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Several reasons. It is a cross platform application in python using QT so is not really for mobile it even possible. What you state as things it does not need

Several reasons. It is a cross platform application in python using QT so is not really for mobile it even possible. What you state as things it does not need are the things that it was designed to do - reading ebooks came along quite late (v 4 or 5). Its original function is to convert ebooks between formats and store them in a common database.

Obscurity4340 3y ago
I really appreciate your response altho I'm not sure the tenor speaks entirely to the fundamental points I raised. Like it or not, most people who use Calibre to convert books come to view it as a universal ebook library and I'm sure everyone would prefer it at least nodded to that reasonable association if not pivoted whilst retaining the commitment to its converter origins/current mandate. I kinda wish we could "have it all" and I'd have zero issue putting my money towards that end It seems ridiculous to leave that continuity, user-friendliness, and money on the table out of some insistance on never departing from what they essentially are inextricably tied-to and associated with as a manner of household awareness if I might be so bold as to suggest they have reached a degree of ubiquity when it comes to the digital ebook experience
- pasc1878 3y ago
  I am confused by your comments. I read them as asking why Calibre does not provide a renderer as the main thing but provides other things that people don't need. My comments are that calibre is designed for the things you say people don't need and the renderer on Windows/Mac/Linux is an afterthought and due to its architecture it can't run on mobile devices why KyBooks etc are designed for. I really don't understand the point you are trying to make.
  - Obscurity4340 3y ago
    https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre I just noticed that Calibre is referred to as an eBook manager, which is more in line with what I was talking about in some sense. All of that should fall under `eBook Manager`
  - Obscurity4340 3y ago
    I guess I just feel like one grows to consider it like the iTunes of ebooks that also converts, and that there's a workflow that it lends to where you've downloaded your book, you need to convert it to work on all your relevant devices and the respective format, have a bookshelf type interface or whatever your preferred view , be the main books app, and allow for syncing a library via cloud. I don't know if I'm saying this well but I think the main ideas are here.

Obscurity4340 3y ago

I really appreciate your response altho I'm not sure the tenor speaks entirely to the fundamental points I raised. Like it or not, most people who use Calibre to convert books come to view it as a universal ebook library and I'm sure everyone would prefer it at least nodded to that reasonable association if not pivoted whilst retaining the commitment to its converter origins/current mandate. I kinda wish we could "have it all" and I'd have zero issue putting my money towards that end It seems ridiculous to leave that continuity, user-friendliness, and money on the table out of some insistance on never departing from what they essentially are inextricably tied-to and associated with as a manner of household awareness if I might be so bold as to suggest they have reached a degree of ubiquity when it comes to the digital ebook experience

pasc1878 3y ago
I am confused by your comments. I read them as asking why Calibre does not provide a renderer as the main thing but provides other things that people don't need. My comments are that calibre is designed for the things you say people don't need and the renderer on Windows/Mac/Linux is an afterthought and due to its architecture it can't run on mobile devices why KyBooks etc are designed for. I really don't understand the point you are trying to make.
- Obscurity4340 3y ago
  https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre I just noticed that Calibre is referred to as an eBook manager, which is more in line with what I was talking about in some sense. All of that should fall under `eBook Manager`
- Obscurity4340 3y ago
  I guess I just feel like one grows to consider it like the iTunes of ebooks that also converts, and that there's a workflow that it lends to where you've downloaded your book, you need to convert it to work on all your relevant devices and the respective format, have a bookshelf type interface or whatever your preferred view , be the main books app, and allow for syncing a library via cloud. I don't know if I'm saying this well but I think the main ideas are here.