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Not really a good example as my OS doesn't force me to keep 3 to 5 copies of the file just because it wants to decide what sectors it wants to use.
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In my case, one copy in Calibre's library, one copy in my own section for me to work with since Calibre doesn't want us messing with it's copy, one copy in iTunes to sync since we sync from Calibre and not our copies and a back up on another drive on the system. I saw someone else counting the copy on the device so that could be 5 but I do think we should stick with copies on the actual system itself so 3-4. Personally, I really like Calibre and think you have done a great job and am not trying to knock you and your work. I just though the OS/sector example wasn't a good one really. I do have to carefully consider how I plan to move forward with these changes. Since I have several people in the house all using it for each of their readers, I though a networked database would be nice. Keep the library on a server and everyone could pull the books that they wanted on their devices over to their systems. (Do this now as all the ebooks are on one system and everyone runs their own Calibre locally.) Problem I am seeing is that nobody wants to have everybody else's books messing up their clean libraries. It is the same with all our music. At the moment we are all holding on 0.8.6 and not upgrading while I figure out what is going to work best for us. Change how we manage our libraries, switch to just use iTunes or the Sony app to manage libraries now or just continue with 0.8.6 and never upgrade. Not sure what we'll do yet. One question, the "faqs" list this as a change to support an "option" of a networked database in the future. What happens if we don't select that option and everything is local? Could things still be worked out to support using the local files in that case? Also, on a side note, if we follow the instructions to "remove from device" after loading the book onto our iDevice, to save the extra space, won't that then delete it from the iDevice the next time we sync as it will no longer be in the iTunes library? Again, you have written a nice piece of software. You have decided to take it in a new direction which is fine. Just have to figure out which direction is best for our particular cases. |
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calibre "forces" you to keep only one copy. The extra copy for itunes is present because of itunes (or more precisely because Apple dont want you to use anything other than itunes to send files to their devices). There is nothing that prevents you from working on files in the calibre library, so there is no need to keep an extra copy to work on. The only restriction is that you don't move the files around outside of calibre.
As for the network backend, once again, it is *optional*. Don't use it if you dont want to, in which case calibre will continue to work as it does today. |
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So, I think this change is a desirable thing, regardless of the network backend. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 07-06-2011 at 03:51 PM. |
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Got it, Thanks. You answered faster than I can correct my typos.
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Apple does want us to use iTunes to sync but they don't force you have have a separate copy. At least up until now as they were happy to use the copy in the Calibre database. This is how all of my music, apps and everything else iTunes syncs is currently handled as I don't use the "copy to iTunes library" option. In my case, I have one copy on a backup drive and then one copy in Calibre which was also used by iTunes so unless I have a copy out to work on for some reason I really only have 2 copies. Now I will have at least 3. BTW, what happens with the unsupported sync with iDevice instead of the connect to iTunes method? Will that go away in this case or will that still be available but unsupported? [Edited to remove a question answered before I could post.] |
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Oh, and thanks again, GRiker, for being so responsive to our concerns about these changes and for your quick work on the changes between .8.7 and .8.8!
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That really is an unfair comment, you know. It's not that Calibre won't let you access its copy. There may not be a local copy and Apple insists upon a local copy. The real problem is that Apple won't let you (or Calibre) put your ebook on an Apple controlled device using anything other than Apple controlled software.
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