Comment on calibre 8.0
yournamehere@lemm.ee 2 weeks agocalibre 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?
Comment on calibre 8.0
yournamehere@lemm.ee 2 weeks agocalibre 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?
solrize@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 week 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?
solrize@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 week 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.