diff --git a/app-text/calibre/Manifest b/app-text/calibre/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74dac86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/calibre/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+AUX calibre-2.9.0-no_updates_dialog.patch 1661 SHA256 2a711b55c48bb53ff54e1654c7a907212966e815dde879f8e154df389127c230 SHA512 9663b95ed64bdc2bc40692922384d1c6073177eee58a49c412883c4d2ae098e4e0b4ea51b80443108b7c0c3e4f3fda60c00fc3be4d0b62a5d79d982697927235 WHIRLPOOL 6af5e426e2f2f4d2dfc8c0f5150b5ae70dea0c536ddf50e531ecea06d203ecac93d6743a4cd7418dd93af95e2ee251a6c06aa93535bf75564819cf40babb1e5e
+AUX calibre-disable_plugins.patch 1042 SHA256 4921ba7be29d8e2789f3e31d23faa96f308cbf556f2704c001a3dd4dda9dfda2 SHA512 c152ddd92728a89db10c75a4d00a968bf119bef68da8b9116c76827e3cdc8f8a7e5c45fbb973f6ca8db1f79e461518351ce2d47e5e059c282f36d2df499d1629 WHIRLPOOL 8a4870df539bc768b9dcfb28623773d730ba27ef307dac856f4fd9ff682b710a7b33dc93e505cb5d974a95885089c079838a59d579c496ad6a173384eb14bdda
+AUX calibre-server.conf 523 SHA256 55b20e6a208f7eb7128e0f8e0f8ead83a55ef80bcb62737d1658074141a5b213 SHA512 4595786d9b6ed7662a1124e8acc32e03e0149f614a07890f9df08d05811a1b8de51cc33cc1bfbf30b072c7ad75dc3b8247e9de53d20ee2b45017cb4160437058 WHIRLPOOL a4ba22fb5a9893c2db6254e2ee569514dd132284e0f4e8b62561ec3def773c917d17d6718975b1ecbd02197cb3330506e48b6dd656c20cfacfd610a680e34db1
+AUX calibre-server.init 1817 SHA256 f8ee19ab10b0cc775a3db57e437429cd88f614e9e438a59f57233625e5fd501b SHA512 9f03c1fe2c355287652b80172f6a585960f73083a4481920a802eaa4ca77b1ce62dd8204eee843c757370fba592e44895e79efc23053f3f9565cecaf99a13bf0 WHIRLPOOL f2663f18bf5d089a379fe4926ec99676eae3b724041d52f25aaab24ee409b95372a5b63533048bb777f39956a65e581483bf56e0425c6256ee37755b39f69d45
+DIST calibre-2.54.0.tar.xz 40211808 SHA256 e9e0d8e05d298a555e66b628e0d6be3f45543e457f20c1d70ba55b1cb1ed4ce4 SHA512 63e6ceaebcac865124bbb2c5e260c530f60007169e3992cbf1fa7ace536de581df6d281fc389cdd11ecb24e0394832c0d52584a2ba465a194ffcc37b0a94304c WHIRLPOOL c567b1d3f3c915fe172238ce7ada2b83fd7b5e8d22e099095b0b63bb55fb9b5d1962fa522e43087b80fb2b39b760ff86f207aa8295bc1aeec44f6e29f03c50c5
+DIST calibre-2.55.0.tar.xz 39854472 SHA256 a3a4f2914d491ab8c63725c11272d53bb4a91d282e6e5c6e0f245cb94b138188 SHA512 f067c93f7b32dbb8f94e30831df1bf755c25edaeb9dd4793ec79941738e2431e5fe51219d169056b3bb1f71b4223e933cc29fdae6572f212109b44b696bd6af4 WHIRLPOOL 433c68117f2aec343db026851de1807ebbcef91b229cb7790a9a3de35bb9ea6e20c194097ab4b283935843d998aba61f5a036483d743e35b9cc8dffaa809c5fb
+EBUILD calibre-2.54.0_pre.ebuild 7997 SHA256 1e38ac26dbeb384813eee6deac54b06a45cf7a9589cfc1b15c7e38c398c5aaf7 SHA512 330e6fcf0e4f267017dc255d7780e938462b0210e43818e727a6b50556b124534b457fe107486ef9c9ece7036c165bd56316cca9093cfc4c8732c371276d49f1 WHIRLPOOL 2e4694bd255b9e1cbd9f6f9af626fdb2af5ee1ed33693011226283edaae709fcc158cb5742bc078535b4eea25305d179a9901456ee740a4ffca39acc17545786
+EBUILD calibre-2.55.0_pre.ebuild 7997 SHA256 1e38ac26dbeb384813eee6deac54b06a45cf7a9589cfc1b15c7e38c398c5aaf7 SHA512 330e6fcf0e4f267017dc255d7780e938462b0210e43818e727a6b50556b124534b457fe107486ef9c9ece7036c165bd56316cca9093cfc4c8732c371276d49f1 WHIRLPOOL 2e4694bd255b9e1cbd9f6f9af626fdb2af5ee1ed33693011226283edaae709fcc158cb5742bc078535b4eea25305d179a9901456ee740a4ffca39acc17545786
diff --git a/app-text/calibre/calibre-2.55.0_pre.ebuild b/app-text/calibre/calibre-2.55.0_pre.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e5ce55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/calibre/calibre-2.55.0_pre.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite,ssl"
