Calibre is a free cross-platform application with open initial code developed for electronic book users with a large number of opportunities.
It is not just the reader, this is a real "set" for work with electronic books. It consists of several parts; the first one is a reader. It can read anything that it is possible to read in general. It has a set of settings and various possibilities, working with can bring the mass of pleasure.
Library management
Calibre presents a good opportunity to manage your collection of books. The program concept — is a set of identical books in different formats, which are represented as one book in the library.
It is possible to sort and search books by metadata, such as: name, author, date of publication, addition date, size, series of books, rating and so on. In addition, there is a support of tags, comments and reviews.
You can easily find the necessary book by means of simple search or using the expanded search.
The program will organize added books in accurate hierarchical structure of folders on your hard disk, so you will be able to work with your library even without the program.
Besides, Calibre can search metadata about books and covers on the Internet by name, author or ISBN. The system of metadata search is defined by plug-ins and easily can be expanded independently (the English literature search works pretty good)
Book converter
Calibre supports converting from a bundle of formats to many of others.
Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT
Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, TCR, TXT
The converting process possesses a set of options, such as font size change, creation of book structure, footnotes and so on.
Synchronization with readers
Calibre uses a modular driver system for readers, which allows adding new devices. The program supports a great number of devices now. During synchronization, Calibre chooses the most suitable format itself or if there is no a necessary one — converts into the demanded one. Also, it adds all necessary metadata and information about book series into the reader.
News downloading and converting to the book
Calibre contains 300 news sources now. Having read the manual, you can add new sources easily.
The built-in reader for books
Calibre contains built-in programs for reading all supported book formats.
Content web server
Calibre has a built-in web server for remote library management. It can download and send books to you via e-mail.
If you like reading from mobile screens (or from screens of various electronic e-book readers), Calibre – is just all you need!
You can download Calibre here