Support for Calibre

shabie · 02-11-2015, 04:39 PM

Just like many people here, I'm a big fan of books and hence this software. I could never imagine, very honestly speaking, that managing e-books would be this easy. Since then, I've always wanted to pay back the volunteers of calibre back in some form and what I'm about to suggest might just do that in the best of ways.

I recently started working as student help at the company behind Adblock Plus. It's a browser extension that blocks ads with about 60+ million active users. Since the content on the web can simply not be made available for free, ABP believes in the acceptable advertising initiative. Such advertising is based on a certain criterion which if met, could allow ABP to not block the ad.

So I'd like to suggest the developers/caretakers of this link (http://calibre-ebook.com/download) to get themselves Whitelisted and have an instant access to 60 million potential visitors.

Since book readers are generally well-informed people and are more likely to use ABP (in my humble opinion), I believe it is going to help generate increased revenue for the website.

The BEST bit is that it's not going to cost anything to get Whitelisted.

Here's the link to application for WhiteList:https://eyeo.com/acceptable-ads-application.html

And here's the link to Acceptable Ads criteria: https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#criteria

eschwartz · 02-11-2015, 05:15 PM

As an ABP user

this has potential...

You wouldn't happen to know of any handy, easy-to-use advertizing services which do text ads? Or some way to stop googleads from showing download buttons...

kovidgoyal · 02-11-2015, 10:22 PM

A good idea, looking at the acceptable ads criteria, I think the ads on the calibre website meet all of them, except for the no animations criteria.

I could in theory tell google to only serve text and static image ads (no flash/html 5), but that would significantly impact revenue from non-ABP users. Whether the increase from ABP users would make up for that is hard to say.

shabie · 02-12-2015, 05:15 AM

Well I'd still strongly suggest you apply since ABP whitelists a wide variety of websites, I believe the relevant personnel can guide you to something agreeable to both parties.

Worst that could happen is that the website won't be whitelisted which it still isn't so it won't harm you... On the contrary, if things works out, it will definitely help. 60+ million users is not a small number by any means in my humble opinion.

Rest is up to you. I'm just trying to help

02-11-2015, 04:39 PM	#1
shabie Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite v2	Support for Calibre Just like many people here, I'm a big fan of books and hence this software. I could never imagine, very honestly speaking, that managing e-books would be this easy. Since then, I've always wanted to pay back the volunteers of calibre back in some form and what I'm about to suggest might just do that in the best of ways. I recently started working as student help at the company behind Adblock Plus. It's a browser extension that blocks ads with about 60+ million active users. Since the content on the web can simply not be made available for free, ABP believes in the acceptable advertising initiative. Such advertising is based on a certain criterion which if met, could allow ABP to not block the ad. So I'd like to suggest the developers/caretakers of this link (http://calibre-ebook.com/download) to get themselves Whitelisted and have an instant access to 60 million potential visitors. Since book readers are generally well-informed people and are more likely to use ABP (in my humble opinion), I believe it is going to help generate increased revenue for the website. The BEST bit is that it's not going to cost anything to get Whitelisted. Here's the link to application for WhiteList:https://eyeo.com/acceptable-ads-application.html And here's the link to Acceptable Ads criteria: https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads#criteria

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02-11-2015, 05:15 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	As an ABP user this has potential... You wouldn't happen to know of any handy, easy-to-use advertizing services which do text ads? Or some way to stop googleads from showing download buttons...

02-11-2015, 10:22 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,219 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	A good idea, looking at the acceptable ads criteria, I think the ads on the calibre website meet all of them, except for the no animations criteria. I could in theory tell google to only serve text and static image ads (no flash/html 5), but that would significantly impact revenue from non-ABP users. Whether the increase from ABP users would make up for that is hard to say.

02-12-2015, 05:15 AM	#4
shabie Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite v2	Well I'd still strongly suggest you apply since ABP whitelists a wide variety of websites, I believe the relevant personnel can guide you to something agreeable to both parties. Worst that could happen is that the website won't be whitelisted which it still isn't so it won't harm you... On the contrary, if things works out, it will definitely help. 60+ million users is not a small number by any means in my humble opinion. Rest is up to you. I'm just trying to help

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