14 DAY TRIAL // Calibre 1.41, an eBook reader, editor, and library management software, has been released and comes with a few very interesting features, including a new tool for setting the metadata.
Calibre is a software that serves many purposes and can be used as an eBook conversion tool, eBook reader, eBook editor, and much more. One of the most important functions of the application is metadata management, which is crucial when dealing with eBooks.
This latest version of this application comes with a new tool to set metadata in the actual book files from the updated metadata in the Calibre database. If you ever had to edit books or transform one from one format into another, then you surely had contact with this important option.
“To use it go to Preferences->Toolbars and add the ‘Embed metadata’ tool to the main toolbar. Then simply select the books whose files you want to update and click the Embed metadata button. Normally, calibre updates metadata in the book files whenever a file is exported from calibre. This tool is useful for people who want the files in the calibre library to have updated metadata as well,” said the developer in the official announcement.
According to the changelog, it’s now possible to customize the toolbars, an option to allow users to create an empty EPUB file has been added, an option to also remove unused class attributes from the HTML has been implemented, checks have been added for empty HTML/XML/CSS/image files in the book, and checks have been implemented for links whose fragments points to a location that does not exist.
Also, proper support has been added for unicode characters when reading and writing metadata to RTF files, a failure to write metadata to RTF files that do not already have an \info block has been corrected, and @import rules are now handled when checking for unused CSS.
If you've decided to compile your own build of Calibre, be warned. It has many dependencies and it can be quite tricky. Fortunately, the developer also provides a complete list of dependencies, if you feel brave enough. He also has a very handy way of installing the application by entering a single command in the terminal, which can be found in the download section.
If you don't want to compile Calibre on your own, the developer offers a simple command line that takes care of the entire installation, making the whole process a lot smoother. You can also check out our review of Calibre and download Calibre 1.40 from Softpedia, but keep in mind that this is just the source.