Amazon lets Kindle users (called”Kindleers,” by the way) send e-books and documents in any format fromother sources directly to their Kindle addresses. When I treated myself to an Amazon Kindle e-book reader, Calibrebecame even more essential to me. It also has a built-incontent server so you can access to your book collection from anyInternet-connected computer. It downloads news and magazines from theWeb and RSS feeds and converts them into your specific e-book format.It synchronizes e-books, magazine and news downloads managed on thecomputer to stand-alone e-book reader devices. It also does threeabsolutely vital functions. You do not need a netbook to use Calibre or eventhe FBReader.Ĭalibre makes child’s play of e-book library management, file formatconversion and e-book reading on a computer screen. Calibre’s CapabilitiesĪs much as I liked reading e-books on my netbook with FBReader,Calibre’s built-in e-book viewer provided a one-stop app that madeFBReader unnecessary. Do not try outCalibre if you are looking for an app to break the Digital RightsManagement (DRM) lock some publishers use to protect the purchaseprice of ebooks they sell. I discovered Calibre while searching for a program that convertede-book formats to the. It works great as a basic EBR, butits functionality is limited to that narrow focus. It isa handy program for accessing the thousands of free titles ofliterature stored on the Internet.
My first exposure to e-books other than those distributed in PDFformat was a handy EBR app called “ FBReader,”, a freee-book reader that runs on Linux desktop and portable computers. In many ways, Calibre does for e-books whatother Linux apps do for your digital picture libraries and musiccollections. This opensource app goes far beyond letting you access your collection ofe-books on a computer. A Linux app called “Calibre” bridges the gap between both readingdevices.Ĭalibre is a free, cross-platform e-booklibrary management application for Linux, OS X and Windows. Depending on your specific needs, both laptop/netbook-basedEBR software and a standalone e-book device can be indispensable forportable access to work-related and recreational reading. However, EBRs do not completely replace the need for notebooks andnetbooks.
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