1# calibre
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3<img align="left" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/resources/images/lt.png" height="200" width="200"/>
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5calibre is an e-book manager. It can view, convert, edit and catalog e-books
6in all of the major e-book formats. It can also talk to e-book reader
7devices. It can go out to the internet and fetch metadata for your books.
8It can download newspapers and convert them into e-books for convenient
9reading. It is cross platform, running on Linux, Windows and macOS.
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11For more information, see the [calibre About page](https://calibre-ebook.com/about).
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13[![Build Status](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/workflows/Continuous%20Integration/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/actions?query=workflow%3ACI)
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15## Screenshots
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17[Screenshots page](https://calibre-ebook.com/demo)
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19## Usage
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21See the [User Manual](https://manual.calibre-ebook.com).
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23## Development
24
25[Setting up a development environment for calibre](https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html).
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27A [tarball of the source code](https://calibre-ebook.com/dist/src) for the
28current calibre release.
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30## Bugs
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32Bug reports and feature requests should be made in the calibre bug tracker at [Launchpad](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre).
33GitHub is only used for code hosting and pull requests.
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35## Support calibre
36
37calibre is a result of the efforts of many volunteers from all over the world.
38If you find it useful, please consider contributing to support its development.
39[Donate to support calibre development](https://calibre-ebook.com/donate).
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41## Building calibre binaries
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43See [Build instructions](bypy/README.rst) for instructions on how to build the
44calibre binaries and installers for all the platforms calibre supports.
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46## calibre package versions in various repositories
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48[![Packaging Status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/calibre.svg)](https://repology.org/project/calibre/versions)
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