• ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.ee
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    20 days ago

    calibre is an app? i just have a docker container with calibre web for all my epub, mobi etc.since bookstack or nextcloud cant handle those. is the client app any good?

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      19 days ago

      Yes I’ve been using the calibre client app under Debian MATE and it’s decent. I’m a Luddite though, so sometimes I convert epubs to plain text with pandoc and read them in emacs or a terminal.

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        19 days ago

        ah. i use calibre web for conversion aswell. just never used it as an app. what is a benefit 9f having the app then?

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          19 days ago

          Avoids the need for a network connection or server, though I guess you could run it on a local socket. The UI might be preferable too.

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            19 days ago

            ok. i want to read on different devices for some reason. like a good book on the couch with a tablet, in the kitch looking up a manual on my phone and maybe working on computer read some magazine. that would mean i need to install 3 clients and maybe without nfs even have a copy of each book on each device? and if you jave nfs you could aswell run a calibre container somewhere. but for UI I agree web could be better.