One annoying thing is that it seems that if the Kindle notices that there's a mobi-asin field (which the above introduces in order to fix Goodreads integration), then it seems to download and use the cover art that Amazon has for that book, instead of the one you set in Calibre. I'm not sure if.
The most powerful and easy-to-use book organizer. It is an ideal tool for book-lovers, collectors, students, academicians, schools and business libraries. Alfa Ebooks Manager allows to organize your electronic and/or print books in a single e-Library. You can quickly scan your computer for book files, parse metadata, add covers, tags and custom fields, update book data from the Web and even view books in 3D.
- Calibre is a very rapidly evolving piece of software, with weekly releases. As a results bugs are inevitable. We rely on calibre's users to report these bugs, so that they can be fixed as quickly as possible. To report bugs use the calibre bug tracker. Note that you will have to register for a free account first.
- 2009 Alfa Ebooks Manager adds 3D-book models, not free any more Yesterday the new version of Alfa Ebooks Manager - 0.7 was released. And it's not free anymore, but it's really a greate improvement over the previous version. The software interface is totally redesigned, so you could impress your friends when showing them your e-Library.
Alfa Ebooks Manager alternatives are:
Calibre, Delicious Library, Collectorz.com Book Collector
Calibre, Delicious Library, Collectorz.com Book Collector
Here are the latest news about Alfa Ebooks Manager:
2019Alfa 8: New UI and Faster performance
The new version of popular home library software Alfa Ebooks Manager 8 has been built on the enhanced engine, that allows to work faster even with large libraries. The developers also implemented new user interface - more clean, polished and comfortable with color scheme customization. Among the new features are customizable color scheme, more fast and reliable Scan, new Book Card and Author card, batch mp3 audio book metadata edit, full drag-n-drop support, new Table View with text zoom, new CSV Import/Export tools and new Calibre Import.
2017Alfa Ebooks Manager 7 adds Web reader
Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its popular ebook management software Alfa Ebooks Manager 7. The new version features advanced Web Reader, that is available in software's web interface. It allows to open and read pdf, epub, mobi, fb2, djvu, txt ebooks in browser in your local network. It supports also mobile browsers, so you can read from your phone. The Web Reader bookmarks the last opened page for each book in browser's cookies. It also provides familiar options like text size, font, line height and others. And TOC is also available. The other new features include new Web interface and Autoupdate.
2014Alfa Ebooks Manager 5 adds Web Server, Audio Palyer, LoC integration
Alfa.NetSoft has released the new version of the popular ebook library organizer Alfa Ebooks Manager 5. The main new feature is OPDS Web Server that allows to browse, search, view and download your books via LAN or Wi-Fi from any computer or mobile device. You can use a browser or one of ereading apps that support OPDS standard. Besides, the program now supports linking multiple files per book, editing metadata for PDF, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, AZW ebooks. Audiobook lovers will be pleased to see inbuilt audioplayer and 3D audiobook models. Largest US book library Library of Congress now can be used to update book data. The book card in Alfa now contains 3 fields dedicated to LoC. Alfa's interface was already translated to 17 languages (Create covers from any ebook page (PDF, DJVU), Retrieve ToC from file, New version autocheck, New interface languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Turkish, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Arabic and Farsi). BTW they provide 50% discount #rightnow.
2013Alfa Ebooks Manager 4: New design, Book details pane and other features
Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its book management software Alfa Ebooks Manager 4. The list of new features includes new sleeker design, book details pane (that allows to view book details while browsing your library), new cooler 3D View with author photos, File Finder (that allows to move library to another drive or computer), Kindle Integration (now you can manage your Kindle's library in Alfa), Import from Calibre OPF files, fast PDF parser (that allows to retrieve PDF metadata) and DJVU full support (now you can retrieve metadata and covers from Djvu books).
2012Alfa eBooks Manager is now compatible with Windows 8
In October Microsoft will launch the new version of its operating system Windows 8. Alfaebooks developers decided to play a proactive and rebuilt their book library software Alfa Ebooks Manager (current version 3) to make it compatible with Windows 8. They also claim the new version works much faster on Windows 8 than on the older Windows versions.
