Caliber 9.5, the new stable version of the popular open-source digital library manager, It is now availableDeveloper Kovid Goyal has released this update, which arrives just two weeks after Caliber 9.4, introducing a practical tool in the book editing component to remove unused images, thus optimizing the weight and cleanliness of the files.
In addition to this outstanding cleaning function, Calibre 9.5 incorporates a reset button on the reading statistics panel from the e-book viewer. An option has also been added to display the pages from the page list of the printed book while simultaneously showing the last page number, improving the reading experience.
Calibre 9.5: Refinements and New Tools for Demanding Readers
El The annotation browser has also been significantly improved.Now you can filter by highlight style. For the more organized users, support has been added to create a custom column that displays reading progress, accessible from Preferences > Add your own columns.
In the compatibility section, The Tolino driver has been updated to support a new version of its firmware. Additionally, this version improves RB Input to ensure files are extracted correctly into the containing directory, and book editing restores focus to the editor after displaying the pop-up message with the search count.
Calibre 9.5 also addresses several issues: it corrects a bug with custom icons in the settings directory that wouldn't switch between light/dark variants when changing the theme; it fixes a bug in the removal of KEPUB markup when there are empty Kobo sections; and it fixes the Ctrl+Shift+Arrow shortcut not moving the currently selected book in the book list.
For news readers, Calibre now supports the Truthout news feed, and support for Naked Capitalism has been improved. As usual, you can consult the official release notes for full technical details of the changes included in Calibre 9.5.
The new version is now available for download from the official website, with ready-to-use binaries for 64-bit and ARM64 Linux systems, as well as macOS and Windows. A source code file is also available for those who prefer to compile it, and Linux users can easily install it as a Flatpak application from Flathub.