Re: Calibre Ebook Management Software (was Financial Times speculates on death o

Is this intended for the 500 or the 505? I looked at the website and
found some comments about not working in a 64 bit operating system
with the 500 but nothing at all about using it with a 505.

--- In [email protected], Suzanne Francis <suzanne@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> I am going to start a new thread on this to make it easily searchable, 
> and talk up this program, Calibre, which is free to download and open 
> source.  Kovid Goyal wrote the code, and updates it frequently.  It is 
> available for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.  For people 
> like me, who were very unhappy with the quality of the software that is 
> supplied with the Sony Reader, it is an absolute godsend.  Don't get me 
> wrong, the Reader itself is excellent, but I wish they had put a little 
> bit more care into the accompanying user interface. 
> 
> Calibre is easy, intuitive, allows you to edit the meta information for 
> the book, and even includes a utility for converting other file formats 
> to Sony's .LRF.   It also has one of those  cool cover flow things like 
> Itunes.
> 
> In answer to your comment, Elizabeth, no scripting is necessary to run 
> Calibre.  The details are included for those who wish to modify the 
> program in some way.  My download, admittedly for Windows and not Mac, 
> ran perfectly, and continues to do so, through several updates.
> 
> This interface is far superior to the one included with the Sony
reader, 
> and unless you buy everything you read from the Sony Connect store, it 
> is definitely worth trying.  If you download Calibre and use it, pleas 
> make sure to give Kovid Goyal a donation, as he works very hard to keep 
> the program updates and bug-free.
> 
> http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/
> 
> Suzanne


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