2012Alfa Ebooks Manager 3: Audiobook management, Filter Builder and other 40 improvements
After the year of silence Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its book collection program Alfa Ebooks Manager 3. The developers say that they added more than 40 improvements. The main new features include Filter Builder (allows to filter book library by any condition), full drag-n-drop support, autoscaling Thumb View, audiobooks (MP3) support, hot Keys, import from CSV, new cool Export to HTML, new Interface Languages (now Alfa is available on 10 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Turkish and Farsi), enhanced 3D View, new tool to create ISO images, parallel Scanning, web plug-ins autoupdate, calendar in Library Explorer, context Help, multiple book selection in lookups and more.
2011Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.5 improves library management, adds Google Books integration
Alfa Ebooks Manager hits the new version 2.5. The most important new feature is completely rebuilt Library Explorer - the control panel for managing e-Library. Now it works like the MS Outlook sidebar: you can show or hide buttons, transform buttons into icons or vice versa. In the Authors pane you can now display authors without grouping - it looks very cool. Besides, right in the Library Explorer you can view the number of books (in each genre, series, etc), edit and delete items. The bonus is that the new Library Explorer works much faster. The second important update is import from Google Library. You can select any book list in your Google Library and import all book data and covers to your AEM database. Other new features include multiple book selection, File Manager now allows to automatically create folders and move/copy ebooks to them basing on any parameter. For example, you can create a folder for each author or genre and put the appropriate books to them, MD5-check for detecting duplicates (in the Scan and inside the database), optimized (faster) Wall View, Web Search.
2011Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.4 adds MOBI support
Alfaebooks developers continue to improve their book management program Alfa Ebooks Manager. Today they have launched the new version of the personal library software Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.4. The updated version adds MOBI books support (now you can parse all metadata from MOBI books) and provides the following new features: Dark Theme, ability to delete book files in the program interface, new Metallic bookshelf view, enhanced List Views with Author links, new option to turn off instant search (because in large libraries instant search could be rather slow), optimized Scan, Parser and Web Update tools (faster, more stable), multilingual interface (English, Deutsch, French, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech), new e-Library Statistics Viewer, new query 'Books with ' (it allows to detect books that have linked files, but these files where deleted or renamed or moved).
2011Alfa Ebooks Manager launches the Free ebook manager
Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.0 on the fully rebuild platform have been released today. The new features include multiple genres per book, tags (that can be assigned to books), custom fields in the book card (up to 5 text custom fields), universal search, new Edit Books tool (that allows to edit almost any parameter in multiple books at once, including authors, tags, custom fields...), File Parser (allows to retrieve ISBN, parse metadata and create cover thumbnails for the ebooks that are already in the database). Besides, Alfa developers introduced the new pricing model. From now they provide Free version of Alfa Ebooks Manager. They say, the free version will be a good solution for book lovers, that want to create a beautiful e-Library of books that they have read or want to read.
2010Alfa Ebooks Manager 1.9 - the most stylish eBook library manager
Alfa.NetSoft announced the release of the new ebook software version Alfa Ebooks Manager 1.9. It's not so revolutionary as the previous one but includes a lot of small improvements, requested by our customers. Besides, with this update we start adding new design themes, so that the software could better fit your style. The first is DARK THEME. The list of new features also includes multiple books selection using Shift (like in GMail), automated book site plug-in update, duplicates control (the new item in the sidebar tree), improved List View, improved Thumbnail View, improved Book card design, Web Update Options, book double-click options (now you can select to open Book Properties, Book File, 3D Book), improved File Manager (now it prevents duplicates and file overwriting), export books to CSV.
