calibre Portable

When it comes to managing, organizing and reading your preferred e-books, calibre is one of the most popular solutions you can turn to. And if you prefer to keep your software as lightweight as possible, you can try calibre Portable.

Considering this is a portable utility, you do not need to install it on your computer, you can just extract the package's contents anywhere you like, such as a removable thumb drive and carry it with you in your pocket. So when you want to quickly read an e-book, you can just connect the device and start enjoying your novel or story.

There are multiple ways to add a new entry to the main window of calibre Portable, and you can start by selecting a file from your computer. The supported formats are also varied, like EPUB, PDF, HTML, LIT, archives, Kindle-compatible files and comics.

Alternatively, you can enter the ISBN of a book and leave it to the application to fill in the details using specialized web sources. You also get to import several books when selecting an archive such as ZIP or RAR.

Another handy function of calibre Portable is that you can not only enter metadata manually, but you can also modify existing information. More specifically, you can edit the title, author(s), rating, tags, publish date or cover image.

If you are unsure about the accuracy of this data, you can resort to download it all from online sources (that you can also control).

If you are only interested in converting your favorite e-book to a different format so you can enjoy it on your smartphone for instance, you can still use calibre Portable.

In addition to exporting your e-book to EPUB, MOBI, FB2, LIT, PDF RTF and other formats, you can also replace its default cover image, generate a Table of Contents, or search and replace strings using regular expressions.

To wrap it up, calibre Portable is an exhaustive app that can perform a wide range of e-book-related operations while still offering you a straightforward GUI.