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Originally Posted by Quoth
Also Calibre isn't about usage of ebooks, but managing a library of them for any number of eReading gadgets.
The actual library & sorting on actual eReaders varies from just acceptable (Kobo with Collections and Series as well as Authors and Titles) to broken (Kindle Collections and Series are broken and can't usually be managed by Calibre) to really non-existent (simply a list of all authors or titles, or worse, only a directory & file browser).
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I own 3 ereader: You see them in my profile.
If You are interested also Pocketbook has a not so bad connection with calibre: calibre handles Authors and Titles of course, but also Series and Genre (by tags) and Synopsis. It doesn't handles Collections, somebody should write a calibre plug in for that (there is a Windows program in this forum that can do it, so it is possible) but it is open source and if there is nobody who is able and interested to do it...
And about Kobo: calibre handles also (other than Collections, Series, Authors and Titles): Synopsis, Subtitle, Publisher, ISBN, Publication Date and Language. The great advantage of Kobo with calibre is that it is possible to handle the data base directly in the ereader, so You can change the metadata of the books without downloading the books in the Kobo again. And You can make a back up of the data base of Your Kobo with calibre (useful in case of corruption of it).
Edit: With calibre in Kobo You can also change Evaluation, Reading Status and Reset Reading Position (I didn't mention them previously because I don't use these features).
With Poketbook if You want to change the metadata of a book You must delete it from the ereader and download it again after changing the metadata. May be that also with Poketbook it could be possible to handle the data base just like with Kobo but the second has a wider base of owners so it is more easy to find somebody who can write some calibre plug in for it.
About Kindle: nothing to say. I confirm every word of @Quoth.