Similarly, as I write, at least two projects are receiving a lot of advance notice, although both are too early in their development to recommend. For example, a couple of years ago, CoolReader was widely praised as an up and coming ebook manager – today, its Linux development seems to have been abandoned, and you are unlikely to get it to compile while using a recent kernel.

In fact, another mark of online reading’s popularity is how quickly ebook managers seem to come and go. Many, however, use a specialized manager to organize their books, newspapers, and articles online. Some readers prefer to trust to Google Books or Library Thing to organize their reading when online editions are available others use a general collection manager, although many, like Tellico, are designed for physical objects rather than electronic ones. With all this reading material comes an increased need to manage it. In 2017, over 266 million ebooks were released in the United States alone, and the numbers have increased every year since 2003. Today, many people read online from their everyday computers – and in ever-increasing numbers. However, e-readers have become a niche market.

If you are reading on a screen, nothing beats the resolution and glare controls of an e-reader.

Calibre ebook management