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As a fan of notion I agree with your post. That said, Calibre is awful imo. I would recommend looking into Polar Bookshelf (open source): https://getpolarized.
by scrollaway 8y ago
As a fan of notion I agree with your post.
That said, Calibre is awful imo. I would recommend looking into Polar Bookshelf (open source): https://getpolarized.io https://getpolarized.io
- VvR-Ox 8y agoThanks for the recommendation - I didn't know Polar and will definitely give it a try. What do you think is awful about Calibre?
- groby_b 8y agoCannot speak for the OP, but from my POV - dear $DEITY, the UI is bleeding awful. And so is the experience of using it. Yes, it gets the job done, but it falls far below the standards of any polished product. For some, it is worth it, because it provides an OSS way to deal with audio books. To others, who care about UI/UX - well, it provides an OSS way to deal with books.
- eindiran 8y agoDoes Polar support audio books, .epub files, etc? My impression is that its mostly intended for .pdf files and HTML pages, and isn't meant to be a drop-in replacement for Calibre at all. With that said, the annotation support and integration with Anki both look like really cool features. [Edit] Yeah, after downloading, it appears that Polar only supports .pdf files and HTML pages. I tried to add .doc[x] and .epub files, but neither appeared to be supported. Additionally, Polar uses cookies and data collection for usage statistics and doesn't support disabling them. I don't see how this app is even remotely a replacement for Calibre and certainly doesn't solve OP's problem; it does have a nicer UI than Calibre though, if you can excuse the large and uncloseable (bright gold) banner asking for monthly donations that takes up the top of the desktop app.