+
+inherit eutils fdo-mime bash-completion-r1 multilib toolchain-funcs python-single-r1 poly-c_ebuilds
+
+DESCRIPTION="Ebook management application"
+HOMEPAGE="http://calibre-ebook.com/"
+SRC_URI="http://download.calibre-ebook.com/${MY_PV}/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="
+	GPL-3+
+	GPL-3
+	GPL-2+
+	GPL-2
+	GPL-1+
+	LGPL-3+
+	LGPL-2.1+
+	LGPL-2.1
+	BSD
+	MIT
+	Old-MIT
+	Apache-2.0
+	public-domain
+	|| ( Artistic GPL-1+ )
+	CC-BY-3.0
+	OFL-1.1
+	PSF-2
+	unRAR
+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+udisks"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	>=app-text/podofo-0.8.2:=
+	>=app-text/poppler-0.26.5[qt5]
+	>=dev-libs/chmlib-0.40:=
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	>=dev-libs/icu-4.4:=
+	>=dev-python/apsw-3.7.17[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/beautifulsoup-3.0.5:python-2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cssselect-0.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cssutils-0.9.9[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/dbus-python-1.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/lxml-3.2.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/mechanize-0.1.11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/netifaces[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pillow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pygments-2.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/python-dateutil-1.4.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/PyQt5-5.3.1[gui,svg,webkit,widgets,network,printsupport,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-qt/qtcore:5
+	dev-qt/qtgui:5
+	dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
+	media-fonts/liberation-fonts
+	>=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.5.9[jpeg,png]
+	media-libs/fontconfig
+	>=media-libs/freetype-2:=
+	>=media-libs/libmtp-1.1.5:=
+	>=media-libs/libwmf-0.2.8
+	sys-libs/zlib
+	virtual/libusb:1=
+	virtual/python-dnspython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libX11
+	x11-libs/libXext
+	x11-libs/libXrender
+	>=x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.0.2-r2
+	udisks? ( virtual/libudev )"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	udisks? ( || ( sys-fs/udisks:2 sys-fs/udisks:0 ) )"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-0.6_rc5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=virtual/podofo-build-0.8.2
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# Fix outdated version constant.
+	#sed -e "s#\\(^numeric_version =\\).*#\\1 (${PV//./, })#" \
+	#	-i src/calibre/constants.py || \
+	#	die "sed failed to patch constants.py"
+
+	# Avoid sandbox violation in /usr/share/gnome/apps when linux.py
+	# calls xdg-* (bug #258938).
+	sed -e "s|'xdg-desktop-menu', 'install'|\\0, '--mode', 'user'|" \
+		-e "s|check_call(\\['xdg-desktop-menu', 'forceupdate'\\])|#\\0|" \
+		-e "s|\\(CurrentDir(tdir)\\), \\\\\$|\\1:|" \
+		-e "s|, PreserveMIMEDefaults():|:|" \
+		-e "s|'xdg-icon-resource', 'install'|\\0, '--mode', 'user'|" \
+		-e "s|cmd\[2\]|cmd[4]|" \
+		-e "s|cc(\\['xdg-desktop-menu', 'forceupdate'\\])|#\\0|" \
+		-e "s|'xdg-mime', 'install'|\\0, '--mode', 'user'|" \
+		-i src/calibre/linux.py || die "sed failed to patch linux.py"
+
+	# Disable unnecessary privilege dropping for bug #287067.
