Best tools to manage ebooks on ubuntu

This time we bring to you, Best tools to manage ebooks in Ubuntu, a list that groups the best applications to organize ebooks on our computer. All of these tools have been tested and verified in Ubuntu, but they will most likely be useful in any other of your favorite distributions. If you are a fan of books, like me, this post is for you.

Best tools to manage ebooks in Ubuntu

Caliber

We start this listing with Caliber. It is a powerful tool for book management and format conversion. Its main characteristics are:

• Facilitate the management of Libraries. Provides the conversion of books in various formats. Provides the synchronization of the reading devices. It allows to download news from the web and its conversion in the form of electronic books. It has an integral viewer of electronic books. It facilitates a server of content for online access to book collections. And last but not least, it provides an ebook publisher for all major ebook formats.

Installation

Caliber has a binary installation that includes all its dependencies. It runs on Intel 32- and 64-bit compatible machines. To install or update, we simply run the following command in the terminal:

sudo -v wget -O- -nv https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/caliber/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main = lambda: sys.stderr.write ('Download failed \ n'); exec (sys.stdin.read ()); main ()"

Evince

It is a document viewer for multiple formats. Its main objective revolves around replacing the multiple document viewers that exist in GNOME with a single simple application. It is designed to support a specific group of formats, mentioned below: PDF, PostScript, djvu, tiff, DVI, XPS, SyncTeX support with gedit, comic books (CBR, CBZ, CB7 and CBT). If you want to have more information about all the supported formats, you can check the compatibility list on its official site.

Additionally, it provides the desired functionalities of any other viewer, among its characteristics the following stand out:

• Search engine: integrated search that shows the number of results found and highlighted on the page. Page thumbnails: show a quick reference of where you want to go within a document. Document indexes: if the document is a PDF file and is included Index, Evince will display it in a tree format. Document Printing: Using the Evince GNOME / GTK Print framework you can print any document. Viewing Encrypted Documents: allows you to open PDF documents that have been encrypted. Accessible: implements the ATK interface, making it accessible.

Installation

Evince is part of the default Ubuntu installation. In distributions like Debian we get it like this:

apt-get install evince

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Foxit Reader 8.0

This tool is the winner of the PDF Reader award, it is a complete manager of PDF files. With it you can carry out various activities such as:

• View, create, convert, annotate and print Collaborate and share files Fill out forms Add signature or digital proof, among other things.

Installation

For its installation, you must visit the official site and access the download section.

Lucidor

It is an application for reading and managing electronic books, it supports the EPUB file format and catalogs in the OPDS format. This runs on both GNU / Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms.

characteristics

It provides us with functionality to:

• Read EPUB e-books. Organize a collection of e-books at a local bookstore. Search and download e-books from the Internet, for example, by browsing OPDS catalogs. Convert links and web pages to e-books.

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Installation

We execute the following lines in the terminal:

wget http://lucidor.org/lucidor/lucidor_0.9.8-1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i lucidor_0.9.8-1_all.deb

MuPDF

It is a light PDF and XPS viewer, it is adapted for high quality graphics. Reproducing the appearance of a feeling of being a printed page on the screen. This viewer is PDF 1.7 compliant, provides transparency, encryption, hyperlinks, annotations, search, and also reads XPS and OpenXPS documents. Additionally, it has support for interactive functions such as form filling, javascript and transitions.

Installation

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: ubuntuhandbook1 / apps sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mupdf mupdf-tools

Sigil

And finally, we do it with Sigil, this is a multiplatform editor of electronic books, specifically for EPUB with the following characteristics:

• It is free and open source software under the GPLv3 license. Full support of UTF-16. Multiple views. Full control over direct editing of EPUB syntax in code view. Table of contents generator. Metadata editor. User translated into many languages. Spell checking is configurable with dictionaries. Full Regular Expression Support (PCRE) for Find and Replace. Supports importing of EPUB and HTML files, images and style sheets. Provides a large number of Plugins.

Installation

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: rgibert / ebook sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sigil

We hope you enjoy all or some of these tools to manage electronic books. If you think it is necessary to add another, you can leave us a comment or simply tell us about your experience.