De derde update van Calibre versie is 2.0 uitgekomen. Calibre is een opensource- en crossplatform-e-bookbeheerprogramma. Het kan onder andere alle relevante informatie en kaftafbeeldingen opzoeken, en e-boeken converteren om ze geschikt te maken voor de diverse soorten e-readers. Verder kan het programma kranten, tijdschriften en nieuwsartikelen op basis van rss-feeds omzetten in e-bookformaat, en kunnen er boeken worden aangeschaft bij de bekende webwinkels. In versie 2.0 is onder meer overgestapt op Qt5 voor de gebruikersinterface en zijn er verbeteringen met Android-devices onder OS X. In versie 2.3.0 zijn verder nog de volgende veranderingen doorgevoerd:
New FeaturesBug Fixes
- Cover Grid: Dynamically adjust the size of the in memory cover thumbnail cache based on the window size to ensure flicker free rendering even on very large screens. Closes tickets: 1367211.
- Template tester: Remember last used template.
- Get Books: When downloading books show a popup message telling the user that the books will be added to the calibre library automatically, to help new users understand what is happening. The popup message can be disabled.
- E-book viewer: Try to detect when a chapter has a page break before the start of the chapter's text resulting in a leading blank page and override the page break. Closes tickets: 1366074.
Improved news sources
- Edit metadata dialog: Fix the author sort field not being marked red initially when the author sort does not match the author due to a Qt 5 behavior change. Closes tickets: 1367943
- OS X: Fix restarting of calibre not working if calibre.app is placed in a location with spaces in the path.
- Fix regression that caused calibre running in debug mode on OS X to not have a menubar or dock icon.
- Get Books: Fix downloading ebooks from Project Gutenberg via the builtin browser not working because of changes to the Project Gutenberg website. Closes tickets: 1366240.
- Get Books: Update Gutenberg plugin for changes to the Project Gutenberg website. Closes tickets: 1366245.
- Strategy+Business
- Dawn
- American Thinker
- Anchorage Daily News
- Financial Times