Ebook features available
I'm looking for a _concise_ source of how to do certain things in ebook making. I say "concise" because at this point I simply read too slow and forget too fast to dig anything out of long (or medium)...
View ArticleD-Load New Cover But NOTHING Changes...Why?
Hey all, I was loading a book onto Calibre and I noticed that instead of Cover Art it simply had a B&W picture. While I was editing the MetaData I clicked on the "DOWNLOAD COVER" button and the...
View ArticleWhen I Save a MOBI Book 3 Different Files Show Up...WHY?
Hey all, Something I have been wondering about. I have a Kindle Fire and am looking at ways to load my books and PDF books onto my device in a neat and clean way such as manually dragging the MOBI...
View ArticleVer. 0.8.67 ERROR: Unhandled exception
calibre, version 0.8.67 ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:arguments did not match any overloaded call: QFontInfo(QFont): argument 1 has unexpected type 'QString'...
View Articlebook already in database - only the title is checked
i was going quietly crazy yesterday trying to add a book & diagnose why calibre was saying " book already in database - add anyway ?" - when various calibre & windows searches + library...
View ArticleRecipe without rss feed?
Hi! There is a webpage (URL) that gets updated daily. There is no rss feed. Basically I would like to write a recipe that grabs the contents of that single URL and formats it into an epub for me once a...
View ArticleHow to start Calibre on Windows in debug mode
Hi, After I start calibre (on Windows), I can select "Restart in debug mode" from the Preferences menu to get the debug output in a file. Is there any way to (automatically) start calibre directly in...
View ArticleLinks in libraries?
When I started using Calibre I went for tags in a big way, but as my collection expands I'm beginning to see the attraction of libraries - at the moment I've created libraries for Fiction, Non-Fiction...
View ArticleCalibre W7 runtime error
I opened Calibre today and it prompted me to update. It ran the update then gave a runtime error and force closed. I have tried restarting, checking for registry logs, and this is all I have Quote:...
View ArticlePython error using ebook-convert (Linux)
Hello. I'm trying to convert an .epub to a .mobi using the ebook-convert command line included with Calibre (version 0.7.44) on Linux. I've used it before with several successful conversions, but for...
View ArticleSaving Metadata?
I have spent a LOT of time editing the metadata of my ebook library. My wife just got an ebook device and wants some of my books. I have tried moving some of the epub files from my computer to hers,...
View ArticleConvert epub to txt for ipod HELP!!!!!!
Hello, I'm new to this site so please excuse me if this question seems silly. I have an ipod classic and although it has a small screen it is extremely portable - so nearly always to hand, It will only...
View ArticleCalibre question
After getting a book with 'get books' how do I download it if there is nothing in the download column? Trying to become proficient at this ebook stuff. LOVE my new NOOK with GlowLight.
View ArticlePDF Placeholder for Calibre's Publisher Field
Greetings, Does anyone know what field has to be filled out in the document properties of a PDF so that when imported into Calibre the publisher information is already in place? I can get the Author,...
View ArticleSouth China Morning Post recipe broke?
I have been using the built-in recipe for the South China Morning Post (scmp.recipe) since early this year. The last successful news download was 30 Aug 2012. I get the following error detail: calibre,...
View ArticleHi,Hi,have a problem with calibre,help please!
I use calibre 7.24. For about a year now. i use windows 7 but its always fine.But about a week ago. i open calibre but when i try to convert or give it any order its not responding and my notebook...
View Articlecom.apple.ibooks.display-options
To make font embedding work in an epub in ibooks, this file needs to be in the epub: Quote: META-INF/com.apple.ibooks.display-options.xml with this content: Quote: <?xml version="1.0"...
View ArticleKobo Shelve request
Kobo now has shelves, and the shelves can be sorted by "date added". Can Calibre be modified so that series transferred using calibre would create shelves, and change the "date added" for books in the...
View ArticleCalibre Companion - long-click request
Could you add a long-click event on a book which would go straight to the Read as it did on single-click a few updates ago. Also perhaps have an option to switch the click/long-click for the Read/Book...
View ArticleCalibre Companion - future ability?
How feasible would it be to include a link to calibre's content-server and then provide a list which we could then download the books directly from the tablet into the Companions database?
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