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minus-squareapplejacks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI still have to use it as it’s the only cloud service that can work as a Calibre server. Definitely annoying as it is really behind the times with features.
minus-squareCaptObviouslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI also dropped Calibre recently due to it just not fulfilling its promise. When Dropbox suddenly crippled my account several years ago, I moved everything to a much better Nextcloud instance and haven’t looked back.
minus-squareprocrastinator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agowhat did you switch to over calibre?
minus-squareCaptObviouslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey work fine on my devices, but everyone will have different preferences.
minus-squareapplejacks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe issue is that text cannot reflow, so if a given page has a large amount of text on it, you’re going to have to manually zoom into and scroll back and forth.
minus-squareCaptObviouslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI’ve begun just using PDFs instead.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhy were you unhappy with calibre? I don’t use the server part of it and only start it when I want to copy books to my e-reader.
minus-squareCaptObviouslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe interface is clunky and it generally just doesn’t work very well for me.
I still have to use it as it’s the only cloud service that can work as a Calibre server.
Definitely annoying as it is really behind the times with features.
I also dropped Calibre recently due to it just not fulfilling its promise.
When Dropbox suddenly crippled my account several years ago, I moved everything to a much better Nextcloud instance and haven’t looked back.
what did you switch to over calibre?
I’ve begun just using PDFs instead.
PDF is so much worse on eReaders…
They work fine on my devices, but everyone will have different preferences.
The issue is that text cannot reflow, so if a given page has a large amount of text on it, you’re going to have to manually zoom into and scroll back and forth.
What did you go to from calibre?
I’ve begun just using PDFs instead.
Why were you unhappy with calibre? I don’t use the server part of it and only start it when I want to copy books to my e-reader.
The interface is clunky and it generally just doesn’t work very well for me.