+	sed -e "s:if os.geteuid() == 0:if False and os.geteuid() == 0:" \
+		-i setup/install.py || die "sed failed to patch install.py"
+
+	sed -e "/^            self\\.check_call(qmc + \\[.*\\.pro'\\])$/a\
+\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ self.check_call(['sed', \
+'-e', 's|^CFLAGS .*|\\\\\\\\0 ${CFLAGS}|', \
+'-e', 's|^CXXFLAGS .*|\\\\\\\\0 ${CXXFLAGS}|', \
+'-e', 's|^LFLAGS .*|\\\\\\\\0 ${LDFLAGS}|', \
+'-i', 'Makefile'])" \
+		-i setup/extensions.py || die "sed failed to patch extensions.py"
+
+	# use system beautifulsoup, instead of bundled
+	rm -f "${S}"/src/calibre/ebooks/BeautifulSoup.py \
+		|| die "could not remove bundled beautifulsoup"
+	find "${S}" -type f -name \*.py -exec \
+		sed -e 's/calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup/BeautifulSoup/' -i {} + \
+		|| die "could not sed bundled beautifulsoup out of the source tree"
+
+	# avoid failure of xdg tools to recognize vendor prefix
+	sed -e "s|xdg-icon-resource install|xdg-icon-resource install --novendor|" \
+		-e "s|'xdg-mime', 'install'|'xdg-mime', 'install', '--novendor'|" \
+		-e "s|'xdg-desktop-menu', 'install'|'xdg-desktop-menu', 'install', '--novendor'|" \
+		-i "${S}"/src/calibre/linux.py || die 'sed failed'
+
+	# no_updates: do not annoy user with "new version is availible all the time
+	# disable_plugins: walking sec-hole, wait for upstream to use GHNS interface
+	epatch \
+		"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.9.0-no_updates_dialog.patch" \
+		"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-disable_plugins.patch"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	# Bypass kbuildsycoca and update-mime-database in order to
+	# avoid sandbox violations if xdg-mime tries to call them.
+	cat - > "${T}/kbuildsycoca" <<-EOF
+	#!${BASH}
+	echo $0 : $@
+	exit 0
+	EOF
+
+	cp "${T}"/{kbuildsycoca,update-mime-database} || die
+	chmod +x "${T}"/{kbuildsycoca,update-mime-database} || die
+
+	export QMAKE="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/qt5/bin/qmake"
+
+	# Unset DISPLAY in order to prevent xdg-mime from triggering a sandbox
+	# violation with kbuildsycoca as in bug #287067, comment #13.
+	export -n DISPLAY
+
+	# Bug #352625 - Some LANGUAGE values can trigger the following ValueError:
+	#   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 486, in getdefaultlocale
+	#    return _parse_localename(localename)
+	#  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 418, in _parse_localename
+	#    raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
+	#ValueError: unknown locale: 46
+	export -n LANGUAGE
+
+	# Bug #295672 - Avoid sandbox violation in ~/.config by forcing
+	# variables to point to our fake temporary $HOME.
+	export HOME="${T}/fake_homedir"
+	export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
+	export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share"
+	export CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/calibre"
+	mkdir -p "${XDG_DATA_HOME}" "${CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY}" || die
+
+	tc-export CC CXX
+	# Bug #334243 - respect LDFLAGS when building extensions
+	export OVERRIDE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" OVERRIDE_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+	local libdir=$(get_libdir)
+	[[ -n $libdir ]] || die "get_libdir returned an empty string"
+
+	# Bug #472690 - Avoid sandbox violation for /dev/dri/card0.
