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Does not support High Sierra and my computer can't go higher than OS 10.13.6, I will not buy a new Mac just for one app.

still updating for Win 10 , but not 10.13? bad, bad company decision

Was a program of choice but no longer works with my system 10.13.6.

is anyone else having trouble mounting the DMG file and crashing your system? Tried it from the desktop and from within the download folder and when the mounting process gets to "Attaching" my system crashes and reboots.

Hmmm. Support for High Sierra and lower has been dropped. Not a smart move at this time.

version 3.39.1 is out MacUser Admin!

Calibre is...awesome. But it leaves you wanting something a bit cleaner. It is bloated, hopefully the devs clean it up.

Calibre is nice and all, but it is also a behemoth full of bloat and slow like a snail -- maybe because it's coded in Python?

Me, I love agile apps that doesn't ship everything-AND-the-kitchen-sink, are quick to open and do its thing well without much fanfare.

Do you guys know of any good alternative fully macOS native?

v 3.9.0 is quarantined by ClamXAV:: calibre.app Html.Exploit.CVE_2017_8749-6338876-0 Downloaded from Developer website: KOVID GOYAL not from MacUpdate Peter

Warning: This is a fake MU virus/SpyWare download link. It is NOT the real download. If you get a file called "calibre installer.dmg" that's just under 1MB in size, you got the MU adware installer, not the real DMG from the author. Your download should be over 80MB. Go to the author's website to get the real file. http://calibre-ebook.com/download

I <3 Calibre. Happy 10th Birthday! Long may you live.

My only complaints: Its icons (Write me, I know a great artist!) and its learning curve.

[This refers to v.2.50.1]

1. No way to take notes and write annotations in Calibre, so – for my purpose – the ebooks must be converted.
2. After conversion, text in PDFs can neither be searched nor copied. The created PDFs are therefore utterly useless, until they themselves are converted again, this time with an OCR software. I have used OCRKit for this purpose. The whole process is a real pain in the butt.
3. Until now I have also converted the ebooks to Rich Text Files and read and annotated them in Nisus Writer Pro.
4. I have now decided to dump Calibre due to the above mentioned drawbacks. Clearview does an excellent job in converting ebooks to PDFs. The text is searchable and can be copied right away.
5. Clearview has a process bar, so you always see how long a conversion is going to take. In Calibre there is only a rotating wheel, and you never know when it's going to end.
6. I have been unable to find the developer's email address in order to send enhancement requests. The so-called "calibre bug tracker" takes me to a Ubuntu site. I don't have Ubuntu, so I gave up.

Calibre, bless it, is the only app that will let me easily add books to my Barnes & Noble Nook HD- a fine little tablet on many levels but Mac-hostile beyond belief in this day and age. Still no idea how to add photographs and music though. Any ideas people?

This software is purpose-driven and will eschew any attempts to make it into something it isn't. You will not find a more feature-complete alternative anywhere, but may find it maddeningly obtuse at times. The UI is not as modern as some of us desire, but yet nobody hates it enough to submit changes — adding to the effort will be the fact that it's not written specifically for OS X but needs to cooperate within the confines of other platforms as well. There is a place for a developer to take my books and my money if they can manage a library half as well as Calibre and it isn't hard to improve on the reading experience of iBooks, but Calibre is able to tread the ground between desktop, mobile device, and ereader without falling on it's face in spite of the interface and performance oddities that come with most any software with similar requirements and toolkits. Most of the complaints I have with Calibre have to do with it being great at accepting annotations and data about books but being completely opposed to letting that data travel with my books later — I use it to fix weird formatting in ebooks, view ebooks, and organize a large library of books, but find myself constantly wishing it could be more than the helper application that facilitates my use of other software that is equally frustrating in terms of capabilities. I don't want to use it, but it's the only card I've got in my hand. It's reliable for me, but not something I take any pleasure in using. I have to say that I didn't know what ODPS was before Calibre and I'm stunned it isn't more widely used — if you have Marvin for iOS it's pretty brilliant but you're still only halfway to where I think most readers want to be — delivery of books is important but *then what*?

Simply the best bibliographic app

2.15.0 runs perfectly under Yosemite, but fails to start under Lion (at least on the two independent Lion systems from which I've tried to run 2.15.0). Had to revert to 2.14.0 on my Lion systems. Don't know if it runs on MtnLion and/or Mvrks.

This is an excellent, flexible, and powerful program. Yes, the interface could use some work, but the ease of organization and conversion, the plugin capabilities, and the ease of finding books all more than make up for that. I'm on a Mac, and I use Calibre to organize, and Clearview as my reader. (Yes, the Calibre reader is underwhelming and I don't use it.)

To you folks carping about Calibre, I REALLY wanted to say "then by all means, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!". INSTEAD, I'll say the following: Many people use Calibre for various purposes and are satisfied with the way it works, as well as being grateful to the author for all of the hard work put into this program and for making it cross-platform and FREE. It isn't perfect. NOTHING created by man is perfect, at least in my opinion. Ask the programmers who wrote software for the LEM (Lunar Landing Module) and the Space Shuttle. I personally KNOW how much work it takes to do something like Calibre and how disheartening it can be to see people disrespect your efforts. I'm a retired Sr. Systems programmer (30+ years experience) and I worked on real-time process-control systems, something enormously more complicated than what almost all of the computer users & programmers do. Does that make me SPECIAL? NO. Experienced? YES. In my working life I've done an enormous variety of things with computers and electronics. I believe that I am qualified to hold an informed opinion that could possibly be helpful in a number of subjects. I've EARNED that right. I DON"T APPRECIATE folks in the "cheap seats" - the uninformed and uninvolved - taking pot shots at someone else. Step up, do the work, and THEN you MIGHT be knowledgeable to actually have something helpful to say. Of course, EVERYONE has a right to their own opinion, but if it isn't HELPFUL, keep it to yourself, how about it? Carping is NOT a pretty personality characteristic. If you find fault, talk to the responsible party. If the fault isn't a bug, but is something you would prefer, consider offering to help or offer good old money. You may not get your way, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Please think before opening your mouth for input OR output. How would YOU like people to talk about something you made or did?

Hey Mr. Kovid Goyal, or whomever is maintaining this software. You have a great software but instead of releasing a new version every other day, could you spend some time and standardize you GUI, fix the menu items so they look like a regular Mac software? ex: Preferences should all be located under the Calibre/Preferences menu, not in a separate menu bar item, this will save some real estate on that menu bar... Add Books should be under a File menu Edit Metadata should be Edit and so on. Then the main window and other windows could use a refresh , but this can come later... You want to get customers satisfaction up and received congratulations and be appraised by the Mac user community , fix this and you'll see this all. Thanks

I agree with some people who say this app is overrated. I'm pretty sure people give it 4 or 5 stars out of thankfulness for being almost the only one of its kind and free. Yes, I am thankful for it as well. Thank you! But the GUI really is ugly, cumbersome, and the app not in the least "mac-like". In fact it's so unintuitive, it almost takes away the joy from making an eBook.

FireMuffin, If it is so "terrible" because you continue to download (and use) it ?

This software is slow, buggy, intrusive, with an appallingly bad interface, and just one of the most awful high-rated apps I have ever used. It converts very poorly...one may get close to the results one wishes for, but only after many frustrating trial-and-error attempts. (And the Windows version is just as bad and probably a bit worse.) For the life of me, I will never understand these high ratings for this software. They've fooled me into installing and trying it three times, hoping the updated releases are genuinely better, but they never are. Never again, and this time I'm leaving a genuine rating regardless of all the hype. One of the most bloated, buggy, and worst designed applications I've ever seen.

Upgraded to 2.0 from 1.31 (Windows x32 and OS X). Two third party file plugins that worked in 1.31 (and all previous 1.x before that) no longer work in 2.0 (again, both Windows and OS X). Was wondering if anyone else was experiencing any issues with plugins? It is possible these plugins stopped working somewhere between 1.31 and 2.0, I don't know, I didn't bother to update after 1.31 as all was working fine for what I wanted. I did confirm that returning back to 1.31, the plugins worked again. plugins: ineptepub_v01.7_plugin ineptpdf_v01.4_plugin

Does anyone know if it's possible to keep the real page numbers in Kindle books? I can run a book through Calibre, then open it in Kindle for Mac and the page numbers are gone.

The best of all such apps. Does everything I could ever want, and then some. I don’t mind the constant updates, and not one of them has failed to work as advertised upon first downloading it — considering the frequency and speed of new feature introduction, that’s quite a stellar record. My only complaint is that it’s a bit ugly.

Don't know what I'd do without this indispensable software.

Why wouldn't you buy a Kindle? Many friends of me like epub. I convert everything to mobi and that's it! :-D Quick, easy, and free. Thanks for this great app.

I'm very thankful for this. It's awesome. I just wanted to mention that the updates drive me crazy. It doesn't have an internal update mechanism, updates are released almost every other day, they are almost 90mb and the server it downloads from is soooooo slow all the time. I'd like to keep calibre updated, but it drives me crazy. I would love to pay some money for this any time if it would help with development. Thanks

This is incredible and free software. It is is so good that it really makes you greedy. Should I ask for it to auto update or I am too greedy? :)

What a gorgeous set of tools. And - it's still free. Big thanks to the developer.

You can't beat Calibre for features, but JerryFisher1625 is right. The GUI is really dated, and it prevents any real organization of the library other than by tags (cumbersome). Adding the ability to create subfolders (or additional libraries) based upon custom criteria would be great. Using tags is a pain, I constantly feel I need to tweak the tags for different books, just to keep certain ones from popping up in certain virtual libraries. Even viewing the books, files, etc. via a GUI like Delicious Library or Bento would be a plus. But you cannot beat the value, it is what iBooks should have been.

Now that Calibre has gotten to v.1.. versioning is flying Google Chrome-like.. Calibre..v29 sooner than you think :0)

Calibre is a rather hefty gem, weighing in at about 250 MB, worth every byte! This has to be one of the most remarkably capable and important free programs in the Mac hemisphere. Highly recommended to one and all who enjoy reading, cataloguing, editing and creating eBooks! Don't virtually touch an eBook without it. Incredibly grateful thanks to the remarkable developer of Calibre and his dedicated work on this terrific software project. (^_^) Happy Birthday Calibre!

Well, at last the developer ‘jumped’ at v. 1 after a long time of second dot small updates every week or twice a week. A small jem of software.

Version 1.0 at last - welcome! And kudos to the developer for this superb programme.

Okay, okay. I get the point. Calibre does handle PDF's and is exactly what I need, it's already proving a great help to me in my work. I have only one substantial criticism: I double-click on an entry and up comes the item in question in Preview (presumably something similar happens for various other formats). But suppose that for some reason I'd prefer to use Adobe Reader or Skim instead? As nearly as I can tell by digging around in this rather complicated program, there's no way the user can specify his own choice of default programs for this purpose.

By now there are about a jillion programs that do essentially this same thing of managing e-books. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands (at least) books are available from souirces like Google Books and The Internet Archive in downloadable PDF format. For professional reasons, I've accumulated several hundred of these on my hard disk. But, except for iTunes, which is not very good at sorting my items by category, I don't know of a single program that could help me ride herd on my ever-growing library. Seems to me that, rather than investing time and energy in reinventing the wheel, some developer might more profitably develop a program for managing books in PDF format.

Not the greatest looking app on the planet, but nothing else compares, so it is easily overlooked. :] 5 stars.

One of the developers of HandBrake, another fantastic free, open source software program, posted a wonderful essay on his view of what open source software is and isn't, mainly in response to those who go to extreme to voice their disappointment or opposing point of view because HandBrake doesn't implement a feature they want or meet their needs. The full text is here https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/IsIsnt Here is a brief summary from that essay It's referring to HandBrake, but I think people can see that I'm making a point it applies to Calibre, and it's the best essay I've read that sums up the whole concept of open source. ------------------- As the number of new feature requests for HandBrake has risen dramatically in the past few weeks, I consider it prudent to remind end-users of what open source is - and isn't. Open source is: A means to encourage software innovation among diverse groups of programmers A policy of open inspection and analysis of source code, both to educate and provide a means for constructive criticism A means by which programmers can "scratch their itch" for mental stimulation while at the same time solving computing problems that are frequently applicable even to non-technical users Free, both intellectually and in terms of cost Open source is not: A way to get commercial-quality support at no charge A free-for-all forum to ask for pie-in-the-sky software features and expect them to be implemented as requested and with no delay An invitation to harass and otherwise frustrate a small and dedicated development staff because they didn't do what you wanted Open source software is exactly what it sounds like: It's software written by a (usually small) group of highly-dedicated people that solved particular problems they themselves had and thought others might find useful as well. Like most things that are free, it comes with no warranty: If it does what you want, that's great - that's exactly why it was offered to you. If not, you have the freedom of choice to either modify it to suit your desires or find another software package that more closely meets your needs. As I stated in another thread (and alluded to again here), the features you find in any open source software package are there because at least one programmer needed them and implemented them to meet their needs (more forward-thinking programmers often at least attempt to make them flexible enough to work for others with similar needs as well). I am aware of no open source software either currently or previously available that catered to the needs, whims, or desires of end-users. That isn't what it's about. If you want the freedom to tell someone what you want and expect them to do it, that's called commercial software, where you make your intentions known with your purchasing decisions and vote with your wallet. That is not open source.

When comes out non-looking a win 3.1. designed version?

Just noticed that when I press the "Fetch News" button, Calibre finds 1466 sources, NONE of which are from the US. WTH?

These guys put up updates more often than I change clothes. Hey Calibre - how about just putting all your little changes together and post an update, maybe, weekly? But everyday? Good grief. It's like the boy who cried wolf... I begin to just not bother.

A feature I really wish Calibre (I prefer it capitalized) had, is an audio reader. I don't have time to read books, but I would like to listen to ebooks without having to buy an audio book version. This would be useful when I'm washing dishes or doing something else where I can't be sitting right in front of the computer for hours to read.

I'm torn... should I download this morning's update or wait for this afternoons release? I know... I'll wait for tomorrow morning's update, but then again tomorrow afternoon's will be better... ohhhh the agony, if only I knew! Darn you, incremental bi daily update gods... why do you forsake!!!!

Latest version (0.9.18) is downloading really slow. I switched to http://sourceforge.net/projects/calibre/files/ and nabbed the puppy from there, and suddenly got way better download speeds. Your mileage may vary.