2010Alfa Ebooks Manager 1.8 adds LRF, FB2, EPUB support, new beautiful e-library views
The developers of Alfa Ebooks Manager call their new software version 'The new generation of ebook management software'. They have implemented a lot of new features and dramatically improved the software performance. Here are the main new features: the new Table View with multiple sort and filter options (ideal for searching and organizing books), the new scalable List and Thumbnail views (that are perfect for e-library browsing and demonstrating), improved 3D and Wall views), customizable thumbnail size, new Scan tool, that works faster and can parse ebook metadata, File Manager that allows to copy, move and rename ebook files, the new Retrieve ISBN tool that supports PDF, EPUB, LRF, FB2, CHM, new Web Update tool that can be used to add books from the book sites, Google Images integration that allows you quickly update book covers, author pics and other images in the e-Library
2009Alfa Ebooks Manager 0.7.5 optimizes PDF book catalog management
The new version of Alfa Ebooks Manager - v.0.7.5 has arrived. Unlin now Alfa Ebooks Manager used Adobe Acrobat Pro to render PDF ebooks, so that you could view them in 3D space. But as this software is quite expensive and some users can't afford it, the developers decided to provide another option - GhostScript. It's a free interpreter for PDF files. Besides, no you can import and export books between your Google Library and Alfa Ebooks Manager. To import the book list from Google Books save it as XML file on your computer. And the most impressive new feature is Virtual 3D-Wall View that turms your e-Library into interactive wall of books. The best way to understand what is it - is to give it a try. When scanning ebook files on your computer, Alfa Ebooks Manager tries to retrieve ebook ISBN from the file body. Of course, there is no standard, that defines exact ISBN position in the ebook file. That is why sometimes ISBN can be corrupted. Now you have an option to check if the given ISBN is valid using isbndb.com.
2009Alfa Ebooks Manager adds 3D-book models, not free any more
Yesterday the new version of Alfa Ebooks Manager - 0.7 was released. And it's not free anymore, but it's really a greate improvement over the previous version. The software interface is totally redesigned, so you could impress your friends when showing them your e-Library. You can select the e-Library layout and color scheme that better fits your style. The most outstanding new feature is 3D book view. It's like a real book on your computer screen. It has realistic size, back and front covers. You can rotate it in 3D space, open it and to turn over the pages. The content for these pages is either downloaded from Google Books and Amazon (these two sites provide the rendered book previews) or rendered from the book PDF file with the help of Adobe Acrobat Professional. If you have a blog or a website, you can easily take the 3D book snapshot and post it online, so that your friends had a better image of the book that you recommend.
2019Alfa 8: New UI and Faster performance
The new version of popular home library software Alfa Ebooks Manager 8 has been built on the enhanced engine, that allows to work faster even with large libraries. The developers also implemented new user interface - more clean, polished and comfortable with color scheme customization. Among the new features are customizable color scheme, more fast and reliable Scan, new Book Card and Author card, batch mp3 audio book metadata edit, full drag-n-drop support, new Table View with text zoom, new CSV Import/Export tools and new Calibre Import.
2017Alfa Ebooks Manager 7 adds Web reader
Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its popular ebook management software Alfa Ebooks Manager 7. The new version features advanced Web Reader, that is available in software's web interface. It allows to open and read pdf, epub, mobi, fb2, djvu, txt ebooks in browser in your local network. It supports also mobile browsers, so you can read from your phone. The Web Reader bookmarks the last opened page for each book in browser's cookies. It also provides familiar options like text size, font, line height and others. And TOC is also available. The other new features include new Web interface and Autoupdate.
2014Alfa Ebooks Manager 5 adds Web Server, Audio Palyer, LoC integration
Alfa.NetSoft has released the new version of the popular ebook library organizer Alfa Ebooks Manager 5. The main new feature is OPDS Web Server that allows to browse, search, view and download your books via LAN or Wi-Fi from any computer or mobile device. You can use a browser or one of ereading apps that support OPDS standard. Besides, the program now supports linking multiple files per book, editing metadata for PDF, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, AZW ebooks. Audiobook lovers will be pleased to see inbuilt audioplayer and 3D audiobook models. Largest US book library Library of Congress now can be used to update book data. The book card in Alfa now contains 3 fields dedicated to LoC. Alfa's interface was already translated to 17 languages (Create covers from any ebook page (PDF, DJVU), Retrieve ToC from file, New version autocheck, New interface languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Turkish, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Arabic and Farsi). BTW they provide 50% discount #rightnow.
