Thanks to the simple FanFictionDownLoader plug-in for Calibre, you can make easy-reading copies of fan fiction from the Internet. The program will allow you to find an eBook format that works in all major eReading devices.

Follow this link to see the long list of sites that work with the Calibre plug-in, including these five popular sites: FanFiction.net, Fiction Press, Twilighted, Ficwad and Harry Potter Fan Fiction.

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The update just came out this morning, and it includes a number of bug fixes as well as new support for 2 Android tablets. But it does not include the ability to make KF8 ebooks just yet; that will be coming in a future update.

On a related note, there aren’t very many KF8 ebooks available outside the Kindle Store, so you might need to make your own. You can download the Kindle Previewer from Amazon and use that to convert an Epub, if you like, or you can try one of a handful of demos that I have uploaded over here.

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The update also adds a work-around for bad data from the Amazon servers and it gives Kindle owners a new option to download page counts from GoodReads and add them to an eBook’s metaadata.

Calibre is the leading open source eBook and eReader management tool on the market. It supports conversion from and to a wide variety of eBook formats, and it will also assist you in organizing your eBook library and transferring your eBooks to your eReader (almost all are supported). Calibre is my preferred management tool, by far. I also like it because it can generate ebooks from a number of sources like blogs, websites, and RSS feeds.

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The Kobo Vox is now supported by Calibre, and that means it’s not going to be a lot easier to transfer your Epub and PDF eBooks to your Vox. Admittedly, it wasn’t hard before, but calibre does make it easier to manage an eBook library across several devices.

The update also adds support for several smartphones, direct downloads from a Polish eBookstore, ebookpoint.pl, as well as a number of bug fixes and tweaks.

I’m sure most readers have read this before, Calibre is my preferred eBook and eReader management tool. I think it’s the best free tool for organizing my eBook library and transferring my eBooks to my  eReaders (almost all are supported). It supports conversion from and to a wide variety of eBook formats, and it can draw content from a number of sources like RSS feeds, eBookstores, and free eBook sites.

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Two weeks ago Kobo updated the Kobo PC app and the Kobo Touch eReader with new annotation abilities. Users can now add typed notes, translate a word or phrase, or look up all the notes attached to an eBook.

And now Kobo Touch owners will be able to protect their notes with calibre. Alongside the usual tweaks and bug fixes, today’s update will enable calibre to backup the notes and annotations saved on your Kobo Touch.

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The blog is going to cover both basic operation and some of the more subtle features of calibre. Posts will be published on a weekly basis and each will a walk-through on some eBook activity you can perform with calibre as well as a few points that highlight some tricks to do more and get a better result.

We have covered calibre on eBookNewser in the past and it is well worth the attention. It’s the best freely available open-source eBook management app out there. You can use calibre to convert to and from any number of ebook formats as well as transfer your DRM-free ebooks to and from all major eReaders (and quite a few minor ones).

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Calibre is the leading eBook and eReader management tool. It supports conversion from and to a wide variety of eBook formats. It will also assist you in organizing your eBook library and transferring your eBooks to your eReader (almost all are supported).

Kindle Print Replica is a new format that Amazon quietly introduced last week, and which was first noticed over the weekend. It’s best to think of it as something like a PDF format because (like a PDF)  it was designed to the layout of a print book. Of course, the really fun detail is that a KPR file actually is a PDF file; the only difference is that Amazon wrapped the PDF in its own format. I think they did it because they wanted to use PDFs while still controlling the format.

The update won’t let you make KPR files yet; all you can do is take them apart and get the PDF that is inside. It’s not clear yet when calibre will be able to make the file; the developer who figured out how to take the file apart have told me that there are some technical problems with creating the file.  He’s not sure that he will be able to solve them.

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However, the conversion process is a bit daunting and many converted files end up with unseemly page numbers or headers floating around the text.

If you follow our step-by-step tutorial below, you can convert and clean up his PDF file relatively easily. For instance, let’s pretend your friend Franz Kafka emailed you a PDF copy of his latest novella, The Metamorphosis. Here are the steps…

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Here is more about the update from calibre’s site: “calibre has an all new metadata download system that allows you much more control over the process. For example, you can now choose a cover from many different online sources.”

Click these links to see how to use calibre to read the news for free on a Kindle or a Nook or a Kobo Touch.

Via Paul K. Biba.

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Alongside the tweaks and bug fixes, today’s update adds a new device driver. owners of the Motorola X2 can now use calibre to transfer ebooks to and from the phone. No effort will be required (other than plugging in the X2). The update also adds several new output options for Kindle eBooks as well as better support for reading PDF metadata.

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Today’s update adds a number of bug fixes, tweaks, and a  duplicate feature has been removed. But the important change this week is that calibre now supports direct downloads from Project Gutenberg. On a related note, the Open Library has been removed because its contents duplicated the eBooks accessible through the Internet Archive. Both PG and IA eBooks can be found under the “Get Books” option.

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Today’s update adds support for several more eBookstores, a number of minor feature tweaks, several bug fixes, and one important feature. Calibre now supports the Nook Touch. It was announced on Tuesday and he adds support by Friday. Yes, Kovid does work that fast.

Calibre is the leading eBook and eReader management tool, and that’s not the usual marketing nonsense. It supports conversion from and to a wide variety of eBook formats. It will also assist you in organizing your eBook library and transferring your eBooks to your eReader (almost all are supported).

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While this release does not add any new features itself, it still marks a major milestone in the development road map of calibre. There have been a significant changes to calibre in the year or so since v0.7.0 was first released.

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Calibre is free app that will help you convert eBooks and transfer them to your eReader. It supports a wide variety of eBook formats and just about every eReader on the market.

Kovid is now working on adding support for as many tablets as he can, and he could use your help. You can find out more about getting involved here.

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Alongside the list of big fixes, tweaks, and new features, there’s a quiet mention of a new website. He’s started a site to catalog sources of DRM-free ebooks.

Note that these aren’t ebooks that you can download for free. Some sources will be commercial ebookstores. The point of this new site is that it will help you find ebooks that you know for sure can be converted and loaded on to your eReader.

You can find the site here: drmfree.calibre-ebook.com

FYI: Calibre is free app that will help you convert eBooks and transfer them to your eReader. It supports a wide variety of eBook formats and just about every eReader on the market.

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