John Schember

Calibre is an open-source e-book management tool. Simply put, calibre allows you to organize your e-book library, convert e-books to various formats, and interact with your e-book reader, all in an intuitive and friendly manner. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows – XP, Vista, 7, and 8 – as well as Apple’s OS X (and various flavors of Linux). It was created by Kovid Goyal, who still leads its development. A number of people around the world, including myself, contribute to show more calibre’s development. Throughout this guide and the online docs, you will see ‘calibre’ instead of ‘Calibre’. That’s the convention Kovid chose, so that’s what we use. The purpose of calibre is to simplify the management of your e-book library.

1. Introduction
2. Installing Calibre
3. The Main Library Window GUI
4. Common Tasks: Task 1 Organizing; Task 2 Conversion (2.1 Background; 2.2 Why are there different e-book formats?; 2.3 Conversion basics; 2.4 Auto conversion; 2.5 More robust conversion; 2.6 Limitations of conversion; 2.7 DRM - the bane of conversion}; Task 3 The e-book editor; Task 4: Downloading News; Task 5: Interacting with e-book readers (5.1 Putting an e-book on your e-book reader; 5.2 E-book reader optional configuration) Task 6: The e-book viewer.
5. Where to get help. show less