-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Important if you have a large collection of ebooks (Always trying to help)

Must be Calibre.  Don't even need to look. Wonderful piece of software. 

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On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:19 AM, "Larry Southerland" 
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> *    Version: 0.7.20
> *    Downloads Count: 6,193
> *    License Type: Free
> *    Price: Free
> *    Date Added: Sep 28, 2010
> *    Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista,
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> *    File Size: 29.852 MB
> *    Author: Kovid Goyal <http://calibre-ebook.com/>  
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> Editorial Review of Calibre
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> You've finally bought that Kindle or Nook or Kobo that you've been dreaming
> about, and in a frenzy of future anticipation, you've purchased dozens of
> e-book bestsellers. Then, delighting in libraries offering more than 1.5
> million free, public domain works--plus thousands of magazines and
> newspapers--you've loaded your e-reader with the literary goodies you have
> always meant to read. At the end of the day, your e-reader holds scores or
> even hundreds of e-books. In time, that could easily grow to thousands.
> Organizing and searching among that many books, periodicals, and newspapers
> on your device may require more time and effort than it's worth. That's when
> you turn to Calibre.
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> Library management program Calibre helps catalog your e-book collection.
> First, it surveys the e-books and other relevant files residing either on
> your hard drive or your e-reader, and then inserts them into Calibre's main
> directory. Once that information is in the directory, you can use it to
> organize, categorize, annotate, search, rate, and save to disk. You can
> customize or delete any of the data fields Calibre fills in, or add your
> own.
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> On the left side are searchable and sortable categories: Authors, Formats,
> Publishers, Ratings, News, and Tags. For instance, under Authors, Calibre's
> defaults rank all authors according to how many of their works you own.
> Click a specific author to display all their books in the library.
> 
> To the right of the main fields, a column displays plug-in information on
> the highlighted e-book or publication: cover art, a list of formats in which
> the e-book is available, tags (either downloaded or added by the user), and
> the file path on your PC or e-reader where the work is stored. Beneath the
> path is the publisher's description or summary of the e-book. Although you
> can't customize this window, you can specify what plugins to use to
> automatically download information into it. Scores of plugins are included,
> and you can add others created by by Calibre users
> <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166users/developers>
> to your plugin lists.
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> On top of the interface are the commands that transform Calibre from a
> static directory to an e-book management powerhouse. Every function you can
> think of for easy access and guaranteed readability is here. You can add
> books from many different sources, edit and organize information about the
> author (or anything else you want associated with the work), convert various
> e-book formats to the one your e-reader uses, and download e-books to your
> PC or any other device. And then there's Fetch News, a cornucopia of
> thousands of free newspapers and other periodicals, in dozens of different
> languages, that you can download directly to your e-reader, as well as
> regularly schedule daily or weekly downloads. These commands are highly
> customizable. And because Calibre is open source software with a dynamic
> community forum, you can add to the list of components, features, and free
> materials daily.
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> The down side of Calibre is that not everything works smoothly, and there
> are gaps in functionality. For example, the directory cannot see e-books
> stored in your e-reader's archives. If you want to add that information to
> the library, you must first recall the e-book to your e-reader's active
> directory. Another problem is that Calibre doesn't keep track of where your
> e-books are stored, so you don't know if a specific e-book happens to be on
> your PC, E-reader, smartphone, or whatever. And the user is occasionally
> faced with a bewildering array of choices and options, without having a
> clear idea of what to do next, or why.
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> Even with its quirks, Calibre belongs on every serious e-bookshelf as the
> best way to manage your electronic library.
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> Note: This program is donationware. It is free to try, but the author
> accepts donations towards further development.
> 
> --Sally Wiener Grotta & Daniel Grotta
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