Category: Ebooks
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Calibre 7.2.1 Update: Enhancements to Read Aloud Features and New Audio Overlay
Calibre, the popular ebook management tool, has released version 7.2.1, introducing a significant update that enhances its "read aloud" feature. This functionality allows a computer voice to read text from ePUB books. The new version includes an exciting addition: a tool for creating an audio overlay in ePUB files, enabling users to listen with sentence…
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FBReader’s Latest Update: Qt-Based eBook Reader Adds DRM EPUB Support
FBReader 2.1 has been released for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with the team behind the eBook reading app calling it “a major update for desktop platforms”. If you’re not familiar with FBReader (the name stands for ‘Favourite Book Reader’) it’s a Qt-based ebook reader with customisation options, an ebook library, and integration with online sources…
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Quick Tip: Displaying eBook Thumbnails in Nautilus File Manager
I recently rediscovered my Amazon Kindle (a geriatric model from 2012, nothing fancy) and figured, as it still works, I’ll use it, and set about downloading freely available EPUBs of classic (and not-so-classic – I’m a pulpy-kinda guy) literature. They say never judge a book by its cover – but it is useful to be…
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Exciting Update: Calibre eBook App Now Features Audio ePubs and Custom Notes Support
If Calibre, the well-known open-source ebook manager, could be thought of as a book, it would undoubtedly continually top the bestseller lists due to its comprehensive array of features. The most recent release, Calibre 7, expands this array of features even further. This new update introduces a variety of novel functionalities to the pre-existing features…