Calibre 5.24

Calibre is an open source e-book library management application that enables you to manage your e-book collection, convert e-books between different formats, synchronize with popular e-book reader devices, and read your e-books with the included viewer.

It acts as an e-library and also allows for format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer.

Calibre"s features include: library management; format conversion (all major ebook formats); syncing to e-book reader devices; fetching news from the Web and converting it into ebook form; viewing many different e-book formats, giving you access to your book collection over the internet using just a browser.

Calibre 5.24 new features:

Conversion: Insert metadata as jacket: Allow adding timestamp and publisher fields. Also allow controlling the formatting of date/time fields
Cover browser: Add an option to view the central book by double clicking instead of single clicking (Preferences->Look & feel->Cover browser) . Closes tickets: 1937025
Tag browser: Add actions to the configure menu to toggle the display of counts and average rating. Closes tickets: 1936891
Tag browser: Allow plugins to add entries to the context menu. Closes tickets: 1936472

Bug fixes

fetch-ebook-metadata: Fix an error when using the --cover option and no cover is found. Closes tickets: 1938189
HTML Input: Fix the presence of BookDesigner markup causing conversion to fail. Closes tickets: 1936792
TXT Input: Dont fail if the txt file references a directory as a resosource. Closes tickets: 1936184

Improved news sources

MSNBC
Nature News
Boston Globe
Foreign Policy
Le Monde

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