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:
· Add an option to display all virtual libraries as tabs above the book list. Convenient to quickly switch between virtual libraries. To enable, click the Virtual library button and select 'Show virtual libraries as tabs'. You can re-arrange the tabs by drag and drop and close tabs you do not want. Right click on the tabs to restore closed tabs.
· An improved cover trimming algorithm to automatically detect and remove borders and extra space from the edge of cover images. To try it use the 'Trim' button in the edit metadata dialog. This can sometimes remove too much so if you dont like the result, just click cancel. You can make the algorithm more or less aggressive via Preferences->Tweaks
· Allow customizing the comic metadata reader plugin via Preferences->Plugins to read the series index from either the volume or the issue number of the comic.
· Linux MTP driver: Add ids for some newer devices.
· Add a trim cover option to the bulk metadata edit dialog
· Make the book informatio...