It also comes with new drivers for a couple of new devices, HTC Flyer and Trekstor 4ink

Sep 21, 2012 07:49 GMT  ·  By

Version 0.8.70 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre was announced on September 21st, with some important new features and fixes.

Highlights of Calibre 0.8.70:

• Connecting MTP (non-disk-based) devices via USB is now supported. This category includes the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HD; • The Calibre portable feature has been improved; • Function approximate_formats() to get list of formats saved in the db for a book as opposed to the formats that actually exist on disk, has been added; • A couple of new functions to get the path to individual book formats and the calibre library as a whole have been added; • Drivers for HTC Flyer and Trekstor 4ink have been added; • AZW3 output not properly indexed bug has been repaired; • Generation of apnx files for newer kindle firmware has been fixed.

A complete changelog can be found in the official announcement. Download Calibre 0.8.70 right now from Softpedia.