# Calibre Library Reviews **Vendor:** Calibre Library **Category:** [Other Education Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-education) **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 13 ## About Calibre Library Calibre is a powerful and easy to use e-book manager. It’ll allow you to do nearly everything and it takes things a step beyond normal e-book software. ## Calibre Library Reviews ### 1. Calibre Library Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Parthkumar P. | Jr. Bigdata Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** The Calibre Library is the tool to get the EBook of the specific name. It is the portable software that can be installed in any os. The books perform the vital role in the life so, it's a very important tool that provides the e Books. As a reader I always searches for the new books to read and improve myself. So, this tool is very impressive for me. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Some, pricing for the book and some features pricing is little bit high. That's the main dislike of the tool. But as a books provider the tool is very best. Some good features needs some higher amount proves this tool. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a book reader I would love to read various new books. So, I searched about one of my favourite book named '7 Hebits of Highly Effective People' at that time I was introduced with this tool. This tool is very good and easy to understand the flow. Anyone, can easily use this tool. Also, this is very innovative idea. I used this tool to read many of my favourite books. ### 2. A book lover's dream **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephanie K. | Wellness Coach, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 27, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** I adore that I can convert file types of my books, take a pdf book and convert it to an epub file, so I may more easily navigate through the content. I also use Calibre library for the d.r.m. removal tool. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Sometimes when you convert a pdf file to an epub file, the formatting gets a bit wonky. In those cases, I use trial and error, adjusting the margins and page breaks. **Recommendations to others considering Calibre Library:** Calibre Library is a phenomenal application for allowing you to convert cookbooks from pdf files to epub files so you may use a table of contents to easy flip through a virtual book and go straight to the recipe by clicking on the table of contents, vs. just scrolling. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** The biggest solution for me is when I have files that are locked. Calibre Library allows me to unlock files and easily keep them on my computer for use later. It also allows me to keep an inventory of all the past books I've imported. ### 3. Best E-book Software Experience - Honest Opinion **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adrian P. | Community Operations, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** It's extremely intuitive and does it's job. Uploading books, viewing the library, converting formats and sending them to my device - simple! **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Sometimes it happens the "job" is taking too long and I need to restart the app **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** It keeps my books in one place - I'm rather disorganised so it's really helpful. It also tells me which books are there on my device and converts in case I downloaded a different format. ### 4. Dp calibre reviews **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dhruv P. | Software engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** Best thing is calibre library provide many different types of ebooks that can i access and read any where any time. and calibre has thousands of numbers ebook collections. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Dislike is calibre library UI is very boring type. Needs to create a responsive and attractive UI. Many famous authers and best seller books not listed in calibre library. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** I found a python book automate the boring stuff on calibre library and a l read whole book. And as of now i read many books from it now no needs to buy amazon kindle subscriptions. ### 5. Best to manage your e-books **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yuvraj S. | Data Scientist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** It's management for e-book is amazing. I can convert my pdf to other formats and easy to track later as it track your activity. In my suggestions It's good to have for all book lovers. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** As of now no major but for some pdf while coverting from one to other format it some sort distorted the page format. But i some tackle the errors by modified attribution of page. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was looking to manage and covert my e-books and this software really help me to do so. Now it's easy for me to manage and do required conversions. It's fulfill my all requirements. ### 6. One-stop shop for managing your library of ebooks **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** Full set of tools to help you find ebooks, download and edit covers and metadata, convert between all ebook file formats, and manage your personal ebook library. Capable of managing a very large library and to sync ebooks with reading devices. Also supports a variety of plugins created by others. Also includes an ebook reader for your PC. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** So many capabilities it's sometimes hard to find where to invoke the commands for actions you want to take. The user interface isn't always intuitive. **Recommendations to others considering Calibre Library:** The Swiss Army knife of ebook library tools. