Calibre

It is time to once again sing the praises of Calibre.  It’s a wonderful ebook management tool that you need, whether you have a Sony Reader, an iPad, a Kindle, or a nook.  It allows you to organize all your books and synch them to your reader.  It is constantly updated and improved.  Best of all, it’s free, though donations are appreciated.  Download it at the following link: http://calibre-ebook.com/

Calibre

I’ve mentioned Calibre before. With all the ebooks available online, you need this program. It will keep track of your ebooks for you and will convert from almost any ebook format to almost any other ebook format. Best of all, it’s free. Get it here.

Calibre

I’ve blogged about Calibre before. It is a wonderful program written and constantly updated by Kovid Goyal. Version .612 is now out. It works with virtually any ebook reader or with none at all. It converts books from one format to another and it organizes and saves your ebook library for you. Best of all, it’s free– though donations to the creator are accepted. Download it here.

Sony PRS-505 and Calibre

I love my new Sony PRS-505 book reader. I’m not going to get involved in the format wars. I considered a Kindle before I bought my Sony after all, and I gave that up back in 1985 when I bought my Amiga. What I will tell you is that you won’t be disappointed in a digital book reader if you are a book lover. They are great. I’ve been reading much more than I have in a long time.

If you buy a Sony Reader, you must download the Calibre program. You can get it here. This program allows you to convert just about any ebook format into the native Sony format. In fact, the ebooks converted this way can be created with all the possible features enabled, such as hotlinked tables of contents. Though the reader displays pdf files just fine, I find that I can make them easier to read by converting them with Calibre. I can change the font size and set up a table of contents in about twenty seconds.