John Schember retiring

Arios · 06-21-2015, 08:38 PM

Sorry to learn that you are retiring John: Sigil has been (is) a wonderful project and will continue to be so with Kevin and Doug.

This is one app I use nearly every day!

Anyway, I'm sure to see (read actually!) you here time to time!

Have a nice time, as you gave a lot of yours.

PS I hope there is not double post to that specific matter.

Message her

http://sigil-ebook.com/)

rubeus · 06-22-2015, 02:23 AM

Hi John,

for time and effort you spent for the Sigiul Project.

//rubeus

Toxaris · 06-22-2015, 02:53 AM

John, thanks for all your invested time! It is highly appreciated.

Hitch · 06-23-2015, 06:53 PM

THANK YOU, JOHN!!!

And, GOD, could you have BEEN more verbose? Sheesh. If you'd gone on any longer with that farewell speech, I'd have passed out.

In a professional way, for everything you did for Sigil:

Hitch

Turtle91 · 06-24-2015, 01:51 AM

Yes, Thanks for all your work. This is one app I use several hours a day almost every day. Enjoy getting your time back!

theducks · 06-24-2015, 10:23 AM

Yes, THANK YOU John

Sigils UI is a closer fit to my work style than the competitor

(Notice that I avoided using the B word

. They are both very good. Just different)

Without your efforts, Sigil would have died

a long time ago

JSWolf · 06-24-2015, 12:44 PM

Thank you John! Sigil is a very nice piece of work. I;ve used it a lot and it's really done me well.

PalingB · 06-28-2015, 12:56 PM

Thanks for all your efforts. Sigil would not have come this far without your efforts.

stepheno · 07-07-2015, 07:40 PM

I've been using Sigil to create my eBooks and I'm very happy with the software; in fact I donated today and will donate more in the future.

Thank you John for your contribution to the Sigil project and more power to those taking it forward.

CalibUser · 07-12-2015, 09:42 AM

I would like to add my thanks to John for Sigil. I have been a regular user of the program and was disappointed to find that it would no longer be maintained.

I started to use Callibre, but today when I found out that Kevin and Doug will continue to maintain the program I was pleasantly surprised (in fact I only found out today that Sigil is now at version 0.8.x.x.

Although I will sometimes use Callibre, Sigil is my favourite ePub editor.

Thanks again, John

Notjohn · 07-13-2015, 06:40 AM

Let me add my belated appreciation. I confess I didn't know who John Schember was until yesterday, when I was trying to remove a malware program from my computer and saw his name listed beside Sigil as the Creator.

One of the sobering things about being a writer is discovering how few people pay any attention to the by-line on a story. Even fewer of us, I'm afraid, are aware of who wrote the software we use and love.

radius · 07-22-2015, 02:26 PM

Is John Schember user_none? I thought he "only" took over maintenance of Sigil from Valloric (not to minimize the awesome work that John has put in of course)?

theducks · 07-22-2015, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by radius

Is John Schember user_none? I thought he "only" took over maintenance of Sigil from Valloric (not to minimize the awesome work that John has put in of course)?

Yes, that is our John.
He did some coding (releases), then Life happened and he dropped into mostly Managmement

Hitch · 07-22-2015, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by radius

Is John Schember user_none? I thought he "only" took over maintenance of Sigil from Valloric (not to minimize the awesome work that John has put in of course)?

The Sigil that John took over--nothing against Valloric, who rocks--is NOTHING compared to the Sigil that exists today. Yes, it had a million lines of code, but what John and the others have done for Sigil is simply trans-formative.

Hitch

BetterRed · 07-22-2015, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

... he dropped into mostly Managmement

Is that the same as kicked Upstatairs

BR

06-21-2015, 08:38 PM	#1
Arios A curiosus lector! Posts: 463 Karma: 2015140 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Sony PRS-T1, Kobo Touch	John Schember retiring Sorry to learn that you are retiring John: Sigil has been (is) a wonderful project and will continue to be so with Kevin and Doug. This is one app I use nearly every day! Anyway, I'm sure to see (read actually!) you here time to time! Have a nice time, as you gave a lot of yours. PS I hope there is not double post to that specific matter. Message her http://sigil-ebook.com/)

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CalibUser Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 62362 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: Sony	I would like to add my thanks to John for Sigil. I have been a regular user of the program and was disappointed to find that it would no longer be maintained. I started to use Callibre, but today when I found out that Kevin and Doug will continue to maintain the program I was pleasantly surprised (in fact I only found out today that Sigil is now at version 0.8.x.x. Although I will sometimes use Callibre, Sigil is my favourite ePub editor. Thanks again, John

07-13-2015, 06:40 AM	#11
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,518 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Let me add my belated appreciation. I confess I didn't know who John Schember was until yesterday, when I was trying to remove a malware program from my computer and saw his name listed beside Sigil as the Creator. One of the sobering things about being a writer is discovering how few people pay any attention to the by-line on a story. Even fewer of us, I'm afraid, are aware of who wrote the software we use and love.

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radius Lector minore Posts: 660 Karma: 1738720 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Aura One, Paperwhite Signature	Is John Schember user_none? I thought he "only" took over maintenance of Sigil from Valloric (not to minimize the awesome work that John has put in of course)?