2013Alfa Ebooks Manager 4: New design, Book details pane and other features
Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its book management software Alfa Ebooks Manager 4. The list of new features includes new sleeker design, book details pane (that allows to view book details while browsing your library), new cooler 3D View with author photos, File Finder (that allows to move library to another drive or computer), Kindle Integration (now you can manage your Kindle's library in Alfa), Import from Calibre OPF files, fast PDF parser (that allows to retrieve PDF metadata) and DJVU full support (now you can retrieve metadata and covers from Djvu books).
2012Alfa eBooks Manager is now compatible with Windows 8
In October Microsoft will launch the new version of its operating system Windows 8. Alfaebooks developers decided to play a proactive and rebuilt their book library software Alfa Ebooks Manager (current version 3) to make it compatible with Windows 8. They also claim the new version works much faster on Windows 8 than on the older Windows versions.
2012Alfa Ebooks Manager 3: Audiobook management, Filter Builder and other 40 improvements
After the year of silence Alfa.NetSoft released the new version of its book collection program Alfa Ebooks Manager 3. The developers say that they added more than 40 improvements. The main new features include Filter Builder (allows to filter book library by any condition), full drag-n-drop support, autoscaling Thumb View, audiobooks (MP3) support, hot Keys, import from CSV, new cool Export to HTML, new Interface Languages (now Alfa is available on 10 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Turkish and Farsi), enhanced 3D View, new tool to create ISO images, parallel Scanning, web plug-ins autoupdate, calendar in Library Explorer, context Help, multiple book selection in lookups and more.
2011Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.5 improves library management, adds Google Books integration
Alfa Ebooks Manager hits the new version 2.5. The most important new feature is completely rebuilt Library Explorer - the control panel for managing e-Library. Now it works like the MS Outlook sidebar: you can show or hide buttons, transform buttons into icons or vice versa. In the Authors pane you can now display authors without grouping - it looks very cool. Besides, right in the Library Explorer you can view the number of books (in each genre, series, etc), edit and delete items. The bonus is that the new Library Explorer works much faster. The second important update is import from Google Library. You can select any book list in your Google Library and import all book data and covers to your AEM database. Other new features include multiple book selection, File Manager now allows to automatically create folders and move/copy ebooks to them basing on any parameter. For example, you can create a folder for each author or genre and put the appropriate books to them, MD5-check for detecting duplicates (in the Scan and inside the database), optimized (faster) Wall View, Web Search.
2011Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.4 adds MOBI support
Alfaebooks developers continue to improve their book management program Alfa Ebooks Manager. Today they have launched the new version of the personal library software Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.4. The updated version adds MOBI books support (now you can parse all metadata from MOBI books) and provides the following new features: Dark Theme, ability to delete book files in the program interface, new Metallic bookshelf view, enhanced List Views with Author links, new option to turn off instant search (because in large libraries instant search could be rather slow), optimized Scan, Parser and Web Update tools (faster, more stable), multilingual interface (English, Deutsch, French, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech), new e-Library Statistics Viewer, new query 'Books with ' (it allows to detect books that have linked files, but these files where deleted or renamed or moved).
2011Alfa Ebooks Manager launches the Free ebook manager
Alfa Ebooks Manager 2.0 on the fully rebuild platform have been released today. The new features include multiple genres per book, tags (that can be assigned to books), custom fields in the book card (up to 5 text custom fields), universal search, new Edit Books tool (that allows to edit almost any parameter in multiple books at once, including authors, tags, custom fields...), File Parser (allows to retrieve ISBN, parse metadata and create cover thumbnails for the ebooks that are already in the database). Besides, Alfa developers introduced the new pricing model. From now they provide Free version of Alfa Ebooks Manager. They say, the free version will be a good solution for book lovers, that want to create a beautiful e-Library of books that they have read or want to read.
