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Old 11-29-2022, 07:48 PM   #1
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I don't see a feature for this, and I haven't been able to find one via searching. Maybe it'd be nice to include a feature that allows importing a file via a URL?
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I've been considering requesting this myself, though I suspect that there'll be way too many bug reports along the lines of "Calibre won't let me download from such-a-such site"...
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with my browser can download X but calibre cannot.
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I don't see a feature for this, and I haven't been able to find one via searching. Maybe it'd be nice to include a feature that allows importing a file via a URL?
Bad idea!
if your computer can run Calibre you certainly have a browser.
I keep the downloaded files as a separate backup too!
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