Calibre

5.0 stars

"Darn good e-reader"

January 24, 2014  |   By Lestwist40

Version: Calibre 1.21

Pros

Everything works good and always the maker of this software updates this often.

Cons

Found some bugs that always got fixed later.

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1.0 stars

"Packed with adware!!"

January 23, 2014  |   By tyrus4191

Version: Calibre 1.20

Pros

I've always felt confident with using CNET's download.com previously, but downloading Calibre brought all kinds of adware to my computer. That's with me deselecting all of their free offers. I'm not sure if I've found all of it yet. Beware!!

Cons

I've always felt confident with using CNET's download.com previously, but downloading Calibre brought all kinds of adware to my computer. That's with me deselecting all of their free offers. I'm not sure if I've found all of it yet. Beware!!

Summary

CNET needs to have a higher standard for what programs it's making available on its site.

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2.0 stars

"Combines some nice features with some BIG problems."

January 14, 2014  |   By BoopShooba

Version: Calibre 1.19

Pros

Imports books easily, decent reader, with special DRM-stripper plug-in allows backing up of Nook and Kindle files. Easy to learn and use, with a farily intuitive interface, and good on-board documentation. Allows metadata to be edited (but saves in a separate file, so you can't move the new metadata back to your reader). And, it's free.

Cons

The biggest con is that this program is a resource hog. I've found dozens of users who have posted on the web about this, users of both PCs and Macs. This is especially bad when doing book conversions: Calibre runs CPU usage up to 100% on all cores, and gloms onto 2Gb or more of RAM. The net effect is that you can't use any other programs while Calibre conversion is running, or the CPU overheats and the system locks-up.

When this problem was brought to the attention of the developers, they declared it "invalid", and dismissed the issue out of hand.

Summary

This has the potential to be a very good program. Unfortunately, the huge (and apparently unmodifyable)resource requirement for conversion will render the software useless for that function on many users' systems. This, coupled with the unresponsiveness of the developers, has caused me to lower my rating by two stars, and abandon the software.

There is other free eBook software out there, and until Calibre fixes the resource-hog issue, I will be supporting that other software.

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5.0 stars

"Great Product"

December 19, 2013  |   By Smartymalin43

Version: Calibre 1.15

Pros

Best piece of software I've used in years!

After writing a book I wanted to put it on my Kindle and Calibre was great. However, intially I saved my book as a pdf and imported it to Calibre and then onto my Kindel. The problem with this was, 1. I couldn't adjust the font size and 2. every two lines was followed by a space. The solution was to save my word document as a HTML. This worked great! Well done Calibre.

Cons

None that I know of

Summary

Great software, does exactly what it said on the can. I liked it so much I even made a small donation

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5.0 stars

"Just got better!"

December 16, 2013  |   By LesleyZA

Version: Calibre 1.15

Pros

Not only does this program convert seamlessly from epub to mobi, it now has a built-in editor.
Fabulous that I can connect my Kindle and manage my books from Calibre.

Cons

None that I have found. OK, so books bought from Amazon has DRM which the program respects.

Summary

This is one indispensable program for anyone with a large book collection. And anyone who has a Kindle but has friends who read on their iPads!
I love the fact that I can tag my books which means that if I've forgotten the name of the author (happens often!)but know it's a book on wildlife, it's a doddle to find what I'm looking for.

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5.0 stars

"Great tool for novice E-book users."

October 27, 2013  |   By rlmalphus

Version: Calibre 1.8

Pros

Easy to use.

Cons

None found to date.

Summary

This is a valuable tool for E-book readers and it's free!

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4.0 stars

"Does everything I want it to od."

October 23, 2013  |   By steve0215

Version: Calibre 1.6

Pros

Converts formats for me. Also loads periodical publications I read. I don't use it for my book library or reader but it does a great job of doing what I use it for.

Cons

It does many things more than I need, but it seems to be a one program for all functions. Some people may find it hard or confusing.

Summary

For what I use it for it is great!

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5.0 stars

"Calibre does it all and does it best"

September 19, 2013  |   By quiltfanatic1

Version: Calibre 1.2

Pros

Converts your books to the format you wish to read it in.
Sends your converted file to the device where you want to read it.
Organizes all your books better than the local librarian could.
Categorizes your books.
The price is right!!!

Cons

There are no cons. This software is awesome

Summary

Donate to the author of this software and do it often. He deserves it. He put the pleasure back into owning digital books.

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5.0 stars

"WOW! Intuitive*** There is nothing it can't do."

September 4, 2013  |   By loadsy69

Version: Calibre 1.1

Pros

This piece of software was created by someone who knows their way around a library. Organized, fluent, seamless. A pleasure to negotiate.

Cons

Nothing. If I find a problem I'll alert someone.

Summary

Those with issues need to go back and look at their install method.

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4.0 stars

"Fast and easy to use"

August 7, 2013  |   By Shredsec

Version: Calibre 0.9.42

Pros

What I like about this software above all the other forms of ebook publishing software is that it lets you use bullet points and images with no problem. Format all your text nicely in Word (H1, H2, page breaks, etc) and the fast conversion gives you a great epub document in seconds.

Cons

Don't like the way it handles Table Of COntents but create it in Word first.

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