[kwlug-disc] e-Readers -> e-Libraries - corners creased, sticky notes and bookmarks left in ... wha?

[B. S.]

Thank you all for the calibre reference. I did come across it after posting and hope to give it a spin soon.

As part of poking about, came across http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibre_%28software%29, and the specific reference of "At every launch, calibre connects to calibre-ebook.com, in order to check for updates. This phone home behavior cannot be disabled, per Kovid Goyal's request.[7]'

[7] being https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1168968

Although this link bears no relation to the sentence given, is does note that you can decrease the update notification frequency in options - albeit not too intuitively, FWIW.


Followups on calibre / gotchas / what is this beastie / ecosystem, welcome.


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On Sat, 12/6/14, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] e-Readers -> e-Libraries - corners creased, sticky notes and bookmarks left in ... wha?
 To: "KWLUG discussion" <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
 Received: Saturday, December 6, 2014, 5:31 PM
 
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 Also, I should add to Glenn's
 comment: download Calibre and use it.  Forget about
 whatever software comes with whichever reader to ultimately
 decide on, Calibre is better.  My only complaint about
 Calibre is that they issue new updates too frequently.  It
 seems that everytime I open the program, a new update is
 available.  It shows nice dedication on the developers'
 behalf, but it can get annoying.