Questions tagged [ebooks]
Questions relating to electronic books, including different files types, ebook conversion software, and ebook reading software.
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What software can I use to view epub documents?
What software can I use to view .epub documents?
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List of free Ubuntu books [closed]
This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions ...
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What eBook readers are available? [duplicate]
Can anyone suggest a nice eBook reader in Ubuntu?
Preferably something lightweight.
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Kindle for PC via Wine
I really want to get the Kindle PC program running on my computer so I can download, read, and manage my e-books. I realize that Calibre can be used to manage e-books and I do have that downloaded. ...
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Converting DJVU to PDF
I want to convert a DJVU document into a PDF document, separating and preserving the text layer and the images while also keeping the structure from the DJVU. How can I do this in Ubuntu?
(I will ...
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Is there an open source alternative to "Adobe Digital Editions"?
For the moment I run Adobe Digital Editions under Wine to download ebooks burdened with ditigal restriction management. I only use it to open .acsm files supplied by ebook-shops, which contain ...
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Is there a way to convert a PDF file to ePUB format WITHOUT using Calibre
I'll tell you clearly and loudly: I don't like Calibre!
So, how can I convert PDF to ePUB without it?
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How can I install Kobo Desktop on Ubuntu?
I bought a Kobo eBook reader and would now like to set it up with Kobo desktop. How do I install this software on Ubuntu, though? The homepage doesn't seem to offer any Linux version.
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What's a good tool for creating .epub format e-books?
I have seen a question here about reading .epub but I would like to create my own easily from a GUI, what is available for Ubuntu? Even if I have to download something outside the repository, as long ...
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How to convert this chm file to pdf? [duplicate]
I want to convert a chm file to a pdf file.
Calibre's command ebook-convert ebook-convert 1.chm 1.pdf only converts the first 7 pages of the chm file into a pdf file, while the chm file has much more ...
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How to run or execute the ebook-convert script from a flatpak install of calibre?
Where and how can I run the ebook-convert script for calibre from the console?
nicholas@gondor:~$
nicholas@gondor:~$ flatpak info com.calibre_ebook.calibre
calibre - The one stop solution to all ...
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What Book-Library Organizing Programs are available?
I would like to ask if there is any good program for ubuntu 12.04 to organize a library of books.I want to mention that I also have books written in my native language (Greek) and I have books written ...
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Cannot launch the Calibre ebook reader? [duplicate]
Why isn't calibre starting below?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ sudo apt install calibre
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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How to sync epub reading progress in Foliate ebook reader across different computers?
I use Foliate ebook reader to read epubs. My books are stored in the same directory structure across different computers (including same partition mount point). I want to sync my reading progress. How ...
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How to sync PDF reading progress in Okular between several computers?
I have several computers where my books and documents are stored in identical file structure. I sync these books with Dropbox (at most the parent folder where Dropbox is located is different, but I ...
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how to launch flatpak calibre from the console?
How do I start calibre from the bash console?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ com.calibre_ebook.calibre
com.calibre_ebook.calibre: command not found
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ ...
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