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Importing css in html files

I use Calibre from the command line, to convert html files that my software creates. I have many users that also use my software, so I place the .css file on my server, and link to it using the @import...

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MISSING HEADINGS AFTER CONVERSION

I have successfully used Calibre to create NCX files for the first two volumes of my book by converting a perfect PRC to MOBI file. After converting the third volume, all, except one of the chapter...

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Some letters unique color

Hey would it be possible to make every letter A blue and G red? I've tried doing this using the CSS stylesheet or whatever it is called. Unfortunately it doesn't work. Is it possible? Maybe using some...

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Simple Search & Replace not working!?

Hola to all from HOT Mexico!! Been using Calibre heavily and have started getting more into search & replace using regular expressions. So far have been able to figure out everything except this...

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Cannot add e-books of any format in 0.8.60 (calibre freezes)

Updated from 0.8.58 to 0.8.60 on a Linux Mint 10 64bit box. (I know, I know, but I love this Linux Mint 10.) Calibre now freezes when I try to add any format e-book. Whether through the main interface...

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Coding Covers in html5 for Calibre

I know this has been discussed many times, but I hope a specific solution can be found for this irksome problem. I know that there is no standard method to identify the cover of an ebook in an html...

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Is running Calibre on SSD a bad idea?

Will using Calibre extensively on an SSD cause the drive to fail much sooner than it would otherwise fail? My current mechanical drive goes nuts when installing Calibre, converting books, downloading...

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Merging recipes?

Is it possible to merge several recipes and let them produce one single book? Say, I have a recipe downloading BBC Asia News, and then one NYT Asia News. What I want is an output that has two sections...

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"Book-details" don't show comments anymore

Can't remember exactly since which upgrade but I don't see the comments appear in the book-details any more. I tried to allow more space (on my screen the book details are displayed at the bottom of...

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Problem with bulleted list - Mobi conversion

I don't know if this is a bug or something I haven't set up correctly for mobi conversion. I have an ePub book with 3 bulleted paragraphs in it. I did an ePub to Mobi conversion. The Mobi book looks...

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Stretch Cover Image, Internal links

Hi, I've used Calibre to generate a .pdf from my .epub file. Two things I have noticed. - When I add a margin on 72pt to the .pdf so that the book has a (nice-ish) border, then this applies to the...

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Converting pdf to epub compatible with GNexus?

Hey, I want to convert some PDFs to EPUB files so I can easily read them on my GNexus, I googled around and found Calibre, the problem is I can't find a good output that fits GNexus. The closest is the...

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series_index gets reset to [1] using "edit metadata in bulk, basic metadata"

Hi, I encountered some unexpected Calibre behaviour. When I tried to modify the series field of some books using "edit metadata in bulk, basic metadata" not only the series field was modified, but also...

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Newbie, to all this and questions about using Calibre with Dropbox

I'm keeping all my e-books on Dropbox as I use about 5 different machines and multiple OS's on each. For the life of me I can't figure out how to point Calibre to an existing Calibre library, i.e. the...

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Articles within article

In this month's issue of The Atlantic, there's a special report under the first article of "feature" section : http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/ideas-2012 Therefore, the original recipe...

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Why did this failure occur?

There should be no problem with the recipe, but every time I download, different articles fail. Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\web\fetch\simple.py", line 453, in...

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The ability to remove the series number

A feature that I would love to see in calibre would be to have the option to remove the series number completely on some books in the library. I have a large amount of academic history books in my...

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Books "In Library" and "On Device" but not linked

Mac OS X, Calibre 0.8.60, Kindle 3 I have just under 1000 books on my Kindle. Starting with an empty Calibre library I imported all the books from my Kindle to Calibre. This seemed to work fine....

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Tag Filter No Longer Filtering

I'm not sure what I did but when I use a tag to filter Calibre, it simply highlights the relevant books in the list rather than stripping the list of all other books. The only way to remove the books...

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Adding Apostrophes in Recipes

How do I add an apostrophe in codes? like self.log('') I want to add 'Today's word' Three apostrophes won't do.

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