Difference between revisions of "Calibre"

	An e-book management tool, including viewer, migration, and file conversion features among others.
Homepage:	"url http" has not been listed as valid URI scheme.url http://calibre-ebook.com/
License:	Open Source
Platforms:	Linux, Mac OS X, Windows

Revision as of 23:48, 5 October 2014

Description

calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:

Library Management
E-book conversion, supporting a large number of formats
Syncing to e-book reader devices
Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
Comprehensive e-book viewer
Content server for online access to your book collection
E-book editor for the major e-book formats

Platform

calibre currently runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Documentation and User Support

The webpage links to a user manual, available here. Their support also includes a list of Frequently Asked Questions, helpful tips and tricks in their blog, and a Forum among other resources.

User Experiences

Development Activity

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 == Description ==
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 calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:
 *Library Management
 *[http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#what-formats-does-app-support-conversion-to-from E-book conversion, supporting a large number of formats]
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 *Content server for online access to your book collection
 *E-book editor for the major e-book formats
+=== Platform ===
+calibre currently runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Linux.
+=== Documentation and User Support ===
+The webpage links to a user manual, available [http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/ here]. Their support also includes a list of [http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html Frequently Asked Questions], helpful tips and tricks in their [http://blog.calibre-ebook.com/ blog], and a [http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166 Forum] among other resources.
 == User Experiences ==