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Kepubify Can Make Kobo Kepub eBooks Out of (DRM-Free) Epub eBooks

17 December, 2017 // 6 Comments

Like Google and Apple, Kobo uses its own unique form of the Epub ebook file format. Google's file format has no known name, and of course Apple uses iBooks, but Kobo's take is called Kepub. Since [Read More ...]

Calibre 3.0 Released

19 June, 2017 // 18 Comments

Que the marching band, drum majorettes, and confetti cannons: Calibre 3.0 has left beta and was officially released last week. Initially released in 2006 as libprs500, calibre has grown from humble [Read More ...]

A Dozen Tools for Managing Your Kindle Notes and Highlights

18 April, 2017 // 10 Comments

Amazon's Kindle is a great reading platform with a number of useful annotation features, but sometimes it's not enough. I recently had to pull the notes from several Kindle ebooks, so I gathered [Read More ...]

14 Apps That Help You Make eBooks

6 April, 2017 // 31 Comments

Amazon may be quietly locking out its competition with ebook creation apps like the newly released Kindle Creator, but not all ebook creation apps tie you down to a single distribution channel. [Read More ...]

The Failure of Print and E-Book Bundling

6 February, 2017 // 3 Comments

How many times has this happened to you: you buy a print book, you start to read it, you go on a trip, you forget to take the book, you find the e-book version online, and you chafe at having to pay [Read More ...]

Paul Biba’s eBook, eLibrary, eMuseum and ePublishing news compilation for week ending Saturday, February 4

4 February, 2017 // 0 Comments

Editor's Note: The following is a compilation of tweets from @PaulKBiba, the former editor of Teleread. Library of Congress Releases New, Extensive Digitized Collection of Walt Whitman Primary [Read More ...]

Just Got a Kindle? Here’s What You Should Do Next

27 December, 2016 // 7 Comments

Many people opened their presents a couple days ago to find a Kindle, and now they are looking for ways to get the most out of their new gadget. The Kindle has the most extensive digital ecosystem in [Read More ...]

eBook Library App Calibre Turns Ten Today

31 October, 2016 // 8 Comments

Ten years ago today a physics grad student at CalTech announced on MobileRead that he had reverse-engineered the USB driver protocols for the Sony Reader PRS-500 so that he could use the then-new [Read More ...]

How to Send an Epub eBook to Your Kindle by Email

27 April, 2016 // 6 Comments

Amazon offers a free conversion service where you can send documents to your Kindle, but there is a problem: it doesn't work with Epub files. Even though there are services you can use to [Read More ...]

How to Store Your eBook Library Online On the Cheap

27 November, 2015 // 27 Comments

Updated: 8 June 2017 After stripping the DRM from their ebooks, the biggest concern for any ebook lover is how to store an ebook library so it is safe, secure, and easily accessible. For many that [Read More ...]

How to View Epub, Kindle eBooks in OSX Quick Look

5 November, 2015 // 5 Comments

Calibre is a great tool for managing your ebook library. It has a lot of cool tricks, but sometimes one wants to use the file system in one's PC to manage files. Neither Windows nor OSX natively [Read More ...]

How to Install Apps on the Nook Glowlight Plus

30 October, 2015 // 18 Comments

It's been just over a week since Barnes & Noble launched their latest ereader. In that time the device has been hacked, the hidden web browser has been found, and now we have a way for you to [Read More ...]

How to Remove the DRM From Your Kindle, Kobo, and Nook eBooks And Rescue Them

11 July, 2015 // 17 Comments

This week's news about B&N retreating from the international ebook market inspired me to make sure that all my Nook purchases are backed up in DRM-free form. This takes very little effort, and I [Read More ...]

DRM’s Silver Lining, or Why We Should Appreciate Kobo More

5 July, 2015 // 24 Comments

Kobo is by no means my favorite ebook retailer, but the recent troubles with the Nook Store has given me a greater appreciation. A few days ago I reported on the sad state of the B&N's ebook [Read More ...]

How to Add a Kindle DRM-Removal Plugin to calibre

25 June, 2015 // 368 Comments

Update: These instructions were updated on 11 July 2015. They worked for me on that day. DRM is the bugaboo of ebooks. It's the cause of more pain and agony than a Snooki photo, and today I plan [Read More ...]

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