Jane Ebooks Calibre / iPhone / Sony 54 CommentsĪ couple of weeks ago, I blogged about a free program called Calibre. Next the setup dialog will open, just click OK/Next/Yes to install accepting the defaults (sigil will be installed in /opt/sigil).JanuUsing Calibre to Interface with IPhone, Sony Reader or Cybook, Part 2 of 2 Open a terminal window, change current directory to the above download's destination and then run: Go to and download the appropriate (x86/圆4) *.bin. Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB WYSIWYG ebook editor.

CalibreĬalibre is a free and open source e-book library management application.īesides providing an e-book reader, calibre also offers a library management system, e-book conversion, e-book syncing to devices, download news and convert it into e-book format and a content server to access you e-book collection online. Once installed you can find it in the Applications Menu's Office group, as 'E-book reader'. An other way of opening files is using the built-in library management system FBReader looks for supported files in directories listed in the Book Path option. It not only supports ePub file format, but for instance it can also be used to open chm and rtf files.Ī file can be opened in FBReader using the file manager. View FBReaderįBReader is an e-book reader for Linux/Windows XP PDA/UMPC/desktop computer. None of the announced applications support editing of ePub files, so I also suggest a third application, sigil. If you're just looking for a simple and light program to view ePub files, my suggestion is to choose FBReader. Bellow you'll find a brief description of each one of them and instructions to installed them.

I use two programs to view ePub files: FBReader and calibre.

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