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jackie_w · 03-31-2016, 08:00 PM

Hi abby,

I'm also a huge fan of Calibre Companion. There is no better Android ebook library app if you're already using Calibre for your master library on your PC or Mac.

A few things you might like to know...

There is a Calibre Companion (CC) sub-forum here at MobileRead and the Developer, chaley, is very active in that forum. He is also a major contributor to the main Calibre program and seems to have the patience of a saint (most of the time) when answering queries from the rest of us
The demo version of CC is, as far as I know, fully functional but limited to only 20 books, so you can try for free to see whether you'll like it.
CC is not an app which will do the actual reading. You will need to install one (or more) Android reading apps of which there are many. When you want to open a book in CC it will ask you which of your installed reading apps you want to use. As you're a Nook user I'm assuming your books are epubs in which case these are just some of the popular epub reader apps which CC integrates nicely with: Mantano, Pocketbook (as per your screencap), Moon+, Coolreader, UBReader, FBReader, Gitden. Some have lots of config options some are simpler. Have fun trying a few different ones.

03-31-2016, 08:00 PM	#4
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,257 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	Hi abby, I'm also a huge fan of Calibre Companion. There is no better Android ebook library app if you're already using Calibre for your master library on your PC or Mac. A few things you might like to know... There is a Calibre Companion (CC) sub-forum here at MobileRead and the Developer, chaley, is very active in that forum. He is also a major contributor to the main Calibre program and seems to have the patience of a saint (most of the time) when answering queries from the rest of us The demo version of CC is, as far as I know, fully functional but limited to only 20 books, so you can try for free to see whether you'll like it. CC is not an app which will do the actual reading. You will need to install one (or more) Android reading apps of which there are many. When you want to open a book in CC it will ask you which of your installed reading apps you want to use. As you're a Nook user I'm assuming your books are epubs in which case these are just some of the popular epub reader apps which CC integrates nicely with: Mantano, Pocketbook (as per your screencap), Moon+, Coolreader, UBReader, FBReader, Gitden. Some have lots of config options some are simpler. Have fun trying a few different ones.