Software-update: Calibre 8.16.2

Versie 8.16 van Calibre is uitgekomen. Dit opensource e-bookbeheerprogramma is haast onmisbaar voor elke e-readerbezitter. Het kan onder meer alle relevante informatie en omslagafbeeldingen opzoeken, e-boeken bewerken en converteren om ze zo geschikt te maken voor de diverse soorten e-readers. Verder kan het programma kranten, tijdschriften en nieuwsartikelen op basis van RSS-feeds omzetten in e-bookformaat en kunnen er boeken worden aangeschaft bij de bekende webwinkels. Calibre is beschikbaar voor Windows, Linux en macOS.

In versie 8 is onder meer de ondersteuning voor Kobo-e-readers flink verbeterd, wordt er van Piper gebruikgemaakt voor het omzetten van tekst naar spraak, wat veel natuurlijker moet klinken, en zijn er diverse verbeteringen aangebracht in de e-bookviewer. De changelog voor deze uitgave kan hieronder worden gevonden.

New features

Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI".AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu.AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally.

Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI".

AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu.

AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally.

Bug fixes

Use a named local timezone for better display of historical dates in the local timezone. Closes tickets: 2133435.PDF Input: Fix a regression in the new PDF input engine that caused HTML markup to not be always escaped. Closes tickets: 2133846.Get books: Update amazon.it store plugin. Closes tickets: 2132253.Fix addition of format specific options when using calibredb catalog with command line flags.calibredb catalog: Fix generation of language field in BiBTeX catalogs. Closes tickets: 2133134.Fix incorrect series index when downloading metadata from amazon.co.jp. Closes tickets: 2132182.Fix a regression in the previous release that caused the case change menu to not be present in the comments editor.Fix a bug in 8.16.0 that prevented the Ask AI what to read next feature from working. Closes tickets: 2133932.Fix a crash in 8.16.0 that caused using the "Close" button in Ask AI to crash calibre on some systems. Closes tickets: 2133992.

Use a named local timezone for better display of historical dates in the local timezone. Closes tickets: 2133435.

PDF Input: Fix a regression in the new PDF input engine that caused HTML markup to not be always escaped. Closes tickets: 2133846.

Get books: Update amazon.it store plugin. Closes tickets: 2132253.

Fix addition of format specific options when using calibredb catalog with command line flags.

calibredb catalog: Fix generation of language field in BiBTeX catalogs. Closes tickets: 2133134.

Fix incorrect series index when downloading metadata from amazon.co.jp. Closes tickets: 2132182.

Fix a regression in the previous release that caused the case change menu to not be present in the comments editor.

Fix a bug in 8.16.0 that prevented the Ask AI what to read next feature from working. Closes tickets: 2133932.

Fix a crash in 8.16.0 that caused using the "Close" button in Ask AI to crash calibre on some systems. Closes tickets: 2133992.

Source: Tweakers.net