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What about this Minimalist Windows App for Calibre?
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02-11-2015, 06:44 PM | #32 |
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Ooh, very close to what I want! I'll drop Marty a note in the thread - looks great, thank you!
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02-11-2015, 07:15 PM | #33 |
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Sure thing!
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I know where I got turned onto his stuff, and it was indeed right here
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I simply have not found any ereader software that meets even my minimal requirements, except the one provided by Calibre: read the book from the folder where I put it, and leave my CSS alone. The fact that the e-reader software from Calibre is not really touch friendly (but it works) is minor compares to those two (I'd say) very simply requests...
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It would be awesome if Marty continues to make improvements to CalibreViewer, and perhaps a partnership of some kind with the Freda guy would be ideal.... since CV has the underlying Calibre database and on-disk data structure knowledge, and Freda appears to be a good eReader app. Richard |
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I didn't change anything to make it more touch friendly. I just curse at it when it doesn't cooperate (which is about every time I want to get out of fullscreen mode). It just almost always refuses to recognize I have a touch screen and it'll give me that tiny menu instead of the nice and large one. And it always refuses ti recognize my right mouse click from my wacom pen.
About the CalibreViewer, I will still use the calibre eBook viewer, but Caliber itself is a major pain to use on an 8 inch screen, even with a wacom pen... |
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The general consensus appears to be that caliber viewer is the best reader on a windows tablet. I have tried several and so far I agree, especially I like that the viewer can be used separately from the library management and conversion software so large databases of books can be accessed as required without moving things around. This is not true of ADE although it is a fair reader in a limited way. One reservation I have is it does not number the pages the same as in dedicated ebook readers and aldico and ADE so it can be a hassle to switch to reading on a windows device from one of these in the middle of a book. I noticed some years back when I had an Ipad that it also numbers pages differently. I would be grateful if the reason for this could be explained to me. Having said that the best way to read is on a dedicated eink device and I only use backlit LCD for short term late night reading.
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There is no standardized way of displaying page numbers, many ereaders follow Adobe's 1024-characters role model, Kindles don't show any unless a Real Page Numbers map is included, and very few actual EPUBs include the Page-map which in theory should obviate the need for all the guesswork. I have no idea how calibre calculates it, knowing the development model it probably uses some standard the IDPF came up with but everyone else ignored.
Personally I would just go with chapter numbers and a quote, difficult to mess those up. In fact, the academic world has more or less decided to go with that, and who would know better than they. |
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I always turn off page numbers anyway. If I read a book on multiple devices (I usually have different books on different devices), I'll just finish the chapter before moving on to the other reader...
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