

It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:Ĭalibre manages your e-book collection for you. Nonetheless, calibre should be pronounced as cali-ber, not ca-libre"Ĭalibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

The libre in calibre stands for freedom, indicating that calibre is a free and open source product, modifiable by all. "The name calibre was chosen by my wife, Krittika. Simply un-install calibre and install 3.48, doing so will not affect your books/settings. The two calibre installs will use the same book library, plugins and settings.Note If you are using Windows 7 or Vista please, use calibre 3.48, which works with all Windows 7/Vista machines, from here. Note 64bit calibre can be installed at the same time as 32bit calibre. If you are using macOS 10.8 (Mountain Lion), the last version of calibre that will work on your machine is 2.85.1, available here.ĭownload for Windows: 32 bit and 64 bit Versions available.If you are using macOS older than 10.14 (Mojave), the last version of calibre that will work on your machine is 3.48, available here.In order to show calibre in a different language, open the preferences (by pressing ⌘+P) and select your language.You must drag it to a folder on your filesystem (The Desktop, Applications, wherever).

