TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Calibre http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Calibre now converts .docx files http://www.teleread.com/calibre/calibre-now-converts-docx-files/ http://www.teleread.com/calibre/calibre-now-converts-docx-files/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:15:59 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=86406 This is a huge new feature, and one that makes me very happy. I like to download stories, compile them in Word to make one big document and then use Calibre to convert them into something I can read on an e-reader. And I’m picky; I like my italics, bolding and other formatting. Previously, I’ve [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/calibre/calibre-now-converts-docx-files/feed/ 0 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 11: Even More Plugins! http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/calibre-wrap-up-plugin-palooza/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/calibre-wrap-up-plugin-palooza/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:58:32 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=80686 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 | Ch. 11 TeleRead’s Juli Monroe did a great job explaining what a Calibre plugin is, and how [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/calibre-wrap-up-plugin-palooza/feed/ 2 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 10: Plugins http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-10-plugins/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-10-plugins/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:01:10 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=80464 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 So far everything we’ve written about a number of uses for a default Calibre installation. However, one of [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-10-plugins/feed/ 4 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 9: Calibre Portable http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-9-calibre-portable/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-9-calibre-portable/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:32:06 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=80422 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 Do you spend time on computers that are not your own, but still want your e-book library with you? [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-9-calibre-portable/feed/ 0 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 8: Downloading News http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-8-downloading-news/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-8-downloading-news/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:56:10 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=80288 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 We’ve covered a lot of uses for Calibre so far, including library management, book conversion, and more. But [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-8-downloading-news/feed/ 1 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 7: Conversion Basics http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-7-conversion-basics/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-7-conversion-basics/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:59 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=80013 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 Thank you, Joanna, for that excellent post on setting up shelves for the Kobo reader. I keep thinking [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-7-conversion-basics/feed/ 0 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 6: Managing Kobo Bookshelves http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-6-managing-kobo-bookshelves/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-6-managing-kobo-bookshelves/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:00:13 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=79859 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 Juli Monroe has a done a great job covering some of the ways you can tweak Calibre to [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-6-managing-kobo-bookshelves/feed/ 2 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 5: More Metadata http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-5-more-metadata/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-5-more-metadata/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:00:46 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=79838 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 Some of our readers have been asking questions lately about previous posts in which I discussed metadata, and that’s caused [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-5-more-metadata/feed/ 4 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 4: Calibre Content Server http://www.teleread.com/calibre/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-4-calibre-content-server/ http://www.teleread.com/calibre/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-4-calibre-content-server/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:00:32 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=79762 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 Up until now, we’ve covered mostly basic stuff. This post discusses a more “advanced” and seriously cool feature: [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/calibre/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-4-calibre-content-server/feed/ 7 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 3: Loading Books On Your Device http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-3-loading-books-on-your-device/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-3-loading-books-on-your-device/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:27:54 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=79713 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 If you’re just joining us, so far we’ve covered installing Calibre and setting metadata for library management. Today, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-3-loading-books-on-your-device/feed/ 4 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 2: Setting and Changing Metadata http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-2-setting-and-changing-metadata/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-2-setting-and-changing-metadata/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:19:19 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=79613 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 Many people think of Calibre as an e-book conversion program, and it’s true it does conversion very well. [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-chapter-2-setting-and-changing-metadata/feed/ 14 Using Calibre for E-Book Management, Chapter 1: Downloading and Setting Up http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-downloading-and-setting-up/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/using-calibre-for-e-book-management-downloading-and-setting-up/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:37:13 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=79454 This post is part of TeleRead's "Using Calibre for E-Book Management" Guide: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 Many TeleRead readers are familiar with the incredible e-book management program, Calibre. Some of you are power users. [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/calibre/calibre-update-0-9-19/feed/ 0 Calibre Update — Calibre Portable fits on a USB stick; Full support for Android and Amazon KF8 http://www.teleread.com/calibre/calibre-update-calibre-portable-fits-on-a-usb-stick-full-support-for-android-and-amazon-kf8/ http://www.teleread.com/calibre/calibre-update-calibre-portable-fits-on-a-usb-stick-full-support-for-android-and-amazon-kf8/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:46:17 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=77063 If I’m not mistaken, the last Calibre update we mentioned on TeleRead was 0.8.55, back in early June. Calibre updated to 0.9.15 this past Friday, January 19. But to keep things short and sweet here, we’ll simply list the major new features of the latest release, 0.9. Do bear in mind that, according to Calibre, “many of [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/calibre/calibre-update-calibre-portable-fits-on-a-usb-stick-full-support-for-android-and-amazon-kf8/feed/ 0 Calibre tools for your Android device http://www.teleread.com/android/calibre-tools-for-your-android-device/ http://www.teleread.com/android/calibre-tools-for-your-android-device/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:06:41 +0000 Jon Jermey http://www.teleread.com/?p=72074 Many TeleReaders will be familiar with the Calibre e-book collection manager, that astonishingly powerful and ever-developing software tour de force from Kovid Goyal and his associates. For those that aren’t, Calibre is a free open source multi-platform interface which stores, and provides access to, a collection of hundreds or thousands of e-books in over a dozen different formats. It will find [...]

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