Sunday, January 31, 2010

Ebook Organization! Who wouldn't want that?

As the title states, I found a great free and open source product called Calibre (pronounced "caliber") created by a man named Kovid Goyal. Mr. Goyal created this product because he wanted his Sony PRS-500 to work on Linux and during this process he created the software to convert the most popular ebook formats to the LRF format (Sony's ebook format). The product grew from there to encompass a wide range of formats and does much more. You can find some of the great features this product has to offer below:
  • Centralized management of ebook collection which includes books, magazines, comics and newspapers
  • Can convert ebooks to a wide range of desired formats
  • Numerous ebook devices supported for default outputing and converting such as e-readers from Amazon, Apple, Sony, Endless Ideas, Google/HTC and Hanlin
  • Edit metadata of collection individually or download metadata and covers from the web
  • Download a wide variety of news from supported news sites to your device

You can find a great demo of Calibre here which shows you all the capabilities discussed above and more. Hope you enjoy it like I did!

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2010 at 6:09 PM

    what are your thoughts on the iPad? a good buy? or just hype?

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  2. MichaelFebruary 1, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    It depends. If you are an avid reader and do a ton of reading over a long period of time (maybe hours of reading on one sitting) then for me, I go for the eink technology from the Kindle becuase I find it is easier on the eyes (the backlighting on any device like the iPad just wears my eyes out too quickly). Also, if you don't need all the extras the iPad gives you such as the apps and web surfing, then there is no real point to getting one.

    However, if you don't read too long in one sitting and would like the capability to surf and have the option to play with different apps then maybe an iPad is right for you. If you already have an iPhone, iTouch or a netbook though I don't think it is worth it.

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