E-books are becoming more and more popular, thanks to how easy they are to carry and transfer. Calibre Portable is a small tool that can help you manage the entire library, convert between various formats and sync your e-reader.
The program has a simple interface that should be easy to figure out by all users, regardless of their level of experience.
First and foremost, the tool lets you choose the manufacturer of your device, coming with an extensive list that includes Amazon, Android, Apple, Astak, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, PocketBook and Sony, to name just a few.
After making this selection, the app provides a long list of devices available for each of them.
Books can be added to the program from various directories on the computer. These are listed on the interface with various details, such as the title, author’s name, date, size, rating, tags, name of the series and the date it was published.
The utility lets you edit the metadata of all the items. This should help you filter through the entire library with ease, as the app enables you to view all the authors, languages, series, publishers and file formats stored.
This tool supports a wide range of file formats, including EPUB, LIT, MOBI, AZW, PDF, TXT and DOC, to name just a few. When converting a certain file, you can select one of these, edit the metadata, change the font options, text justification, page setup and format-specific details.
You may also use the program to read e-books straight from the computer screen or send the items straight to your device.
All in all, Calibre Portable is a great tool that can perform a wide range of actions and which is quite useful to all those passionate readers that have an extensive collection of electronic books. Furthermore, since the program is completely portable, it can be launched from any removable device and it shouldn’t leave any traces in the Windows Registry.
Less experienced users should find it easy to handle, thanks to the intuitive interface and layout.
What's New in This Release:
New Features:
· EPUB Output: Add an option to insert an inline Table of Contents into the main text.
· Driver for LG Android phone
· When matching books in the library against the device manually, pre-fill the search field with the book title
Bug Fixes:
· PDF Input: Fix a regression that caused some images to be flipped when converting PDF files that use image rotation operators.
· Fix regression that caused incorrect font size in dropcaps generated by the DOCX input plugin
· Get Books: Fix searching for title and author returning some extra matches, if the title starts with an article like the, a or an.
· PDF Output: Fix extra blank page being inserted at the start of the chapter when converting some epub files from feedbooks
· PDF Output: Workaround bug in WebKit's getBoundingClientRect() method that could cause links to occasionally point to incorrect locations.
· E-book viewer: Fix a bug that could cause the reported position to be incorrect immediately after opening a previously opened book. Thi...