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Moving from Windows XP -- there I've used Sigil, Calibre, Pdf-viewer, and the .epub file format.

If I have authored ebooks with these in Windows -- will I be able to transfer these to Ubuntu, or will I have to reformat them?

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  • Which Ubuntu version? 12.04. 13.04, etc. 32-bit or 64-bit?
    – david6
    Jun 21, 2013 at 20:19

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Calibre has an Ubuntu version (from the main repository)

As does Sigil (via a PPA) : http://code.google.com/p/sigil/wiki/LinuxDistroPackages

Not sure what PDF-VIEWER is but Ubuntu has a PDF viewing application installed by default.

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    Ubuntu's PDF viewer is Evince, which is an excellent and efficient piece of software.
    – Geppettvs D'Constanzo
    Jun 21, 2013 at 20:20
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Calibre works well, although I switched from the Software Centre (apps. library) version to the beta (from Calibre website).

I have tried Sigil, but don't remember how good it was, or how well it worked.

Ubuntu has a built-in PDF viewer, and can run Adobe Reader (for Linux). That said, Firefox now has a Java-based PDF viewer that is 'safer' and simpler to use. What do you use the PDF-Viewer for? (ebook viewing, PDF brochures, etc.)

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  • Using Sigil, I normally ended doing some minor, manual adjustments to the (X)HTML code. This is something you can perfectly do from within Sigil, though, and definitely not something that must be done every time you produce an e-book with it. Otherwise is fine.
    – carnendil
    Jun 21, 2013 at 23:47

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