Looking for a good ebook reader program tht also downloads metadata (besides Calibre)?

I like all the information that Calibre is able to download for my ebooks but the interface is so clunky and non-Maclike that it's a little painful. Other apps like Bookreader and Scarlett have a much nicer look and feel but don't download metadata at all, they just show what's already there.
Does anyone know of a ebook reader app for OSX that is able to download metadata like Calibre can? Any help would be greatly appreciated -- thanks in advance!

Very good write-up.  I've had my W540 for almost a week.  My thoughts:
The Case:  The screen feels a bit flimsy to me, I think that's due to small hinges mounted near the edges.
The Keyboard: I don't mind the offset keyboard, my current and previous Dells have had these, but they were 17.3" and 17" screens. I'm in engineering so I'd much rather have the extra numbers keypad than a centred keyboard. Although I don't like the CTRL and FN keys being the other way around.
Night light: Haven't really noticed not having one as I haven't had one in the past. My Dell has backlight keys.
Function keys: Don't particularly like this but once I found they could be locked on using the FN / Esc combo I just use this. It stays locked even if I reboot which is handy.
Hard drive activity light would be handy, as would numbers and caps lock.  I've disabled the on-screen notification, that was just a pain. Sort of cr*p you would expect from Microsoft and all their silly tips, etc. that I disable as well.
Touchpad: I've commented elsewhere that this is the worse I've even seen. Absolutely useless. I've disabled both the touchpad and touchstick (again, useless) and just use a mouse.
Screen: Dreadful! I've got the 1920 x 1080 LCD.  The icon size is ok, I've got it set to the smallest I can.  However the screen looks washed out at the bottom. Again, I've posted about this before.
Mine doesn't have a SSD and only has 4 GB of memory, so I find it very slow.  This is not a workstation unless you go for all the bells and whistles, otherwise it's ok for MS Ofifice and the internet but not for serious work. Forget programs such as AutoCAD and the like, too slow and the screen is too poor.
Anyway, thats my opinion, I'm sure others will love this unit and disagree with me.

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