Versie 2.50 van Calibre is uitgekomen. Calibre is een opensource- en crossplatform-e-bookbeheerprogramma. Het kan onder meer 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. Ook kunnen met Calibre boeken worden aangeschaft bij de bekende webwinkels. In deze uitgave zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen doorgevoerd:
New FeaturesBug Fixes
- Change the way that devices are detected on Windows. This fixes device detection problems on some Windows 10 computers.
- Edit Book: When inserting images, add an option to insert the image as a full page image.
- DOCX Input: Add support for framed text created by setting the same border style on neighboring paragraphs. Closes tickets: 1526663
- Update PocketBook 650 driver for latest firmware revision. Closes tickets: 1535801
Improved news sources
- DOCX Input: Fix empty paragraphs with borders being rendered with an empty line inside the borders.
- ODT Input: Fix fallback PNG images generated by LibreOffice 4.x for SVG images not being ignored.
- Fix restore library failing on some windows systems with non-ascii library paths
- Edit Book: Fix error when merging an empty HTML document or one that contains only text and no tags. Closes tickets: 1535427
- Fix failure to add FB2 files that contain published dates. Closes tickets: 1535007
- Use a private certificate when downloading plugins via HTTPS. This fixes errors on some windows machines that have missing root certificates.
- Fix tag editor not working correctly for comma-separated custom columns.
- Fix existing rating not being removed when using Polish Books or Embed Metadata tools on EPUB files. Closes tickets: 1534597
- New Scientist
- FAZ.net
- Scientific American
- Business World Magazine
- Houston Chronicle