04-08-2019, 10:22 AM | #1 |
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Am I missing something?
I used CC in the past as I wanted to have a copy of each of my books on my iPad, but I quickly became frustrated by having to open each of them in a different app depending on its format (epub, pdf, etc.)
I moved to KyBook3 as that does everything (I think) CC can do (sync using Calibre's Content Server or its own Content Server with a Calibre plugin) and it can be used as a reader for virtually every ebook format and as a player for audiobooks (and lots more besides). Because CC has so many users, I feel like I must be missing something. Does the latest version allow reading of ebooks? Are there some hidden features I don't know about? Or is it just that Android doesn't have a multiformat ebook reader? |
04-08-2019, 12:30 PM | #2 | ||
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EDIT: I just noticed that you wrote a KyBook3 sync plugin that apparently can sync some standard calibre metadata. Quote:
And of course the same things I mentioned above are still valid. I know of no reader app that gives you access to all of calibre's metadata. Last edited by chaley; 04-08-2019 at 01:04 PM. Reason: Saw plugin |
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04-08-2019, 01:09 PM | #3 | ||||
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Thank you chaley for your comprehensive reply.
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As you say, I've found a solution that suits me and I'm not missing anything that matters to me. It doesn't hurt to have another look round every now and again though. :-) |
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04-08-2019, 11:52 PM | #5 | |
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My main "likes" about CC are it does a pretty good job of allowing me to browse my library (mainly using the tag browser) just like I do in Calibre and the wireless transfer. I've installed KyBook3 and added a book to it to try it out, but so far I've found some of it somewhat unintuitive as to what I'm doing on the library screen (perhaps I need to add more books). It put my book into something called "InBox" which took a bit of looking to find after I'd closed the book the first time and doesn't see any of the books tags or anything (tag browser just shows some default "pre-installed" tags). |
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04-09-2019, 05:26 AM | #6 | |
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You'll need to enable Pro mode first. |
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04-10-2019, 09:38 AM | #7 | |
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@dopedangel. Thank you. I think this is actually the answer to my question.
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04-10-2019, 11:42 AM | #9 | |
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This way I can use CC to sort through all my books on a particular subject/genre and either long-press a book to be automatically opened by my preferred reader, go into metadata and select a different reader, or in the case of paper books go and fetch it from the shelf. |
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