The (mostly non-existent) offerings from SONY. This converter proved to be wildly popular and far better than To implement a converter to convert the most popular e-book formats to LRF. With the help of the fine folks over at and calibre was born, albeitĪt the time there were no satisfactory tools to convert content into the LRF format, used by the SONY reader, so I decided System of choice, so I decided to reverse engineer the USB protocol that it used, to get it working on Linux. The PRS-500 did not work at all with Linux, my operating You focus on the content, calibre will take careĬalibre started life on 31 October, 2006, soon after the release of the SONY PRS-500, the first e-ink based reader to be sold commercially in the US.Īt the time, I was a graduate student, with a lot of time on my hands. It hasĪutomatic style helpers and scripts generating the book’s Mundane things that go with it off your plate. calibre willĪlso detect the format that’s best suited for your deviceĬalibre can also turn your personal documents to e-books
When converting, you can alsoĪutomatically change the book’s style, create a table ofĬontents or improve punctuation and margins. Where you got your e-book from, it’ll be ready for yourĭevice in no time. Or run the calibre Content server and readĬalibre can convert dozens of file types. Your device with you – you can take calibre on a USB stickĪnd use it wherever you are. No matter what PC, laptop or tablet you use, calibre’s calibre will send theīest file format for your device converting it if Transfer your e-books from one device to another in Is compatible with more devices with every update. You will find the book you were looking for in seconds!Ĭalibre supports almost every single e-reader and Sorting functions that use tags, authors, comments and YouĬan also take advantage of the advanced search and
Track which books you’ve read and which ones you liked. Tags, cover or summary) but will also allow you to edit orĬreate metadata in existing or new fields. Of how calibre looks and feels, and try one of the threeīuilt-in library views to browse your book collection usingĬovers, titles, tags, authors, publishers, etc.Ĭalibre not only can download all the metadataįor an e-book (things like title, author, publisher, ISBN, It’s the result of years of tweaking calibre’s interfaceīased on users’ feedback. You’re never more than three clicks away from your goal. You’re looking for almost find themselves on their own. Its context menus are neatly sorted, so the things The vast number of calibre’s featuresĪnd options is always clearly displayed under intuitive Large buttons in the main window take care of Calibre’s user interface is designed to be as simple as
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