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** Create a maintain a database of ebooks in a variety of file formats, convert among file formats, provides an easy way to sync titles with many different kinds of ebook readers. ### 7. Calibre for managing PDF books **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Subin D. | IT Manager/Devops, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 02, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** Open Source for Managing Books/digital Content. Tools extensions that can automate your tasks **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Complicate to install. Cloud support would be nice **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing books and sharing among fiends. Centerlized management of digital contents ### 8. Dp Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dhruv P. | Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** Calibre library management provide many different kinds of ebook with its original version and writer so i can read book anytime anywhere from its application and also website. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Some times calibre application hang and give error like app crashed. We tried customer support of calibre but executives taking too much time solve tickets. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** Calibre provide ebooks that out new trainees learn from its books and references books. And calibre give permission no multiple user to no need to take any kindle subscription for ebooks. ### 9. The Digital Library **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicolás Damián V. | Crítico de Software, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** Oh! That "pick a random book" button it's impressive. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** It's not possible to search for a word or phrase in all the books. And it doesn't manage collections feature from Kindle devices. **Recommendations to others considering Calibre Library:** As far as I know, Calibre is the only digital library, so complete and compatible with all formats and devices. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** You can manage almost anything imaginable in a library, from editing to displaying. It's also highly customizable. ### 10. Good platform for learners!!! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pankaj P. | Executive - Resourcing, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** We can edit and sync books with e-readers. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** There is nothing to dislike, it is a great tool for readers and learners. **Recommendations to others considering Calibre Library:** I recommend others who are good readers as this tool is very easy to use. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** We can read books anywhere and recommend others too without carrying the book. ### 11. Free Ebook Software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** It is open source free ebooks software which is all we need in today's Era. We can also edit ebooks according to our needs. we can manage all our ebooks online at no cost. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** User Interface can be improvised and some times converting is not up to the mark. But still we can manage it. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** We can manage all our ebooks at a single platform we can convert e books from one format to another and we can also edit ebooks. ### 12. Calibre Library **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Harold G. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** Great tool for storing books, cataloging, rating, editing, and so much more. Integrates well with a multitude of readers **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Wich they had updates for windows 7 users **Recommendations to others considering Calibre Library:** I recommend this to anyone with a digital library **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** ABSOLUTELY NONE ### 13. Calibre - the best ebook management software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ananth G. | Assistant Professor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019 **What do you like best about Calibre Library?** There are few features that I like with using Calibre... They are: Converting books, Ripping the DRM rights from a digitally signed copy, using Calibre as an ebook library manager. Also there are various management of plugins that a user can use and check. **What do you dislike about Calibre Library?** Calibre uses loads of memory and especially if the book size is huge, conversion process takes time. There were few times when I could not connect to the ebook stored in my laptop and access it portably. This could be also due to network or port mapping issues. I dont want to blame Calibre fully for this. **Recommendations to others considering Calibre Library:** Go and use this software. You would not find a better ebook management software than Calibre. Especially to those people who use Apple products and Amazon Kindle, this calibre is a must have. A digitally encryted and protected book can be ripped easily with Calibre. Also since Calibre is open source and free to use, every person should use this software. **What problems is Calibre Library solving and how is that benefiting you?** The software is an open source and free one. It is available across multiple platforms. Reading books is a pleasure on Calibre, Converting books from one format to another is a bliss feature, Also you can use your laptop as the Digital server space for storing ebooks and then use the calibre server management tools to access these files portably. ## Calibre Library Discussions - [What is Calibre Library used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-calibre-library-used-for) - [View Calibre Library pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/calibre-library/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+21%3A49%3A51+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=12afaab3-257e-4fca-9c5c-d3fea2be336d&secure%5Btoken%5D=1a8a45e3a4b3e399f8761cea7388eca662b5390c3454bcd045fe9d075855358c&format=llm_user) ## Top Calibre Library Alternatives - [Google for Education](https://www.g2.com/products/google-for-education/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (320 reviews) - [Echo360](https://www.g2.com/products/echo360/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (446 reviews) - [Kami](https://www.g2.com/products/kami/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (68 reviews)