The calibre Portable build can be run on any Windows computer running at least Windows 8. It is self contained, your calibre libraries and settings are all kept together in one place.
To use, just run the portable installer and select the location where you would like the Calibre Portable folder. To launch calibre, double click the 'calibre-portable.exe' program inside the Calibre Portable folder.
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We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Calibre Portable only remembers libraries that are placed inside the portable folder. So while you can open any library located anywhere on your computer with calibre Portable, it will not be remembered on restart unless it is located in the portable folder (i.e. In the same place as the 'Calibre Library' folder).
Previous releases of calibre are available here.
Upgrading
If you want to upgrade a previous version of calibre Portable, download the latest version of the installer from here and run it, choosing the location of your previous calibre Portable install. The installer will automatically update calibre Portable.
Precaution
Portable media can occasionally fail so you should make periodic backups of your calibre library. This can be done by making a copy of the 'Calibre Library' folder and all its contents.
Automated install
You can prevent the installer from asking for an install location by running it with a command line argument pointing to the directory for the install. For example:
Multiple libraries
calibre Portable only remembers libraries that are placed inside the portable folder. So while you can open any library located anywhere on your computer with calibre Portable, it will not be remembered on restart unless it is located in the portable folder (i.e. in the same place as the 'Calibre Library' folder).
calibre is an e-book library manager. It can view, convert and catalog e-books in most of the major e-book formats. It can also talk to many e-book reader devices. It can go out to the Internet and fetch metadata for your books. It can download newspapers and convert them into e-books for convenient reading. It is cross platform, running on Linux, Windows and macOS.
You’ve just started calibre. What do you do now? Before calibre can do anything with your e-books, it first has to know about them. Drag and drop a few e-book files into calibre, or click the “Add books” button and browse for the e-books you want to work with. Once you’ve added the books, they will show up in the main view looking something like this:
Once you’ve admired the list of books you just added to your heart’s content, you’ll probably want to read one. In order to do that you’ll have to convert the book to a format your reader understands. When first running calibre, the Welcome wizard starts and will set up calibre for your reader device. Conversion is a breeze. Just select the book you want to convert then click the “Convert books” button. Ignore all the options for now and click “OK”. The little icon in the bottom right corner will start spinning. Once it’s finished spinning, your converted book is ready. Click the “View” button to read the book.
If you want to read the book on your reader, connect it to the computer, wait till calibre detects it (10-20 seconds) and then click the “Send to device” button. Once the icon stops spinning again, disconnect your reader and read away! If you didn’t convert the book in the previous step, calibre will auto convert it to the format your reader device understands.
Zip password macos. To get started with more advanced usage, you should read about The Graphical User Interface. For even more power and versatility, learn the Command Line Interface. You will find the list of Frequently Asked Questions useful as well.
If you have more questions, or want to discuss calibre with other users or askfor help with specific things, there are forums and other help resourcesavailable.
An e-book version of this User Manual is available inEPUB format, AZW3 (Kindle Fire) format and PDF format.
Sections
The main calibre user interface¶
- The Graphical User Interface
Adding your favorite news website to calibre¶
Calibre Ebook Management Software
- Adding your favorite news website
Calibre E-book Management
The calibre E-book viewer¶
- The E-book viewer
Customizing calibre’s e-book conversion¶
- E-book conversion
Editing e-books¶
- Editing e-books
The calibre Content server¶
- The calibre Content server
Comparing e-books¶
- Comparing e-books
Editing e-book metadata¶
- Editing e-book metadata
Frequently Asked Questions¶
- Frequently Asked Questions
Tutorials¶
- Tutorials
Customizing calibre¶
- Customizing calibre
The Command Line Interface¶
- Command Line Interface
Setting up a calibre development environment¶
Calibre Ebook Manager
- Setting up a calibre development environment