+	local x
+	for x in /dev/dri/card[0-9] ; do
+		[[ -e ${x} ]] && addpredict ${x}
+	done
+
+	#dodir "/usr/$(get_libdir)/python2.7/site-packages" # for init_calibre.py
+	#dodir $(python_get_sitedir)
+	PATH=${T}:${PATH} PYTHONPATH=${S}/src${PYTHONPATH:+:}${PYTHONPATH} \
+	"${PYTHON}" setup.py install \
+		--root="${D}" \
+		--prefix="${EPREFIX}/usr" \
+		--libdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/${libdir}" \
+		--staging-root="${ED}usr" \
+		--staging-libdir="${ED}usr/${libdir}" || die
+
+	grep -rlZ "${ED}" "${ED}" | xargs -0 sed -e "s:${D}:/:g" -i ||
+		die "failed to fix harcoded \$D in paths"
+
+	# The menu entries end up here due to '--mode user' being added to
+	# xdg-* options in src_prepare.
+	dodir /usr/share/mime/packages
+	chmod -fR a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w "${HOME}"/.local
+	mv "${HOME}"/.local/share/mime/packages/* "${ED}"usr/share/mime/packages/ ||
+		die "failed to register mime types"
+	dodir /usr/share/icons
+	mv "${HOME}"/.local/share/icons/* "${ED}"usr/share/icons/ ||
+		die "failed to install icon files"
+
+	domenu "${HOME}"/.local/share/applications/*.desktop ||
+		die "failed to install .desktop menu files"
+
+	find "${ED}"usr/share -type d -empty -delete
+
+	cd "${ED}"/usr/share/calibre/fonts/liberation || die
+	local x
+	for x in * ; do
+		[[ -f ${EPREFIX}usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts/${x} ]] || continue
+		ln -sf "../../../fonts/liberation-fonts/${x}" "${x}" || die
+	done
+
+	einfo "Converting python shebangs"
+	python_fix_shebang "${ED}"
+
+	einfo "Compiling python modules"
+	python_optimize "${ED}"usr/lib/calibre
+
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/calibre-server.init calibre-server
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/calibre-server.conf calibre-server
+
+	bashcomp_alias calibre \
+		lrfviewer \
+		calibre-debug \
+		ebook-meta \
+		calibre-server \
+		ebook-viewer \
+		ebook-polish \
+		fetch-ebook-metadata \
+		lrf2lrs \
+		ebook-convert \
+		ebook-edit \
+		calibre-smtp \
+		ebook-device
+
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	fdo-mime_desktop_database_update
+	fdo-mime_mime_database_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	fdo-mime_desktop_database_update
+	fdo-mime_mime_database_update
+}
diff --git a/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-2.9.0-no_updates_dialog.patch b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-2.9.0-no_updates_dialog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d37c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-2.9.0-no_updates_dialog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -burN calibre-2.9.0.orig/src/calibre/gui2/main.py calibre-2.9.0/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+--- calibre-2.9.0.orig/src/calibre/gui2/main.py	2014-11-09 20:09:54.081231882 +0800
++++ calibre-2.9.0/src/calibre/gui2/main.py	2014-11-09 20:15:48.193033844 +0800
+@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
+                       help=_('Start minimized to system tray.'))
+     parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', default=0, action='count',
+                       help=_('Ignored, do not use. Present only for legacy reasons'))
+-    parser.add_option('--no-update-check', default=False, action='store_true',
+-            help=_('Do not check for updates'))
++    parser.add_option('--update-check', dest='no_update_check', default=True,
++            action='store_false',
++            help=_('Check for updates'))
+     parser.add_option('--ignore-plugins', default=False, action='store_true',
+             help=_('Ignore custom plugins, useful if you installed a plugin'
+                 ' that is preventing calibre from starting'))
+diff -burN calibre-2.9.0.orig/src/calibre/gui2/update.py calibre-2.9.0/src/calibre/gui2/update.py
+--- calibre-2.9.0.orig/src/calibre/gui2/update.py	2014-11-09 20:09:54.082231864 +0800
++++ calibre-2.9.0/src/calibre/gui2/update.py	2014-11-09 20:17:49.954767115 +0800
+@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@
+             self.update_checker.signal.update_found.connect(self.update_found,
+                     type=Qt.QueuedConnection)
+             self.update_checker.start()
++        else:
++            self.update_checker = None
+ 
+     def recalc_update_label(self, number_of_plugin_updates):
+         self.update_found(self.last_newest_calibre_version, number_of_plugin_updates)
diff --git a/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-disable_plugins.patch b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-disable_plugins.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ef1dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-disable_plugins.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Description: Disable plugin dialog. It uses a totally non-authenticated and non-trusted way of installing arbitrary code.
