Comment by slightwinder
3 years ago
Awesome is disbutable. The amount of awesome parts is equal to the amount of aweful parts. Calibre is really a prime example of product which shines despite the manifold deep flaws. And this makes it really problematic, as it seems to dominate it's space so strong, that no many even care to work on an alternatives. Very problematic for the health of the ebook-space.
Let's say it differently. It is the best ebook manager by far, because for 90% of features it's basically the only one...
I think you should start an alternative.
It is easy to criticize, but it takes a toll to fix books in ebook processing. I had to do some minor ePub work and I was like „WHAT, that’s the standard? This can’t be right“ but yeah the formats are trash and complicated. To be dedicated over a decade to fix and develop software is hard.