The latest articles on Forem by Harikrishna Natrajan (@haritech101). https://forem.com/haritech101 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1248104%2F04aa650f-eacf-4850-8f9c-b3a0c423fa1f.jpg https://forem.com/haritech101 en Harikrishna Natrajan Tue, 16 Jan 2024 09:55:04 +0000 https://forem.com/haritech101/exploring-open-source-1-calibre-e-book-library-pmf https://forem.com/haritech101/exploring-open-source-1-calibre-e-book-library-pmf <p>Kindle may be the # 1 platform to build your e-book collection.</p> <p>But what if you have plenty of PDF, ePub and mobi books lying around in your devices? Downloaded from Gutenberg or by signing up for your favourite mailing list?</p> <p>Are you tired of switching from device to device to read different material? Isn't it annoying that the highlights you created inside a book on one device aren't available on another device?</p> <p>Enter Calibre.<br> Move all your randomly and repetitively stored e-books from your different devices into a single safe book library online. Calibre is an open-source e-book shelf and reader.</p> <ul> <li><p>Never lose an e-book. Stop wasting your precious time searching. Calibre makes your e-books available to you anywhere, anytime to all your devices from a single place online.</p></li> <li><p>Stop fiddling with different apps for different book formats. All you need is your browser. For ePub, mobi &amp; several e-book formats. Customise the appearance to make reading pleasing and less strainful.</p></li> <li><p>Read when offline. When you start reading a book, Calibre stores it offline.</p></li> </ul> <p>You can see a quick tour of Calibre and even try it yourself at <a href="https://calibre-demo.tech101.in">https://calibre-demo.tech101.in</a>.</p> <p>Please let me know what you think of Calibre in your comments.</p> opensource selfhost calibre