¶ Intro
calibre is a powerful and easy to use e-book manager. Users say it’s outstanding and a must-have. It’ll allow you to do nearly everything and it takes things a step beyond normal e-book software. It’s also completely free and open source and great for both casual users and computer experts.
¶ Availability
Please check our application chart to see which GigaDrive Plans are eligible to install this application.
¶ Features
- Save time on managing your e-book collection
- Use it everywhere and with anything
- Comprehensive e-book viewer
- Download news/magazines from the web
- Share and backup your library easily
- Edit the books in your collection
- Satisfy every e-book need and get support
¶ Installing Calibre
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
calibre. - Click icon to open the installation window and tap Install to start the installation process.
- Once the installation is complete, click icon to open the Access Info page. Then click Go To Application to access
calibre.
¶ Enabling Calibre Content Server
- Navigate to the
Preference->Sharing->Sharing Over Netmenu. - Check the both box called
Require username and password to access the content serverandRun server automatically when calibre starts. - Switch to the
User Accountstab and add your preferred username and password. - Switch back to the
Maintab and clickStart Server. - Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
calibre. - Click Access Info button to open the Access Info page. Then click Open Web Plugin to access
Calibre Content Server. - This will open a new tab.
If you want to connect calibre with any other app, then you can copy the whole URL except the
httpspart and user port443while configuring.
Currently the hostname is in the formatcalibreweb-<USERNAME>.base.host.name