A KDE Dev finds a flaw in Calibre's mount system

[baggyeyes]

A KDE developer discovered a serious security flaw in the way Calibre mounts eBook readers and tablets. The resulting bug list discussion was surprising, to say the least.

http://blog.zx2c4.com/702

I have to say, even though the mount system was removed, I can't say I have much confidence in Calibre's developer right now.

Comments

[valiha]

Right now I just use it to convert my fics, although I dislike how it adds css styling to each and every single paragraph. What's the point of that?

[baggyeyes]

What OS do you use? I'm going to look for alternatives as well in converting text into ebooks.

[valiha]

Windows, and I'd be interested in finding a good alternative for conversion as well.

[baggyeyes]

Well, so far, I'm looking at Stanza Desktop, and Sigil and ECub for conversion. I haven't tried any of these yet, though. I'd prefer free as in speech and free as in zero dollars, but, my initial search hasn't been extensive yet.

These are all cross-platform, by the way.

[valiha]

I'm familiar with Sigil and have used it extensively, but it doesn't covert several fics automatically: you can import a single html file, insert images and chapter breaks and save as epub, or you can build an epub yourself. It will recognize any mistakes in coding you make and correct them, but it's not made for bulk conversions. It's mostly for checking and correcting pre-existing epubs. It's ben a long time since I used eCub, but I think it also can do only one book at a time.

The advantage of calibre is the multiple files conversion (and stripping DRM through use of plugins). That is the one thing I can't give up on, since the time I can set aside for editing and converting my fics is extremely limited. I will check Sanza Desktop, thank you for the link, and if it can do that, I'll be very happy using it.

[baggyeyes]

Well, I haven't found anything yet for myself. But I found a converter for winodws that claims it does batch processing. Hamster Free eBook Converter

[baggyeyes]

Well, Stanza's nice, but it is more of a reader. Boo. Looking at Bookpedia, though it is roughly $19. US. (Mac)