Top 10: eBook management software

2022. eBook management software Collectorz adds vertical book cards



Vertical Cards, recently introduced in Collectorz.com Book Collector mobile apps have become instantly very popular, so now they are available in all five Connect flavors too: the Card View. And because Connect already had a view called “Card View”, the developers renamed the old view to “Horizontal Cards” and named the new one “Vertical Cards”. Here’s how to switch to new “Vertical Cards” view: on the toolbar above your collection list, click the 2nd button from the left, called “Vertical Cards”.


2020. Mac-based eBook management software Delicious Library 3.9 limits Amazon update fields



Delicious Library developers say that Amazon has replaced their current “Product Advertising” (version 4) interface - which the program uses to download all information when you scan items into your library. Unfortunately version 5, currently doesn't support all the functionality of version 4: editorial reviews, similar items, customer ratings, track lists (music), minutes (music & movie), series (books) and deweyDecimal are not yet in version 5 and Amazon has made no promise they'll be back. Amazon is now returning some authors last-name-first, like "Asimov, Isaac," so DL modified sorting by author so it recognizes this and sorts correctly (eg, still using last name first). Besides this, the new Delicious Library 3.9 has been updated for Catalina and can now recognize Kindle books as books. Developers also fixed a drawing bug where the ratings widget on the Details popover pane could look like it was always five stars on Mojave and above, fixed an interaction bug where scrolling down to during a Search wouldn't always trigger an Amazon lookup of the search terms. Mostly empty items with only a category (Book, Video, etc) and a title now look up correctly only in the right category.

2018. Calibre added support for the Kindle Paperwhite 4



Ebook management software Calibre has introduced support for the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 4. This means your device will now be recognized by the program, allowing you to transfer documents, ebooks, manga, PDF files and various other content directly to your Paperwhite. Additional new features include metadata plugboards (which allow the definition of plugboards that also modify comments metadata) and a new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+M) in the E-book viewer for switching between paged and flow mode. Calibre is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. It offers extensive metadata support, so if an ebook you downloaded from the internet has the book title listed instead of the author, or is missing cover art, this can be easily corrected with a few clicks.


2017. Alfa Ebooks Manager 7 adds Web reader



Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its popular ebook management software Alfa Ebooks Manager 7. The new version features advanced Web Reader, that is available in software's web interface. It allows to open and read pdf, epub, mobi, fb2, djvu, txt ebooks in browser in your local network. It supports also mobile browsers, so you can read from your phone. The Web Reader bookmarks the last opened page for each book in browser's cookies. It also provides familiar options like text size, font, line height and others. And TOC is also available. The other new features include new Web interface and Autoupdate.


2016. Adobe Digital Edition patches critial security flaws



Adobe Digital Editions, the software for acquiring, managing and reading e-books, like other Adobe products, attracts hackers as a means to install viruses and malware on users' computers. Recently, four critical vulnerabilities that allowed arbitrary code execution were discovered in the software. These flaws enable unauthorized code execution. Considering that the software connects to the Internet to update and acquire books, this poses a significant risk to your computer. Adobe is now releasing a security update to address these issues. Please update urgently if you use Adobe Digital Editions to manage your e-books.


2015. BookFusion unveiles ebook manager/reader for Android tablets



Online ebook retailer and management service BookFusion has launched an Android app for tablets. It supports all major ebook formats. You can use a unified and intuitive interface to read all your ebooks regardless of format, organize your digital library by author, categories, or custom tags, easily locate the ebook you wish to read and effortlessly borrow or lend ebooks to and from friends and family just like physical books. Additionally, you can discover your next great read based on highlights, bookmarks and comments made within your network.


2014. Calibre 2.0 gets ebook editor



Kovid Goyal has released the latest version of his ebook manager Calibre 2.0. The most significant new feature is an e-book editor, which can edit e-books in both the EPUB and AZW3 (Kindle) formats, offering numerous powerful tools and features designed to make e-book editing easier. In addition to the ability to edit books, the software now includes a new "Compare Books" tool that allows you to view all the differences between two books, highlighted and side-by-side. Calibre has long supported connecting to Android phones and tablets on all operating systems except macOS. This gap has now been addressed. You can simply plug in any Android phone or tablet on macOS and Calibre should automatically detect and connect to it, just as it already does on Windows and Linux. Additionally, you can now set up simple rules to display emblems (small icons) next to book covers in the cover grid. For instance, a heart icon next to books you have rated highly or a check mark next to books you have read and so forth. There is also a new tool called Mark Books that can be used to temporarily mark books. The mark appears as a small pushpin icon next to the book and all marks are automatically cleared when Calibre is restarted.


2009. Alfa Ebooks Manager adds 3D-book models, not free any more



Yesterday the new version of Alfa Ebooks Manager - 0.7 was released. And it's not free anymore, but it's really a greate improvement over the previous version. The software interface is totally redesigned, so you could impress your friends when showing them your e-Library. You can select the e-Library layout and color scheme that better fits your style. The most outstanding new feature is 3D book view. It's like a real book on your computer screen. It has realistic size, back and front covers. You can rotate it in 3D space, open it and to turn over the pages. The content for these pages is either downloaded from Google Books and Amazon (these two sites provide the rendered book previews) or rendered from the book PDF file with the help of Adobe Acrobat Professional. If you have a blog or a website, you can easily take the 3D book snapshot and post it online, so that your friends had a better image of the book that you recommend.