Download Caliber 5.2

A bit earlier in the week than we are used to, version 5.2 of Caliber was released. This open source ebook manager is available for Windows 8 and above, Linux, and macOS. Among other things, it can look up all relevant information and cover images, and convert ebooks to make them suitable for the various types of e-readers. Furthermore, the program can convert newspapers, magazines and news articles based on RSS feeds into e-book format. Books can also be purchased with Caliber at the well-known web stores. Version 5.0 includes a switch to Python 3, various improvements have been made to the e-book viewer and there is now also a dark mode for the e-book viewer and content server. In version 5.2, the following changes and improvements have also been made:

New features

• Browse annotations: Add a check box to restrict the displayed annotations to only the books currently selected in the caliber library. Close tickets: 1897354†
• Allow storing and calling functions in the caliber template language (Preferences -> Template functions).
• Add a shortcut (Shift+V) to open the last read book. Close tickets: 1897336†

bug fixes

• Fix import errors with some third party plugin on Windows.
• Viewer: Fix toolbar show controls button not working when no book is open. Close tickets: 1898598†
• Viewer: Fix incorrect positioning of context menu for viewer toolbar. Close tickets: 1898577†
• MOBI Input: Fix regression that broke reading of some documents.
• Bulk metadata search and replace: Fix some regular expression causing errors with the new regex engine.
• Fix a regression that broke application of plugboards when sending by e-mail.
• ODT Input: Fix a regression that broke conversion of ODT files with footnotes. Close tickets: 1898441†
• Viewer: Fix mouse wheel not working while selection bar is visible. Close tickets: 1898413†
• Viewer: Fix selection popup bar not always close to mouse when ending select-to-drag
• Fix caliber-server not exiting on Ctrl+C on Windows.
• Content server OPDS feeds: Fix error if the metadata for a book contains particular unicode characters. Close tickets: 1897410†
• Edit book: Reports tool: Fix a regression that broke sorting. Close tickets: 1898167†
• HTMLZ Output: Fix an error when converting a document that has SVG images.