Calibre
Open source ebook manager for organizing libraries, converting formats, and syncing e-readers.
Recommended for managing ebook collections,123 converting between formats,45 and sending books to e-readers such as Kobo, including over wifi.6789 The main complaint is a clunky interface, with one commenter calling the UI godawful.10
Why people recommend it
E-reader syncing · 3
Commenters use it to load and sync books onto Kobo and other e-readers, including over wifi.
“I have ebooks in Calibre, which I use to sync them over to the Kobo.”
“use calibre with the kobo plugin”
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Library management · 3
Recommended for organizing an existing ebook collection.
“I would recommend looking into calibre for managing such titles.”
“you can also load them manually through something like Calibre if you already have a collection of ebooks”
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“I have ebooks in Calibre, which I use to sync them over to the Kobo.”
Format conversion · 2
Described as a very good open source conversion tool, and converting books improves rendering on Kobo.
“There is a very good open source conversion tool called "Calibre". I use it all the time”
“I have ebooks in Calibre, which I use to sync them over to the Kobo.”
Caveats and dissent
Clunky UI · 1
One commenter finds it functional but calls its interface godawful and prefers managing epubs in a file browser.
“Calibre may be functional, but its UI is godawful”
Threads where it came up
- Rakuten Kobo returns to U.S. retail as sales double 2 mentions
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- Ask HN: What E-Reader to Buy? 1 mention
- KOReader 1 mention
- Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser? 1 mention
Also written as calibre. Data: calibre.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“Crosspoint integration with Calibre.”
“you can also load them manually through something like Calibre if you already have a collection of ebooks”
“Calibre may be functional, but its UI is godawful”
“I have ebooks in Calibre, which I use to sync them over to the Kobo.”
“I use Calibre to send books over wifi.”
“I would recommend looking into calibre for managing such titles.”
“There is a very good open source conversion tool called "Calibre". I use it all the time”
“Ones I actually use.”
“use calibre with the kobo plugin”