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How to make an Amazon-free Kindle (notes.ghed.in)
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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don’t let the ugly UI scare you off. Once you get past that awful first impression, Calibre turns out to be a pretty great app.

Couldn't have said it better myself. The UI looks ancient and cartoonish, but once you actually start using it, you don't even notice because of what it can actually do.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice web frontend that doesn't look like 1993:
https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 1 month ago

I run that, but somehow the web database got borked when I setup the Kobo Sync. DB works fine in Calibre desktop but web UI only shows new books unless I search for them. Haven't messed with it much, but on my to-do list to figure out why.🤦‍♂️