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

Error in widget Ohloh Project: unable to write file /var/www/html/extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates/wrt673fbe476ee7a1_90235140

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<!-- Use the structure provided in this template, do not change it! -->
 {{Infobox_tool
-|purpose=Ebook management tool, including viewer and migration support for a range of ebook formats
+|purpose=An e-book management tool, including viewer, migration, and file conversion features among others.
 |image=library.png
-|homepage=http://calibre-ebook.com/
+|homepage=url http://calibre-ebook.com/
-|license=open source
+|license= Open Source
-|platforms=Windows, Linux, OS X
+|platforms= Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
 }}
-<!-- Add one ore more categories to describe the function of the tool. Choose carefully, and view the list of existing categories first (see the Navigation sidebar on the left). The following are common category examples, remove those that don't apply -->
 [[Category:Rendering]]
 [[Category:File Format Migration]]
-<!-- Add relevant categories to describe the content type that the tool addresses. Choose carefully, and view the list of existing categories first (see the Navigation sidebar on the left). If the tool works on any content type, do not add a category. The following are common category examples, remove those that don't apply -->
 [[Category:Document]]
 [[Category:eBook]]
 == Description ==
-<!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. -->
 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]
@@ Line 28: / Line 22: @@
 *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 ==