eBook Management with Calibre

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

Комментарии • 32

  • @AnzanHoshinRoshi
    @AnzanHoshinRoshi 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you, Tom. I have used Calibre for many years to convert formats but that's about it.

  • @nehakiran525
    @nehakiran525 11 месяцев назад

    12:04 wow thanks i was trying to figure out if i can fix the table of contents in the epub with calibre in ibooks, turns out i cannot. what a bummer

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  11 месяцев назад

      There is a new version that this *might* be fixed, but use Sigil for that. It is also FOSS and cross platform. Look at my channel WritingDoneRight to see how you might do that.

  • @jtsoukaris
    @jtsoukaris 5 лет назад +2

    You did mention metadata editing but you didn't mention one of the most important Calibre features, the ability to automatically update metadata from Amazon, Google and/ or other sources. You can update the metadata, the covers or both of them. And it provides review of downloaded metadata because if the original metadata do not include the isbn number, Calibre may download the wrong book details. A lifesaving for large libraries, it deserves a video itself.

  • @BxrHavik
    @BxrHavik 4 года назад +2

    Is there a way to change the color of the calibre manager? I cant stand the blinding white background >.>

  • @amberfranklin5512
    @amberfranklin5512 3 года назад +2

    I do prefer paper books but I’m severely sight impaired so they’re not easy for me to read so I have to have the ebook version.

  • @skashax777x
    @skashax777x 3 года назад

    I love Calibre,
    thanx for this bid it helped me out with a few hints and tips,
    could you do a vid on eReaders please as I'd like to move away from my Kindle device and I'd like to know what are the better options out there, like what formats they can read and screen size, batt life etc
    keep up the good work

  • @samuelitooooo
    @samuelitooooo 4 года назад

    When I read that Calibre can convert PDFs to ePubs, I decided to check it out (that’s why I’m here). I wonder what the conversion quality is like. Worth noting Calibre is available as a Flatpak.

  • @carmelomarchica7415
    @carmelomarchica7415 5 лет назад +1

    Hello, I have 2 questions.
    1) i have a lot of ebooks on my kindle via Calibre, is it possibile to see it in kindle app?
    2) In Calibre there is a description of the book, where i can see and read the description (trailer) of the book on my kindle?
    Thanks

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  5 лет назад

      I stopped using Kindle a while back, so I am not sure where features are in Kindle. I know there is supposedly good connectivity, but as for how to manage them through calibre / Kindle, I am not sure. Sorry

    • @carmelomarchica7415
      @carmelomarchica7415 5 лет назад +1

      @@SwitchedtoLinux ok thanks 😁

  • @sanay111
    @sanay111 Год назад

    Does it work with pdf files? or is it only for epubs

  • @danielandreasen2293
    @danielandreasen2293 5 лет назад +1

    Great video (so far, still watching). Can you put the two links to the public domain ebooks you talked about?

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  5 лет назад +1

      They are carded on RUclips. If I think of it when I have a minute I will drop them into the description....I should be doing that for the bitchute people anyway

  • @SkyFly19853
    @SkyFly19853 5 лет назад +1

    I like to use this ebook application, but its installation is over 1 gb...
    I wonder why...

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  5 лет назад +1

      It is because it installs the full webserver to use a book distribution platform.

    • @SkyFly19853
      @SkyFly19853 5 лет назад +1

      @@SwitchedtoLinux I understand now... Interesting... I wish they could make it little bit smaller since I use too many apps...

  • @leendert1100
    @leendert1100 5 лет назад +2

    On your live stream you mentioned MX19 but I see here you're using Mint.

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  5 лет назад

      We were going to look at the new MX linux release, too, but we ran out of time.

  • @AlucardNoir
    @AlucardNoir 5 лет назад +1

    For a FAR more limited selection of well formatted Project Gutenberg books you can check here: standardebooks.org/ebooks/
    I also had an Australian site financially supported by some Aussie millionaire but I just can't seem to find it in my bookmarks. This one is better anyways, but still, I don't think they had 100% the same coverage so that's a minus.

  • @folomba
    @folomba 2 года назад +1

    Hello! Thanks! Like!

  • @royorange9691
    @royorange9691 2 года назад +1

    The problem is that it would not work after u close it lol

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  2 года назад

      You can run it on an always on server such as on a NAS

    • @royorange9691
      @royorange9691 2 года назад

      @@SwitchedtoLinux I was trying to access to it through my other phone but didn't worked why?? It kept showing that the website is not reachable

  • @elmuan
    @elmuan Год назад +1

    Calibre will delete your entire library, it happened today for the 2nd time. I'm done with Calibre.

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  Год назад

      I have never experienced that on any of the many installs I have used.
      Did it delete the files or just the xml file get deleted?

    • @elmuan
      @elmuan Год назад

      @@SwitchedtoLinux When I open Calibre its says 0 books, last night there was over 3,000 books. My eBook library is safe on an external hard drive. I guess I could load the books again but I'm going to try another eBook manager.

  • @AlucardNoir
    @AlucardNoir 5 лет назад +1

    Hei, you're one of 'em Christian fellows right? what's your opinion on Samuel Clemens' The Mysterious stranger?

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  5 лет назад

      I have not heard of it.

    • @AlucardNoir
      @AlucardNoir 5 лет назад

      @@SwitchedtoLinux Few people have. It was published after the died because Clemens/Twain never finished it. IT's in the vain of The Screwtape Letters, except he doesn't bother with smaller demons and general complaints about humanity.
      In a way it's Twain at his most vitriolic, cynical and nihilistic. It's an ugly tale by all accounts, now, if it's ugly because it is a mirror or a caricature, that is for each reader to decide individually.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Stranger
      en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Stranger

  • @KrazyVideoChick
    @KrazyVideoChick 2 года назад +1

    I believe it's pronounced caliBER caliBER.... LOL 😊😋.
    I'm just being picky don't mind me.