Ebook management software Calibre has now reached version 1.0, seven years after it was first released and a year since the last major release. Lots of new features have been added to calibre in the last year — a grid view of book covers, a new, faster database backend, the ability to convert Microsoft Word files, tools to make changes to ebooks without needing to do a full conversion, full support for font embedding and sub-setting, and many more, which are listed below. However, it should be pointed out that many of the features listed below were actually introduced during the lifetime of Calibre’s 0.9.x series.
- A grid view of book covers
- A new, faster database backend
- Virtual Libraries
- Conversion of Microsoft Word documents (.docx files)
- New metadata download sources
- Full support for font embedding
- An easy to use tool to edit the Table of Contents in ebooks
- Rewritten PDF output engine
- New “Polish books” tool that allows users to carry out various automated clean-up actions on ebooks
The developers of Calibre also believe now is an appropriate time to express their thanks to all the developers who have contributed many of the major new features listed above. An incomplete list of contributors is available here.
Calibre 1.0 is now available for download for Linux, MacOS and Windows.