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|purpose=An e-book management tool, including viewer, migration, and file conversion features among others.
 
|purpose=An e-book management tool, including viewer, migration, and file conversion features among others.
|image=library.png
 
 
|homepage=http://calibre-ebook.com/
 
|homepage=http://calibre-ebook.com/
|license= Open Source
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|license=GNU GPL v3
|platforms= Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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|platforms=Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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|formats_in=EPUB, PDF
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|formats_out=EPUB, PDF
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|function=File Format Migration, Rendering
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|content=Document, EBook
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[[Category:Rendering]]
 
[[Category:File Format Migration]]
 
[[Category:Document]]
 
[[Category:eBook]]
 
 
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
calibre is a free and open source, primarily based in Python, and a cross-platform e-book library management application. The website boasts a number of features including: library management, e-book conversion, syncing to e-book reader devices, the ability to download news from the web and converting it into e-book form, a comprehensive e-book viewer, content server for online access to e-book collection, and an e-book editor for major e-book formats.  
 
calibre is a free and open source, primarily based in Python, and a cross-platform e-book library management application. The website boasts a number of features including: library management, e-book conversion, syncing to e-book reader devices, the ability to download news from the web and converting it into e-book form, a comprehensive e-book viewer, content server for online access to e-book collection, and an e-book editor for major e-book formats.  
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=== Documentation and User Support ===
 
=== 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.
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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 ==
 
== User Experiences ==
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[http://www.macworld.com/article/1160425/calibre.html Macworld: Review]
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[http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/calibre-the-ebook-readers-best-friend-part-1-of-2/ Dear Author Blog: Review]
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[http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Calibre-Review-340940.shtml Softpedia: Review]
  
 
== Development Activity ==
 
== Development Activity ==
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'''Developer Blog for Major Changes''' - http://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new
 
'''Developer Blog for Major Changes''' - http://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new
 
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|ohloh_id=calibre
 
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Latest revision as of 11:24, 9 June 2021


Calibre
An e-book management tool, including viewer, migration, and file conversion features among others.
Homepage:http://calibre-ebook.com/
License:GNU GPL v3
Platforms:Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Input Formats:EPUB, PDF
Output Formats:EPUB, PDF
Function:File Format Migration,Rendering
Content type:Document,EBook


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Description[edit]

calibre is a free and open source, primarily based in Python, and a cross-platform e-book library management application. The website boasts a number of features including: library management, e-book conversion, syncing to e-book reader devices, the ability to download news from the web and converting it into e-book form, a comprehensive e-book viewer, content server for online access to e-book collection, and an e-book editor for major e-book formats.

Platform[edit]

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

Documentation and User Support[edit]

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[edit]

Macworld: Review

Dear Author Blog: Review

Softpedia: Review

Development Activity[edit]

Calibre Changes - http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kovid/calibre/trunk/changes

Developer Blog for Major Changes - http://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new