[sword-devel] SWORD Gen-Book modules and Calibre e-Book management software?

[David Haslam]

A few days ago, I had a crazy thought of the lateral thinking variety.

What if the open source Calibree-Book management software were enhanced to support SWORD Gen-Book module format for both import and export?

This could enable SWORD users to use Calibre to convert any of the e-Books in their personal collection and read them with a suitable SWORD or JSword based front-end app.

It would also facilitate users to convert the few existing Gen-Book modules in our repositories and read them using their preferred e-Book reader.

Calibre being open source means there's no proprietary software involved.

All it would take is for some suitably skilled CrossWire software developer to put the effort into adding these capabilities and options to Calibre.

To learn more, please visit https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/README.md

We might even encourage Kovid Goyal to become a CrossWire volunteer, providing he already has an interest in Christ and the Bible (not that I've ever enquired).

Aside: I wonder if our associate Michael Johnson has ever considered whether there might be features in Calibre that might be good to include in Haiola?

Best regards,

David

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