

On 31 October 2006, when Sony introduced its PRS-500 e-reader, Kovid Goyal started developing libprs500, aiming mainly to enable use of the PRS-500 formats on Linux. Books in other formats like MOBI must first be converted to those formats, if they are to be edited. Editing books is supported for EPUB and AZW3 formats. Calibre supports organizing existing e-books into virtual libraries, displaying, editing, creating and converting e-books, as well as syncing e-books with a variety of e-readers. You must also already use calibre to manage your library of ebooks.Calibre ( / ˈ k æ l ɪ b ər/, stylised calibre) is a cross-platform free and open-source suite of e-book software. You must install and use one of the many excellent reader apps available. Calibre automatically updates all the book metadata stored by CC to match the latest in your library.ģ) CC can connect to calibre’s content server or to your cloud provider to browse your library and download books to your device. Once connected, you use calibre to move books to and from your device. launch your book reader application to read a bookĢ) CC can connect to calibre over WiFi and be detected by calibre as a device. mark books read and sync this information with calibre. sort and group books by their metadata. view a book's metadata (author, tags, series, rating, dates, etc.).

Once you put books on your device using one of the connection methods described below you can: a calibre content server and cloud provider client (Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive)ġ) CC is a device-based calibre library organiser. a high-performance WiFi-based calibre device emulator

a superb device-based calibre library organiser Calibre Companion (CC), recommended by calibre developers, is three applications in one:
