Calibre is a program to manage your ebook collection. The basic workflow for using calibre is to first add books to the library from your. Allows you to add an empty file of the specified format to the selected book records. To add an additional format for an existing book you can do any of three things. Books in the folder are nicely arranged into subfolders by author and title. Its quite a bit overwhelming for firsttime users to navigate it with all the buttons, options and menu tabs, but once you get used to it, itll make your e books management easier. Once your kindle is recognized by calibre, youll see a new on device column next to the book title column. To use the download, fill in the title and author fields and click the fetch metadata button.
Catalog cover specifies whether to generate a new cover or use an existing cover. In calibre after youre connected, you see your device, which on clicking shows you the entire library of books. Btw, ive read in previous version calibre used this option for merging them. This video tutorial teaches you how to convert ebooks using a popular free book editing program called calibre. To add an additional format for an existing book you can do any of. You can easily replace existing files in the book, by right clicking on the file and. Calibre is free opensource e books management software, which is compatible with windows, mac os x, and linux. Calibre will then begin to convert your e book, and a notification will appear in the top righthand corner when the conversion is complete. If the ebook is already in a format supported by your device such as mobi for the kindle you can simply right click on the book entry, select send to device and main memory and calibre will choose the most appropriate format and shuttle it over. The metadata download can fill in title, author, series, tags, rating, description and isbn for you. How to use calibre for kindle step by step guide techwiser. How to combine different editions of the same book in calibre.
When you first run calibre, it will ask you for a folder in which to store your books. Allows you to add or update the files associated with an existing book in your library. Choose your desired file format from the output format dropdown menu, and then click ok. Connect your kindle to your computer using a usb cable. Click the add books button in the top right area of the edit metadata dialog, accessed by the edit metadata page 5 action.
I have a book already in in epub format in my library, but get another one in. Authors all books, sorted by author, presented in a list format. There should be a new add books to library function that will decrypt the book and make it readable in calibre for export and conversion. Replace existing cover when generating the catalog. In a second or two, calibre will import the ebook and fetch related metadata, book details, and the cover art. Calibre is an open source desktop application for moving ebooks between mobile devices and computers. Calibre is a free ebook management program that you can download from. How to convert ebooks from one format to another using calibre. Whenever you add a book to calibre, it will copy the book into that folder.
Once you have installed calibre, the first step is to add an epub book to the library. Calibre imports and exports ebooks from kindle, ipad, and. Download the epub file to your computer and then click on the button labeled add books in calibre. When calibre processes the first book, calibre determines the author name and title according to the settings you have given calibre. How to add a book cover to ebooks in calibre make tech. In this highly anticipated video, i provide a tutorial to format your ebook in. Calibre is free to use and runs on windows, linux, and mac os x. Note that the contents of this folder are automatically managed by calibre. Now when you add html files to calibre they will be correctly processed.
Another window pops up, from which you can choose an existing collection or create a new one. The basic workflow for using calibre is to first add books to the library from. The second is by adding books downloaded with kindle. To add ebooks to calibre, simply drag the ebook into the calibre window. How to read epub books on your kindle digital trends. You may also add a create catalog button to a toolbar in preferences interface toolbars.