Tag Archives: calibre

Another High-calibre Saturday

Posted on August 8, 2009 by ken

calibre, an e-book reader’s best companion, has been upgraded to v. 0.6.5. In keeping with my history of tips and tricks for installing calibre on Fedora, I offer the following, based on the install I just completed. I’m running Fedora … Continue reading →

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Higher calibre

Posted on July 25, 2009 by ken

calibre, the real deal in e-book management software, has been updated to version 0.6.0. In addition to support for the Kindle DX, there are numerous other enhancements, as detailed in the changelog. Before you can explore the new shininess, you … Continue reading →

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Another Sunday, a new calibre

Posted on May 17, 2009 by ken

calibre 0.5.12 is available and installed on my Toshiba laptop. I’m close to having a race ready Fedora RPM built. Given calibre’s update frequency, maybe I ought to finish the packaging. When that happens, look for a Downloads tab appearing … Continue reading →

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If it’s Saturday, I’m installing calibre

Posted on May 9, 2009 by ken

calibre 0.5.11 now runs strong and tall on my Linux laptop. I wonder how much I’ll really need to reformat personal content after the Kindle DX is on-board. I think the DX is going to handle my PDF manuals just … Continue reading →

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A New Weekend Pastime

Posted on April 26, 2009 by ken

That would be reinstalling calibre. The calibre maintainer is not in the least shy about releasing frequent updates. Considering the number of different readers, operating systems, and ebook formats that he’s supporting, I’m not shocked at this. In fact, it’s … Continue reading →

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Calibre install on Fedora 11 Beta

Posted on April 19, 2009 by ken

I just completed a from scratch, from source install of calibre on my Fedora 11 beta laptop. As documented a couple of posts back, the laptop was installed using the Fedora 11 live USB install method. Here’s what I had … Continue reading →

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A High-calibre Upgrade Bonus

Posted on April 19, 2009 by ken

Fedora 11 includes an upgrade to python 2.6. This is a good thing: I can now install the latest, greatest calibre. calibre is a tool for managing e-book libraries, and is the descendant of the libprs500 software suite, which I … Continue reading →

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