Something on sourceforge has been recommended to me, but I try to stick to things that dnf can install. Surely there must be some Fedora- native ebook reader!
Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 14.03.2018, 20:18 +0000 schrieb Beartooth:
Fedora- native ebook reader!
I always use calibre. It isn't just a reader, more a converter and a library manager. It may seem bloated, but I really like its features and abilities when it comes to handle different ebook formats and push mobi- files to my amazon account.
Regards Tibor
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Beartooth Beartooth@comcast.net wrote:
Something on sourceforge has been recommended to me, but I try to stick to things that dnf can install. Surely there must be some Fedora- native ebook reader!
package fbreader
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:45:43 -0700 stan stanl-fedorauser@vfemail.net wrote:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Beartooth Beartooth@comcast.net wrote:
Something on sourceforge has been recommended to me, but I try to stick to things that dnf can install. Surely there must be some Fedora- native ebook reader!
package fbreader
After I sent this I checked the date, and this is a very old package. It still works, though. You can probably go here, https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=5070 and get the last version that successfully compiled. Then install it using dnf -C install fbreader-[version, etc.]
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:53:53 -0700, stan wrote:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:45:43 -0700 stan stanl-fedorauser@vfemail.net wrote:
package fbreader
After I sent this I checked the date, and this is a very old package. It still works, though. You can probably go here, https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=5070 and get the last version that successfully compiled. Then install it using dnf -C install fbreader-[version, etc.]
Having lived through more dependency hells than I want to remember, I let dnf give me fbreader-0.99.4-4.fc31.x86_64; it launches all right, and I'll play with it, too. Many thanks!
On Wed, 2018-03-14 at 20:18 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
Something on sourceforge has been recommended to me, but I try to stick to things that dnf can install. Surely there must be some Fedora- native ebook reader!
Calibre is the go-to package for all your ebook needs, including format conversion, library maintenance, etc.
poc
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:09:25 +0000 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Calibre is the go-to package for all your ebook needs, including format conversion, library maintenance, etc.
And the really important bit is that you can get calibre plugins to strip DRM from books so you are no longer forced to keep your ebooks organized primarily by which source you bought them from. (And you'll still be able to read the book you bought and paid for when the publisher gets into a spat with the seller).
Here's my (few years old now) take on the usefulness of calibre: http://tomhorsley.com/game/calibre.html
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:24:55 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:09:25 +0000 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Calibre is the go-to package for all your ebook needs, including format conversion, library maintenance, etc.
And the really important bit is that you can get calibre plugins to strip DRM from books so you are no longer forced to keep your ebooks organized primarily by which source you bought them from. (And you'll still be able to read the book you bought and paid for when the publisher gets into a spat with the seller).
Here's my (few years old now) take on the usefulness of calibre: http://tomhorsley.com/game/calibre.html
Thanks much to all! Dnf got me Calibre and all its support troops in a flash, and it spotted my plugged-in Kindle immediately.
I'm going to have to work on configuring it, I think, because it imagines I want to connect to Amazon, which I almost never do. (We have a Prime account; but abebooks.com is often better, especially for older, out-of-print books.) But that's a detail, or so I trust.
OT : I've just bought several copies of one of the best books I know (and I'm a bookworm's bookworm), Plagues and peoples by William H. McNeill, to hand out locally -- once I figure out how, under lockdown. I want to recommend the ebook form, too, -- once I make sure of a clean copy -- to people who don't live locally, including some who don't even run Linux. <grin>
Thanks again! Excelsior!
On Mon, 2020-03-30 at 20:02 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:24:55 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:09:25 +0000 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Calibre is the go-to package for all your ebook needs, including format conversion, library maintenance, etc.
And the really important bit is that you can get calibre plugins to strip DRM from books so you are no longer forced to keep your ebooks organized primarily by which source you bought them from. (And you'll still be able to read the book you bought and paid for when the publisher gets into a spat with the seller).
Here's my (few years old now) take on the usefulness of calibre: http://tomhorsley.com/game/calibre.html
Thanks much to all! Dnf got me Calibre and all its support troops in a flash, and it spotted my plugged-in Kindle immediately.
I'm going to have to work on configuring it, I think, because it imagines I want to connect to Amazon, which I almost never do. (We have a Prime account; but abebooks.com is often better, especially for older, out-of-print books.) But that's a detail, or so I trust.
Calibre can interface with several online bookstores, not just Amazon. See under "Metadata Download" in Preferences.
poc
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:19:55 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [....]
I'm going to have to work on configuring it, I think, because it imagines I want to connect to Amazon, which I almost never do. (We have a Prime account; but abebooks.com is often better, especially for older, out-of-print books.) But that's a detail, or so I trust.
Calibre can interface with several online bookstores, not just Amazon. See under "Metadata Download" in Preferences.
Took me a minute to spot the Preferences icon, but I'm VERY impressed. Thanks again!
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