Caliber, everything to manage your digital books

There are many software solutions to manage digital bookstores and caliber is just one of the latter.Available free of charge on Windows, Mac OS and Linux, this tool will therefore allow you to store all your ebooks, of course, but also to transfer them to your favorite reader.In addition, he is able to support most of the market readers and as much to say that if you are a digital player, then this application may be of great use.

Caliber: configuration

Caliber is very easy software to configure.Once installed, it will be enough to launch it to start an assistant who will take you by the hand and who will help you make the most of your reader.To start, you can choose the language of the tool (it supports a lot of languages including French) and you will also have to choose the file of your bookstore.If you use several computers, do not hesitate to store it in your Dropbox, this will effectively allow you to access it from all your bikes.

Then you will have to choose your reader.Depending on your choice, the assistant will offer you different options.For the Kindle, for example, we can indicate our dedicated email address to more easily transfer our ebooks on it.

Caliber: management of the bookstore

After configuring the software, you will find yourself facing caliber.There you are going to have a lot to do.To start, you can add all your ebooks to your bookstore.What is interesting is that you can do it in several ways.Of course, you will be perfectly free to add any directory and under directory of your choice, but you can also add books to your collection by their ISBN.Then, well you will have to be patient and wait very wisely that your books are imported.

Once the operation is carried out, you will find yourself in front of your collection and this is where the serious things will start.In a side column on the left, you will have the possibility of navigating in your digital library by choosing to display all the works of the same author or to go rather on their language, their series, their format or their editor.If you have a well -stocked collection, you should find out more easily.On the other hand, the tool is not perfect and it can sometimes duplicate the data.It all depends on the metadata of your digital books.

Caliber: metadata

Metadata, these are information that is directly implemented in a digital book.Information like the author, the language of the work, its publisher or the series to which it belongs.Exactly like on iTunes, by the way.Anyway, it is thanks to its metadata that caliber will be able to "understand" your bookstore and it is above all thanks to the latter that it can order it.Suffice to say that it is better to be very careful.If you notice abnormal rankings or author duplicates, you just have to select one or more works and click on the "Edit metadata" button ".There, well you will only have to fill the fields that go well to clean up.

In addition, caliber is perfectly capable of connecting to the Internet to get the metadata from your books.To do so, just select a work, edit your metadata and click on the "Download Metadata" button.The tool will then recover all the information that goes well and it will even go so far as to offer you download a coverage.It is very practical but it does not work every time and it is also necessary to edit each book independently.Suffice to say that if you have a big collection, it will be better to plan a little time in front of you.Especially if you have a lot of series elsewhere ...

Caliber: Advanced functions

And caliber does not stop there.The application offers many other features.There is the conversion that will allow you in particular to convert your EPUB files to the Kindle format (which will soon be the subject of an article).Likewise, the software incorporates a viewer that will offer you the possibility of reading your digital books directly from your computer and without having to go through a dedicated utility.Very practical, like the integrated aggregator, an aggregator who will allow you to subscribe to certain sites and therefore send their articles to your favorite reader.Rather useful, especially for those who make a lot of journey.

That's obviously not all, this list is far from exhaustive and you should know that caliber is perfectly capable of communicating with iTunes.If you read on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, you can very easily send your books to these terminals.Same thing, the application also incorporates a search engine that will allow you to find / buy digital books very easily and without having to get out of the software.You will even be able to explore the works that fell in the public domain just to fill your reader without breaking the bank.

In conclusion

In the end, caliber is a really complete application that will undoubtedly render proud services to all lovers of digital readings.Suffice to say that this is a really very rich application.And if we add to that the fact that it is completely free, we immediately understand why you risk throwing yourself very quickly on it.On the other hand, know that its author accepts donations so do not hesitate to reward him if you appreciate his work.

Finally, we can specify that caliber is also available in a portable version.