SILENT ORDER: Ebook Conversion In Calibre
Yesterday I mentioned that I was using Sigil on Ubuntu as part of my experiment in writing, editing, laying out, and publishing a book entirely from Ubuntu Linux. Sigil is a really useful program, but it produces EPUB ebook files, and Amazon uses MOBI ebook files.
This is where Calibre comes in. Calibre is the Swiss Army Knife of ebooks. If you’re serious about ebooks at all, this is a vital program. The most obvious use of Calibre is to convert ebooks from one format to another, but you can also use Calibre to edit metadata, organize an ebook collection, and even as a simple reader program. Definitely recommended!
You can also use Calibre to read Amazon-only books on a Nook or a Kobo or a Google Play device. Download the book from Amazon through the Manage My Kindle page, convert the file to EPUB in Calibre, and then sideload the EPUB onto your device.
-JM