+Author: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/640026
+
+Index: calibre-0.8.29+dfsg/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py
+===================================================================
+--- calibre-0.8.29+dfsg.orig/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py	2011-12-16 05:49:14.000000000 +0100
++++ calibre-0.8.29+dfsg/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py	2011-12-20 19:29:04.798468930 +0100
+@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
+             pm.addAction(QIcon(I('config.png')), _('Preferences'), self.do_config)
+         cm('welcome wizard', _('Run welcome wizard'),
+                 icon='wizard.png', triggered=self.gui.run_wizard)
+-        cm('plugin updater', _('Get plugins to enhance calibre'),
+-                icon='plugins/plugin_updater.png', triggered=self.get_plugins)
+         if not DEBUG:
+             pm.addSeparator()
+             cm('restart', _('Restart in debug mode'), icon='debug.png',
diff --git a/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-server.conf b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-server.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1bed84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-server.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# /etc/conf.d/calibre-server
+# Change this to the user you want to run calibre-server as.
+# You may specify a group too, after a colon
+# NOTE:  This must be set and not to root!
+CALIBRE_USER=
+
+# Set the path of the library to serve.
+# Defaults to the default location for CALIBRE_USER.
+#CALIBRE_LIBRARY='<user home directory>/Calibre Library'
+
+# Extra options to pass to calibre-server.
+# See the calibre-server man page for more options.
+#CALIBRE_OPTS="--username calibre --password password --thread-pool 10 --port 8080"
diff --git a/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-server.init b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-server.init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fd9ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/calibre/files/calibre-server.init
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright 1999-2012 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later
+# $Id$
+
+depend() {
+	need net
+	need localmount
+	after bootmisc
+}
+
+checkconfig() {
+	if [ "${CALIBRE_USER}" = "" -o "${CALIBRE_USER}" = "root" ] ; then
+		eerror "Please edit /etc/conf.d/calibre-server"
+		eerror "You have to specify a user to run calibre-server as, as we will not run it as root!"
+		eerror "Modify CALIBRE_USER to your needs (you can also add a group, after a colon)"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	if ! getent passwd "${CALIBRE_USER%:*}" >/dev/null ; then
+		eerror "Please edit /etc/conf.d/calibre-server"
+		eerror "Your user has to exist!"
+		return 1
+	fi
+	if [ "${CALIBRE_USER%:*}" != "${CALIBRE_USER}" ] ; then
+		if ! getent group "${CALIBRE_USER#*:}" >/dev/null ; then
+			eerror "Please edit /etc/conf.d/calibre-server"
+			eerror "Your group has to exist too!"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+	if [ "${CALIBRE_LIBRARY}" = "" ] ; then
+		CALIBRE_USER_HOME=$(getent passwd "${CALIBRE_USER%:*}" | cut -d ':' -f 6)
+		CALIBRE_LIBRARY="${CALIBRE_USER_HOME}/Calibre Library"
+	fi
+	if [ ! -d "${CALIBRE_LIBRARY}" ] ; then
+		eerror "Please edit /etc/conf.d/calibre-server"
+		eerror "The Calibre library, '${CALIBRE_LIBRARY},' does not exist."
+		eerror "Please modify CALIBRE_LIBRARY to point to a valid library."
+		return 1
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
+start() {
+	checkconfig || return $?
+	local pidfile=/var/run/calibre-server.pid
+	ebegin "Starting calibre-server"
+	start-stop-daemon --user "${CALIBRE_USER}" \
+		--pidfile "${pidfile}" --make-pidfile --background --exec /usr/bin/calibre-server \
+		-- --with-library "${CALIBRE_LIBRARY}" ${CALIBRE_OPTS}
+	eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+	ebegin "Stopping calibre-server"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --user "${CALIBRE_USER}" \
+		--pidfile /var/run/calibre-server.pid
+	eend $?
+}