2010Alfa Ebooks Manager 1.9 - the most stylish eBook library manager
Alfa.NetSoft announced the release of the new ebook software version Alfa Ebooks Manager 1.9. It's not so revolutionary as the previous one but includes a lot of small improvements, requested by our customers. Besides, with this update we start adding new design themes, so that the software could better fit your style. The first is DARK THEME. The list of new features also includes multiple books selection using Shift (like in GMail), automated book site plug-in update, duplicates control (the new item in the sidebar tree), improved List View, improved Thumbnail View, improved Book card design, Web Update Options, book double-click options (now you can select to open Book Properties, Book File, 3D Book), improved File Manager (now it prevents duplicates and file overwriting), export books to CSV.
2010Alfa Ebooks Manager 1.8 adds LRF, FB2, EPUB support, new beautiful e-library views
The developers of Alfa Ebooks Manager call their new software version 'The new generation of ebook management software'. They have implemented a lot of new features and dramatically improved the software performance. Here are the main new features: the new Table View with multiple sort and filter options (ideal for searching and organizing books), the new scalable List and Thumbnail views (that are perfect for e-library browsing and demonstrating), improved 3D and Wall views), customizable thumbnail size, new Scan tool, that works faster and can parse ebook metadata, File Manager that allows to copy, move and rename ebook files, the new Retrieve ISBN tool that supports PDF, EPUB, LRF, FB2, CHM, new Web Update tool that can be used to add books from the book sites, Google Images integration that allows you quickly update book covers, author pics and other images in the e-Library
2009Alfa Ebooks Manager 0.7.5 optimizes PDF book catalog management
The new version of Alfa Ebooks Manager - v.0.7.5 has arrived. Unlin now Alfa Ebooks Manager used Adobe Acrobat Pro to render PDF ebooks, so that you could view them in 3D space. But as this software is quite expensive and some users can't afford it, the developers decided to provide another option - GhostScript. It's a free interpreter for PDF files. Besides, no you can import and export books between your Google Library and Alfa Ebooks Manager. To import the book list from Google Books save it as XML file on your computer. And the most impressive new feature is Virtual 3D-Wall View that turms your e-Library into interactive wall of books. The best way to understand what is it - is to give it a try. When scanning ebook files on your computer, Alfa Ebooks Manager tries to retrieve ebook ISBN from the file body. Of course, there is no standard, that defines exact ISBN position in the ebook file. That is why sometimes ISBN can be corrupted. Now you have an option to check if the given ISBN is valid using isbndb.com.
2009Alfa Ebooks Manager adds 3D-book models, not free any more
Yesterday the new version of Alfa Ebooks Manager - 0.7 was released. And it's not free anymore, but it's really a greate improvement over the previous version. The software interface is totally redesigned, so you could impress your friends when showing them your e-Library. You can select the e-Library layout and color scheme that better fits your style. The most outstanding new feature is 3D book view. It's like a real book on your computer screen. It has realistic size, back and front covers. You can rotate it in 3D space, open it and to turn over the pages. The content for these pages is either downloaded from Google Books and Amazon (these two sites provide the rendered book previews) or rendered from the book PDF file with the help of Adobe Acrobat Professional. If you have a blog or a website, you can easily take the 3D book snapshot and post it online, so that your friends had a better image of the book that you recommend.
