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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: [Meta] Wait, you sort your books how???
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In article <v7gdb2$3hv9p$1@dont-email.me>,
BillGill  <tonisdad215@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 7/19/2024 3:01 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:
>> On 7/19/2024 12:25 PM, rkshullat@rosettacondot.com wrote:
>>> Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
>>>> [snip-snip]
>>>>
>>>> Indeed. I started using removable labels and word processor-based
>>>> catalogs some decades ago. As an added bonus, you can fit more books
>>>> into a bookcase if you separate hardcovers/trade paperbacks from mass
>>>> market paperbacks, then double-stack them. A balanced mix of bindings
>>>> can accommodate 700-800 books per bookcase.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, e-books and e-readers have changed the equation over the last
>>>> 10-20 years, but that's a whole different can of worms.
>>>
>>> Hijacking the thread...
>>> What software do you (or anyone else reading this) use to organize your
>>> collection? [snip-snip]
>> Basic word processing software like Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer 
>> or even Notepad scales up reasonably well. It doesn't support bar-code 
>> based automation, but it's straightforward, flexible and compatible with 
>> Kindle/other e-readers.
>> 
>> On the e-book side, Calibre (https://calibre-ebook.com/) is a very nice 
>> tool. Perhaps the UI is not as polished as what a major company might be 
>> able to do, but it's very powerful. It also comes with lots of useful 
>> add-ons like FanFicFare, which lets you create (and automatically 
>> update!) ebooks from Web serials hosted by RoyalRoad, SpaceBattles, AO3, 
>> etc.
>I have Calibre and it is a good program.  The only problem
>with it is that there is no longer any way to break the Kindle
>coding, so it can't handle Kindle books.  I do use it when I
>digitize books, because it makes it easy to convert text from
>a word processor to EPUB.  Then it can be sent do any device
>that has a program that can read EPUB (tablet, phone, or whatever).
>
>Bill

It can certainly still break the coding for ".azw" & ".azw3", which my old
Kindle uses.  I had not heard there were problems with newer ones.
However:

	Buy the ebook.

	From the "Manage Content & Devices" page, download it.
	Say it is for your old kindle, even if you no longer have it.

	Run the azw/azw3 through Calibre.

	Voila.

Of course, this assumes you still have your original Kindle serial
etc in Calibre.

Fallback:  Buy the ebook.  Download the cracked version from "elsewhere"
and put it in Calibre.
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