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Calibre Version 1.0 Released After 7 Years of Development

Posted by timothy on from the that-is-some-conservative-numbering dept.

Calibre is a feature-laden, open source e-book manager; many readers mentioned in light of the recently posted news about Barnes & Noble's Nook that they use Calibre to deal with their reading material. Reader Trashcan Romeo writes with some news on its new 1.0 release, summing it up thus: "The new version of the premier e-book management application boasts a completely re-written database backend and PDF output engine as well a new book-cover grid view."

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  1. Re:Thanks Kovid! by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's analyzed the economic climate and has a very forward looking view of employment conditions in the near future.

  2. Re:Thanks Kovid! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fun fact: "calibre" means "gun" in French ^^

  3. 7 years in a cave! by mutherhacker · · Score: 3, Funny

    He locked himself in a cave for 7 years to build this. Somebody should have told him that apps like these nowadays have a web based front-end. Doh! Back in the cave for another 7 years to make it web-based!

    ps. I'm only kidding, kudos to him for making a very feature rich app and releasing it open-source.