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How could I contact the owner of Calibre Companion? I want to buy & open source it.
I mean MultiPie Ltd., not Sam Cohen (though if you know how to get in touch with Sam, that could also be helpful). I do not have an enormous budget, but since I doubt MultiPie is making much money off of Calibre Companion at present, I'm hoping they will be open to selling it to me so I can take it open-source.
Currently existing alternatives (principally Calibre Sync) have equivalent or superior features but a worse user experience on e-ink. I am hoping that Calibre Companion can be developed into a e-ink-friendly library tool for devices like the Boox. |
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In this thread Sam expressed interest in selling CC. You could try private messaging him. You could also try contacting him through Google Play or the App Store. |
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MultiPie was the original developer. We sold it to Sam, who subsequently offered it for resale along with effectively abandoning it.
FWIW: my son did the iOS version and I did the Android version, starting in 2012. |
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How would CC be able to be installed on an iOS device if it was made open source?
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Not sure I understand your question. Boox e-ink devices are Android; Calibre Companion currently works on them. I just think there are some improvements that would make CC even better for e-ink devices. |
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I tried at the time, I messaged and asked him for a price to do the same make it open source and get some Dev's to help maintain it and keep it updated - he never responded.
At this point I think if we want a new/modern app we need to just create it ourselves! |
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Do you think there are no open source apps for iOS> If so, that turns out not to be the case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...S_applications |
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Also the app might inherently be a bad idea. |
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I contacted Mr Cohen by email, and received permission to pass his private email along to the OP of this thread, which I have done.
I suggest anyone interested in this contact TheRealJohnAdams via PMs. |
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Hey Everyone,
apologies for not responding for so long. Thank you Paul for emailing me. Happy to figure out how to do this properly. Best, Sam |
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