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<p>That is a good thought, David. Although there is no way I have
the bandwidth to do anything more with the Calibre source code, I
did use some ideas from it in the past while creating the PDF
generator in Haiola.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/20/25 22:48, David Haslam wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A
few days ago, I had a crazy thought of the <u>lateral thinking</u>
variety.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">What
if the open source <span
style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Calibre</b> </span><span>e-Book
management </span>software were enhanced to support SWORD <b>Gen-Book</b>
module format for both import and export?</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This
could enable SWORD users to use <b>Calibre</b> to convert any
of the e-Books in their personal collection and read them with a
suitable SWORD or JSword based front-end app.<br>
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It would also facilitate users to convert the few existing <b>Gen-Book</b>
modules in our repositories and read them using their preferred
e-Book reader.<br>
<br>
<b>Calibre</b> being open source means there's no proprietary
software involved.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">All
it would take is for some suitably skilled CrossWire software
developer to put the effort into adding these capabilities and
options to <b>Calibre</b>.<br>
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To learn more, please visit <span><a target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener"
href="https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/README.md"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/README.md</a></span><br>
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<div class="protonmail_signature_block-user">We might even
encourage <b>Kovid Goyal</b> to become a CrossWire
volunteer, providing he already has an interest in Christ
and the Bible (not that I've ever enquired).<br>
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<u>Aside</u>: I wonder if our associate Michael Johnson has
ever considered whether there might be features in <b>Calibre</b>
that might be good to include in <b>Haiola</b>?<br>
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Best regards,<br>
<br>
David </div>
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