a PC?". If you're managing library on desktop computer - ie making small edits/format conversion to books, organizing huge folders, calibre is hands down the way to go, except maybe if you just need a no-frills book viewer on pc, use Sumatra. However I have ~1k books and about 100 manga volumes on reader device at any given time. Works fine just with on-device folders, labels and fulltext. Calibre desktop almost never gets involved unless I need to do something fairly obscure, like reflow a PDF. |
10-04-2019, 04:33 PM | #30 | |
Grand Sorcerer
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