Software update: Caliber 5.44

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Version 5.44 of Caliber has been released. This open source ebook manager is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Among other things, it can look up all relevant information and cover images, and convert ebooks to make them suitable for the various types of e-readers. Furthermore, the program can convert newspapers, magazines and news articles based on RSS feeds into e-book format. Books can also be purchased with Caliber at the well-known web stores. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

New features

  • Amazon metadata download: Add an option to prefer the Kindle edition when multiple book types are returned by the search (Preferences->Metadata download->Configure the Amazon plugin). Close tickets: 1976105
  • Kobo driver: Support for updated firmware
  • Allow customizing how yes/no columns are displayed (Preferences->Add your own columns). Close tickets: 1977681
  • Manage tags dialog: If tags are present in the add tags input when OK is clicked, add them automatically, without needing to click the plus button first

bug fixes

  • Edit book: Live CSS: Fix @namespace rules causing jumping to rule definition to go to the wrong definition. Close tickets: 1978500
  • Workaround for Apple bug in macOS 13 that prevents device detection
  • Dont use commas in filenames when sending to pbsync and kindle email addresses
  • Edit book: When quitting while a save is in progress and the save completes while the confirmation popup is visible, dont abort the quit.

New news sources

  • Nautilus by unkn0wn
  • The Healthy from Reader’s Digest by Stephen Genusa
  • Business Standard Print Edition by unkn0wn
  • The Economic Times India Print Edition by unkn0wn

Improved news sources

  • Harvard Business Review
  • Philosophy Now
  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • Haaretz
  • Indian Express
  • Hindi Business Line
  • The New York Times
  • Nature
  • Eenadu
  • Scientific American
  • Business Today
  • Irish Times
  • FAZ.net
  • Le Monde
  • Economist

Version number 5.44
Release status Final
Operating systems Windows 7, Linux, macOS, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
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License type GPL
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