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How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...) (literature.cafe)
 

How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...)

I think they should all belong to the same folder, but that's not how Calibre works. Is there any way to keep books organized after "Save to Disk"? (I use Kavita)

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How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...) (literature.cafe)
 

How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...)

I think they should all belong to the same folder, but that's not how Calibre works. Is there any way to keep books organized after "Save to Disk"? (I use Kavita)

switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] mama9243@literature.cafe 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kobo, Kindle, and Boox all have their questionable history. There is no one e-ink company with a good reputation.

political and social activism is what matters

switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] mama9243@literature.cafe 0 points 3 days ago

Kobo, Kindle, and Boox all have their questionable history. There is no one e-ink company with a good reputation.

Which one is ethical enough to buy from?

switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] mama9243@literature.cafe 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kobo, Kindle, and Boox all have their questionable history. There is no one e-ink company with a good reputation.

political and social activism is what matters

switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] mama9243@literature.cafe 3 points 3 days ago

that of course, but don't forget political and social activism

switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion in c/books@lemmy.world
[–] mama9243@literature.cafe 10 points 3 days ago (9 children)

The video is basically saying: don’t force yourself to switch from your Kindle. If you don’t already own an e-ink device and really need one, of course don't buy kindle! What really stuck with me is how the video points out that ethical consumerism is kind of impossible to achieve. I really want to argue with that but honestly I can’t.

So the solution is not throw away your kindle, but political and social activism.

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Change Calibre Default Library Location by Editing Config File (literature.cafe)
 

There is no option to change the default location of the Calibre library in the built-in UI, but you can edit the config file to do this.

Calibre stores its default library path in global.py.json. You can change it directly:

Go to Windows: %APPDATA%\Roaming\calibre\global.py.json

"library_path": "C:\\Books\\Library",

Change the path to your new library location

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Change Calibre Default Library Location by Editing Config File (literature.cafe)
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There is no option to change the default location of the Calibre library in the built-in UI, but you can edit the config file to do this.

Calibre stores its default library path in global.py.json. You can change it directly:

Go to Windows: %APPDATA%\Roaming\calibre\global.py.json

"library_path": "C:\\Books\\Library",

Change the path to your new library location

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switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion (www.youtube.com)
 

I believe the solution for all this Amazon Kindle shenanigan is not about buying a Kobo. It's about how we do not allow corporations to determine how we protest. Responsible consumption combined with political and social activism is a more sustainable way to challenge corporate power.

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How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...) (literature.cafe)
 

How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...)

I think they should all belong to the same folder, but that's not how Calibre works. Is there any way to keep books organized after "Save to Disk"? (I use Kavita)