Calibre's Amazing News Feature

2 years ago by silkroadtraveler to c/opensource

Huge shout-out to Kovid Goyal's Calibre! I've been expanding my use of Calibre for months and finally decided to try out the "Fetch News" functionality this past week. I was floored! I have over 50 news sources that auto-fetch every day. It took me awhile to refine the sources that work, but now I can read all my news natively in Calibre.

I've been working on debugging why some of the news sources fail to fetch to learn more about Calibre and to design my own fetching for custom news sources. But, I'm a programming newb so that will take me awhile

On a related note, another Calibre feature that has helped me organize my life is "Virtual Libraries". I was finally able to separate my library into 3 categories that enable me to stay focused. For me these were:

  1. Hobby Reading
  2. News & Magazines
  3. Study and Resources It takes almost no time at all to set up this functionality.

Thank you Kovid and everyone who contributes to this amazing OS project!

skeezix 25 points 2 years ago

I’m very excited about the disk defragmentation tool being added and the new grocery shopping price comparator matrix. This is a fantastic ereader.

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silkroadtraveler 1 point 2 years ago
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MenacingPerson 6 points 2 years ago

I'm preeeetty sure that's sarcasm

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silkroadtraveler 1 point 2 years ago
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Churbleyimyam 19 points 2 years ago

Calibre is fantastic software.

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steeznson 19 points 2 years ago path: 0 11432776, hotness: undefined, score: 19, children: 2
theshatterstone54 2 points 2 years ago

I hope not. I see the Arch packager there, and I'm not sure if they'd have continued to package calibre after Arch got rid of Python 2.

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steeznson 2 points 2 years ago

I was talking to that guy on IRC yesterday. He was saying he still stands by his defence of Kovid in that thread. The people asking for the change were not submitting patches, just demanding that he undertake a multi-year porting effort because they wanted him to. Ultimately it did end up being ported to py3 and the process did take several years in the end.

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YodaDaCoda 12 points 2 years ago

I don't enjoy how Calibre works. The way it manages its library in a folder separate to where/how I store my ebooks rubs me the wrong way. It also seems to like adding itself to metadata and messing with stylesheets.

I gotta admit though, nothing else even comes close to replacing it.

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tuckerm 11 points 2 years ago

Wow, that name is familiar! I had no idea that the maintainer of Calibre is also the maintainer of kitty (a terminal emulator). Someone is busy!

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silkroadtraveler 10 points 2 years ago

Also, if you like to view by covers, here is what it looks like in Cover Grid Layout!

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davel 7 points 2 years ago

Wow I did not expect to get dropped into a Python script editor when I clicked on New Recipe → Switch to advanced mode 😂

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azron 4 points 2 years ago

Is there a good mobile workflow for this?

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silkroadtraveler 4 points 2 years ago

Not sure whether this would meet you or anyone competent’s criteria for “good”, but here is mine:

  • Syncthing my Calibre Library folder on my primary PC
  • Mobius Sync to my iPhone
  • Load books (saved in main folder by author name sortable by date modified) or news (they’re saved in “calibre” folder by publication name) to iOS Books app or PDF in native Files app

That way I load whatever I am currently reading.

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gramgan 3 points 2 years ago

I recommend the PDF Expert app by Readdle. I’ve never paid a cent for the pro features, but I like the free dark mode.

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silkroadtraveler 1 point 2 years ago

Oh yes that's much needed, thank you.

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mipadaitu 3 points 2 years ago

That's awesome, look forward to trying it out.

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HotsauceHurricane 2 points 2 years ago

Didnt know about this! FANTASTIC STUFF

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ryannathans -23 points 2 years ago

Oooo foss propaganda browser /s

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silkroadtraveler 6 points 2 years ago

Who in FOSS hurt you?

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NickwithaC 6 points 2 years ago

no one, but apparently the news did.

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