Calibre is an open source e-book library management application that enables you to manage your e-book collection, convert e-books between different formats, synchronize with popular e-book reader devices, and read your e-books with the included viewer.
It acts as an e-library and also allows for 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.
Calibre 6.27 changelog:
New features
- Kobo driver: Support updated firmware
- Nook driver: Add support for Nook Glowlight Plus 2023
- Data files manager: Allow drag and drop of files onto the list of files to add new files
- Support 7z archives in addition to ZIP and RAR for automatic ebook extraction when adding to calibre
- Linux/macOS: Fix detection of the Kindle Scribe with MTP firmware
- E-book viewer: Allow clearing list of recently opened books from the open button’s popup menu itself
- E-book viewer: Add a link to show the currently viewed book in the calibre library (Go to->Metadata in the viewer controls to access it)
Bug fixes
- Book information dialog: Fix a regression that caused incorrect color for titles in dark mode
- E-book viewer: Fix searching does not jump to first match if all matches are before current position in book
- EPUB Output: Fix duplicated title page entry in spine for books that define a title page that ends up getting split
- Allow for-light/dark-theme icon overrides to work for plugin icons placed by the user in the override folder
- PDF Output: Fix background image + text not rendering correctly if the same background image is used with different text multiple times
- E-book viewer: Fix section titles in highlights panel being incorrectly expanded to full titles when the section has multiple highlights
- Prevent Quickview window from opening in the background
- Edit book: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused an error when doing text based searches
New news sources
- Times of India Print Edition by unkn0wn
- Hindu Feeds based by unkn0wn
- Australian Financial Review by unkn0wn
Improved news sources
- Ambito
- Financial Times
- USA Today
Download: Calibre 6.27 | Portable | ~100.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Calibre 6.27 for MacOS | 285.0 MB
Download: Calibre 6.27 for Linux
View: Calibre Home Page | Calibre Screenshot
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