But that’s mostly because so many books (particularly those from the earlier half of the decade) have HORRIBLE metadata. Yes, it can be a pain to get your library set up. I downloaded Calibre when Jane first posted about it here, but didn’t think I would use it since, at the time, I did not have an ereader. I suspect that there will be more plugins in the future. Here is a thread at MobileReads for the new Custom GUI plugins such as adding internal search features to perfect the metadata of your books. Once you are done, hit Apply (upper left corner)Īnd then Close at the next screen (lower left corner)

Another box should open allowing you to customize your plugin. In the middle bottom is a button that says “customize”. You do this by locating your plugin in the main box. Sometimes, albeit rarely so far, you will have to customize your plugin. You can go up and click on the gray arrows to see if your plugin has been added: There is no confirmation that the add is complete. Once you have your plugin selected and the file path is in the long box, click “add”. In the long space to the left of the blue icon is the file path to your plugin. Click the “open” button and then the dialog box will close. This should launch a dialog box where you can navigate to find your plugin. Once the Preferences screen is open scroll to the bottom and click on Plugins:Ĭlick on the little blue icon on the bottom right. Preferences icon is found in the upper right hand corner of the main navigation bar. This is how you add a plugin to the Calibre program. These plugins can increase the functionality of Calibre. Kovid has written Calibre so that it accepts other programmers’ improvements by allowing plugins to be added. Plus, as I have blogged about before, you can use Calibre as a catalog for even paper books. This is primarily because I like to shop for ebooks at more than one place and Calibre helps me track and maintain my burgeoning ebook library.

Without Calibre, my enjoyment of ebooks would be greatly diminished. He has created, maintained and supported a software program called Calibre and distributes it for free. Kovid Goyal is probably the most generous man of the ebook publishing era. Jane Dear Jane Calibre / Dear Jane 23 Comments

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