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ebook library management software

Calibre is a free and open-source manager software, available for Microsoft , Mac and . It can manage a great number of ebook formats, including , and .

Its main features are:

  • Library Management
  • E-book conversion
  • Syncing to e-book reader devices
  • Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
  • Comprehensive e-book viewer
  • Content server for online access to the book collection

http://calibre-ebook.com/

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"Merging" two books in Calibre's index

I've bought some digital books, and I was supplied with both the PDF and the mobi format. Adding them to Calibre, they are treated as different books, and strangely they also have different metadata (the PDF versions miss publisher and author…
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How to completely remove Calibre under Linux?

I installed calibre manually under Debian Linux Squeeze. Compare to its functionality, the mime-type problem of calibre drives me crazy! It associates almost everything with itself! Almost everything failed if I try to open some file using xdg-open…
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How do I log in to 'Send to Kindle' with two factor authentication enabled

I use the Send to Kindle desktop application to send epub ebooks converted to Mobi format to my Kindle. Since enabling two factor authentication (using Authy code generator), I am unable to log the app in to Amazon and so unable to upload this…
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How to combine different editions of the same book in Calibre?

I have the first and second editions of the same book with me. If I include them in Calibre, they are shown as separate entities. Rather, I want them to be shown together (like, how files of the same book but different file types, are shown…
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Export import calibre database

I am using calibre for my e-book management software. Is there any way to export import whole database (Tags, tiles, authors list), so that I can import to another machine?
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Convert EPUB to PDF with original (print) formatting?

I really hate .epub format. I have tried several online and downloaded tools to convert some .epub books I have to PDF, but it still is unsatisfactory as the original page breaks are not preserved and the formatting always messes up, text is too…
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How do I catalog/access eBook files in their original location?

I am looking for a way to assign tags to existing .pdf's (or other ebook files formats) without having to modify/move/copy any of them, on Windows. This is due to me already having them in an organized folder structure that I like. How do I manage…
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How to convert DJVU's to PDF in calibre?

Im trying to use Calibre to upload some ebooks to my Kobo ebooks reader. When trying to do that, Calibre first tries to convert the file to EPUB but fails in this step. The uploaded files are EPUB files which have only the convers plus a blank page,…
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Are there any ways to limit the resource usage of Calibre?

I'm trying to upload a collection of books to my Kindle using Calibre and its resource usage is through the roof: While its usage of all my cores is impressive, this may be a bit extreme. Is there any way to limit the amount of RAM/CPU that Calibre…
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How to disable library book file names transliteration in Calibre?

Whenever I import a book co the Calibre eBook manager library it converts the names/titles to English removing all the accents from European words and replacing non-Latin (e.g. Russian) words with their romanizations. There is no technical necessity…
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How do you toggle the sidebar and topbar in Calibre to create a clutter free viewing area for a document?

At one time this was not possible at all in Calibe. Is it possible now and what are the steps one would take to toggle the sidebar?
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How to read ebooks in continuous scrolling mode and save highlights?

I'm looking for a way to manage my academic workflow for reading e-books in .epub or .mobi formats on OSX. My requirements: continuous scrolling mode ability to highlight text (e.g. in yellow, using a single keyboard shortcut) ideally, the…
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To search contents of books in Calibre

The manual says that you can search a book, here. However, I am not sure if this is about its content. I have not managed to find a way to search the content in OSX's Calibre in Yosemite 10.10.3. GUI in Advanced Search: where I get no matches…
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How to copy book details from Calibre?

I would like to copy book information (at least book title and author) from Calibre using Ctrl + C into any text editor. For example, the output could be like this: Charles Dickens - Great Expectations. How to do it?
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How can I remove the DRM from a pdf I've bought on google play books?

I've tried for days using DeDRM_Tools as a Calibre plugin, it doesn't work. I've even run Epubor and used it on Wine, the program runs smoothly, but it didn't remove the DRM, unfortunately. I've just run into this question How to read an ACSM file…
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