eReaders aren’t just portable displays to read your eBooks on the go.
The difference lies in the display technology.
In fact, they really use an ink-like set-up.
No eyestrain at all!
Earlier this week, my own eReader finally arrived; the Sony PRS-300.
Five inches of pure bliss.
No, not a Kindle.
They’re not only more expensive, but are less crisp and have added glare thanks to their touchscreen-layer.
But don’t mind that, of course touchscreen is necessary to read an eBook!
After playing around with the sample books, it was time to fire up the Calibre eBook management software.
The system is available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Calibre
Calibre is open source eBook management software.
Building Your Own Library
you’re able to import single files or entire directories to Calibre.
The system willtryto determine the book’s title and author from the filename.
Note the emphasis on ‘try’, mistakes are often made.
As I recall,Silmarillionnever wroteJ.R.R.
Uploading eBooks can take a long time - even more than looking for meta-data.
If you’ve got a big directory to import, best do so overnight.
This, together with repeating misclassification, make up the flaws of Calibre.
For use in conjunction with eReaders, there are over a dozen default output formats.
This, of course, does not conclude all there is toCalibre.
More advanced users are only getting started.