Calibre是一款电子图书管理软件，其提供的“一站式”的电子书解决方案，可以全面满足对电子书需求，甚至可以利用它组织成属于自己的电子图书馆，它的功能更是多种多样，不仅可以用它对图书进行格式转换，归类整理电子书，还可以将文本图像材料、在线内容（RSS）加入并转换为电子书。更重要的是Calibre是免费的、开源的，拥有跨平台的设计，可在Linux， OS X和Windows操作系统中运行，堪称电子书管理神器！
Calibre下载页面：https://bookfere.com/tools#calibre
因为Kindle阅读器支持的电子书格式有限，除了对mobi及其自有格式azw、azw3的支持，对其他一些电子书格式（比如网上颇为流行的epub格式）却没有提供支持，这就需把这些Kindle所不支持的格式转换一下。利用Calibre转换电子书十分方便，步骤如下：
一、添加电子书到书库
下载安装好Calibre并打开它。点击左上角的“添加书籍”图标，将你想要转换的电子书添加到书库中（也可以直接将电子书拖放到书库里）。
二、选择一种转换模式
选中一个或多个电子书，点击鼠标右键，在弹出的菜单中将鼠标定位到“转换书籍”那一项，会弹出一个子菜单，有“逐个转换”和“批量转换”可选。如果选取了多个文件，使用“逐个转换”需要对每一个图书进行单独的设置，比如可以对不同的电子书设置不同的格式；而“批量转换”则是所有电子书共用一个设置。请根据自己的需要选择。
Calibre 支持转换的格式有：EPUB、MOBI、AZW3、DOCX、FB2、HTMLZ、LIT、LRF、PDB、PDF、PMIZ、RB、RTF、SNB、TCR、TXT、TXTZ、ZIP。
三、设置修改电子书信息
如果选择了“逐个转换”会针对每一本电子书弹出一个设置对话框，你可以对该电子书的“输出格式”、“元数据（包括书名、封面、作者等基本信息的设置）”、“界面外观（包括字体大小、内嵌字体、行高等内容格式的设置）”、“智能处理”、“页面设置”、“结构检测”、“内容目录”、“查找与替换”、“EPUB输出”、“调试”项进行详细的设置。如果选择了“批量转换”，则不能批量修改它们的“元数据”及使用“调试”功能。
四、查看或管理转换进程
所有转换设置完毕后，点击“确定”按钮开始转换格式。转换过程中主页面的右下角会有“任务：**”的字样和一枚转动的菊花图标，点击它们便会弹出一个任务列表框，在这里你可以查看转换状态并对单个或多个任务进行中止、隐藏等操作。
五、获取转换后的电子书
当右下角的“任务”后的数字变为“0”时表示全部转换任务已完成。右键点击图书在菜单中点选“打开所在目录”便能转到存储的默认文件夹并找到已经转换好格式的电子书了。如果不想一个一个地打开电子书所在目录，可以选择多个电子书，右键点击在弹出的菜单中将鼠标定位到“保存到磁盘”，在弹出的子菜单中点选“保存到磁盘单个目录”，在弹出的对话框中选择一个目录，就可以将它们统一放到一个文件夹里了。
将电子书的格式转换完之后，是不是像立即将它推送到Kindle中？Calibre早就为我们想到了，它提供了一个十分方便的功能，那就是邮件一键推送，想要再学一招就快点击这篇教程《Calibre使用教程之一键推送电子书》看看吧。
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为什么用 Calibre 将 azw3 格式的电子书转换成 mobi 格式后排版会发生变化？
一般在亚马逊官方购买的电子书都是 azw3 格式，行距是经过设计的有很好的排版效果，但是用 Calibre 将其转化成 mobi 格式后，你会发现段落行距之间变得很窄很挤，这是什么原因呢？原来默认设置下 Calibre 在转换过程中会对 mobi 做一些兼容处理，默认是兼容老的 mobi 格式，这就导致了如 azw3 这种新格式的一些特性丢失。
Calibre 在转换电子书时，在转换设置界面左侧有一个“mobi 输出”设置项，在这里有一个“mobi文件类型”，分别可以选择 old、both、new，这三种格式分别代表：
Calibre Not Recognising Kindle Book
- new：是只包含 KF8（mobi8）
- both：包含 KF8（mobi8） 和 KF7（mobi7）
- old：只包含 KF7（mobi7）
其中 new 模式会出问题，old 模式又会损失格式。所以可以选择 both 模式，此模式是为了兼容新旧设备，所以会包含两份相同内容但样式不同的文件，虽然这样也不能保证所有格式都能保留，但是可以最大程度的还原 azw 格式的一些新特性。不过需要注意，如果把转换时选择了 new 和 both 模式，亚马逊的个人文档推送服务可能会不支持。
Calibre Not Detecting Kindle 2019
如果以上方法依然不能生效，还有一个更好的办法，请参见：https://bookfere.com/post/102.html。