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>Calibre is one of the few general public facing open source application that is best in class. Never though about that but its true.

• jtbayly 6y ago
  Unless, like me, you downloaded it initially as an ebook reader app. I’m hopeful 5.0 isn’t as abysmal at just trying to scroll through a book. But the rest is absolutely best in class. In fact, it’s sadly the only in class for some things, I’m afraid.
  • lostcolony 6y ago
    You are/were evaluating it in the wrong class there I think. What viewing it provides seems intended to be functional as an extension of its role for management purposes; not ergonomic for actually reading the ebook.
    • pnutjam 6y ago
      The content view is pretty usable for reading, especially if you're on a locked down device that can't install a an e-reader app.
    • jtbayly 6y ago
      Exactly, and I use it for the other things, now. Just not reading.
  • pnutjam 6y ago
    Reading is obviously an add-on. Are you using the content server view? Locally, on linux it just calls whatever program I specify to read. I'm partial to fbreader, on linux and android. I do use the web content viewer some, but mostly I just browse and download the books I want to my device. FYI, the web viewer seems to work offline, it caches the files locally. If you haven't tried it, it's super nice. I have a 1TB time4vps storage server, and I sync my library to that server and run a headless calibre server with simple authentication to prevent crawlers.
    • jtbayly 6y ago
      I'll give it a try.