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.
On 6/20/25 22:48, David Haslam wrote:
A few days ago, I had a crazy thought of the _lateral thinking_ variety.
What if the open source *Calibre* e-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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