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Add to SafariWhen comparing Calibre vs Foliate, the Slant community recommends Calibre for most people. In the question“What are the best eBook readers for UNIX-like systems?” Calibre is ranked 1st while Foliate is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose Calibre is:
Features include metadata editing and downloading, coverpage downloading., book tagging and categorization, webpage-to-ebook converter for popular websites, etc. Lots of plugins available to extend functionality.
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Pros
Pro Powerful book management software, very customizable and scriptable
Features include metadata editing and downloading, coverpage downloading., book tagging and categorization, webpage-to-ebook converter for popular websites, etc. Lots of plugins available to extend functionality.
Pro Cross-platform
Calibre is available for Linux, OS X, and Windows, 32-bit or 64-bit.
Pro Open Source
Pro Portable
Calibre has an optional portable build that can be stored on external media along with the users library. It can then be opened from the external media on any windows device.
Pro Supports coloured text
Important for example for IT books (source code) or other reference books.
Pro Minimal reading UI
When reading, there is only a customizable progress indicator at the bottom, and the title at the top.
Cons
Con Average, non-power users might find the interface somewhat daunting
The interface, while functional is not the most attractive or intuitive which may put some people off and discourage their use.
Con Can't save text highlights or annotate
Con No PDF support
Foliate cannot be used to read PDFs, which may be a problem for those who read many documents in this format.
