Calibre 5.9.0

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 5.9.0 new features:

Annotations: Allow exporting highlights and bookmarks in Markdown format, with a link to open the book at the highlight location
Content server viewer: Allow exporting all highlights. Closes tickets: 1909529
Icon rules editor: Add a button to open the icons folder. Closes tickets: 1909339
Quickview: Dropdown menu for all selectable columns. Closes tickets: 1909258

Bug fixes:

Fix a regression that caused the Content server to crash if a client closed a connection during a file transfer on macOS and Linux.
LRF Output: Fix conversion broken in calibre 5 when font size rescaling is active. Closes tickets: 1909224
E-book viewer: Cancel any speech in progress when hiding the selection popup bar after triggering the speak aloud action on it
Color/icon rules editor: Fix duplicate rule button not working correctly. Closes tickets: 1909332
Fix dropping files onto book details causing an error if the confirmation dialog is disabled. Closes tickets: 1909291

New news sources

Mallorca Zeitung by VoHegg
T-Online by VoHegg
El Diario by Dirk Gómez

Improved news sources:

General Knowledge Today
El Pais
USA Today
WirtchaftsWoche Online
The Guardian
Arcamax
Miami Herald
The Seattle Times

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