Publisher's Description
From Kovid Goyal:
Calibre is a one stop solution to your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design. Calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer.
Calibre's features include: library management; format conversion (all major ebook formats); syncing to e-book reader devices; fetching news from the Web and converting it into ebook form; viewing many different e-book formats; giving you access to your book collection over the internet using just a browser.
What's new in this version:
New Features
- Kindle Touch/4 driver: Upload cover thumbnails when sending books to device by USB to workaround Amazon bug of not displaying covers for sync-enabled books
- Support for updating metadata in FB2 files
- Set a different background color when choosing formats to not delete as opposed to choosing format to delete. Closes tickets: 1001741
- E-book viewer: Add an option to prevent the up and down arrow keys from scrolling past page breaks
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All versions:
3.6 starsout of 22 votes
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"Killed my Kindle"
Version: Calibre 0.8.51
Pros
I have nothing good to say about it.
Cons
I converted the e-book file to be kindle-compatible, and then installed it on my kindle. It basically killed my kindle, and I am unable to start it up. I've tried all the tricks to get it working again, but to no avail.
Summary
Big mistake.
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"Useful but Ugly"
Version: Calibre 0.8.8
Pros
Converts to different ebook formats
Cons
GUI and Icons could use some work
Summary
You can convert from and to different formats; epub, mobibook, pdf, etc..
Needs a better looking interface and icons. Try to get a mac designer to work on this. -
"Important functionality but confusing array of options"
Version: Calibre 0.8.4
Pros
Allows filing as well as access
Cons
non-intuitive interface
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"Outstanding program for its use."
Version: Calibre 0.7.50
Pros
Easily imports books, no matter their formatting. Even works with ebooks which are not designed for an electronic reader. Allows reformatting to meet your needs. Can, in most cases, retrieve the metadata for your ebook.
Cons
If you aren't careful with your settings and selections, if you can delete your files without realizing that your doing so until their gone. Be sure to read the online program manual or you may be sorry.
Summary
I have thousands of digitized books in PDF format on my old Mac which I thought I was going to lose. This program allowed me to batch convert these files to text files which I will be able to use on whatever system I get to replace my dying computer.
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"Good tool, bad interface"
Version: Calibre 0.7.49
Pros
Offers eBook conversion, allowing us Kindle types to convert ePubs, etc.
Cons
A clearly "cross platform" interface, keeps its files in odd places, insists on running as a library rather than merely a tool.
Summary
A fantastic quality tool for free, but insists a little too much on trying to become the centre of your electronic book collection.
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"unusable - won't open"
Version: Calibre 0.7.48
Pros
none that I could ascertain
Cons
unusable - I get message " You cannot open the application "Calibre" because it is not supported on this architecture"
Summary
waste of download time
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"App good, review demand ******"
Version: Calibre 0.7.44
Pros
App good, review demand ******
Cons
App good, review demand ******
Summary
App good, review demand ******
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"Good reader and converter for Mac, Windows and Linux"
Version: Calibre 0.7.44
Pros
Read many files. Now it is also possible to read many files such as Lit, ePub, PDB, PRC with Calibre. And also you can convert it to Epub. Calibre convert it to the E-reader you use the most. I use iPad the most.
Cons
i would like to have an update inside the software. Now i must go every time to the website to download the updates.
Summary
best converter for e-books for free. When i have to pay for it i really should do it.
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"Versatile ebook reader/format converter"
Version: Calibre 0.7.43
Pros
Handles most ebook formats, converts among formats
Cons
Operation is not always intuitive
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"best product to convert ebooks"
Version: Calibre 0.7.42
Pros
easy to use for convert pdb to ePub or every other file to ePub
Cons
it can't convert every file
Summary
I love to use it to convert my ebooks. I can import pictures to use as cover of the ebook. I also like to download the latest news and to import it in iTunes iBook.
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