Do not try outCalibre if you are looking for an app to break the Digital RightsManagement (DRM) lock some publishers use to protect the purchaseprice of ebooks they sell. I discovered Calibre while searching for a program that convertede-book formats to the. It works great as a basic EBR, butits functionality is limited to that narrow focus. It isa handy program for accessing the thousands of free titles ofliterature stored on the Internet. My first exposure to e-books other than those distributed in PDFformat was a handy EBR app called “ FBReader,”, a freee-book reader that runs on Linux desktop and portable computers. In many ways, Calibre does for e-books whatother Linux apps do for your digital picture libraries and musiccollections. This opensource app goes far beyond letting you access your collection ofe-books on a computer.

A Linux app called “Calibre” bridges the gap between both readingdevices.Ĭalibre is a free, cross-platform e-booklibrary management application for Linux, OS X and Windows. Depending on your specific needs, both laptop/netbook-basedEBR software and a stand-alone e-book device can be indispensable forportable access to work-related and recreational reading. However, EBRs do not completely replace the need for notebooks andnetbooks.

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