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Manage Calibre Library with two Calibre Instances

I have a Debian 8 server with Calibre 2.50 installed. system.d starts a calibre-server, through scripts I can import and convert bebooks. Ebooks are served through server for Tolino and Kindle readers....

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Huge icons after update

Hi all, after year after year of perfect usage today I had the first problem ;) I upgraded from 2.8 to 3.4 and when I launched the program I saw a huge program, huge icons, huge column sizes. I went to...

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Migrating library from Mac to Linux

Searched the forums, but didn't find a working solution, so I thought I'd ask this here... I'm moving my Calibre library from my old Intel based Mac to an Ubuntu box. I exported the library data from...

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Adding new sections

Hi I have imported a docx and after learning some of the basics about Calibre, I now want to add a section. But due to the number of changes I made in my azw3, using the built-in editor, I don't want...

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How to delete book downloaded by Content Server?

I have been unable to get rid of a book downloaded (using Content Server) from my calibre library. I don't want to delete it from my calibre library, just from the set of books I've downloaded to my...

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Wondering out-loud - Calibre and multi-media files

Calibre touts itself as an "ebook management" system and in doing so makes itself very attractive to people such as me who utilize many different e-book formats. My operating system is WINDOWS 8.1, but...

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Amazon Kindle Lookup without confirmation

Since kindle books already have ASIN identifers would it be possible that Calibre automatically downloads the metadata when the asin matches rather than confiriming each metadata individually?

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Errors All Over :(

So i am having issues since earlier today with Calibre. I get errors when trying to do all sorts. I will copy two of the errors below. I really hope i wont lose my whole collection and would be very...

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Beginner extra_css question

Newbie trying to build my first recipe. Content from CSM Daily (using their "print" URL), has a construct: Code: <h2 id="summary" class="eza-summary"> <p>A 25-day march and rally days...

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azw3 comic not rendering

I have an azw3 file for a comic, which displays normally in the Kindle app on my phone. When I load it into Calibre I find a bunch of non-pages (I hit page down and the display is white, page number...

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Diagonal Screenshot

Koreader is awesome. Really takes ka1 to another level. One thing. When I try the Diagonal Screenshot, it'll flash like its taken a photo, but I can't find it in the screenshot folder.

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Converting for use on iPad Kindle app

So I've come across this issue, bear with me, it's my first attempt using the iPad's Kindle app. If I use the official 'send to Kindle' pc software (because I am trying to simplify the process of...

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Help! Extra Titles & Extra Authors errors & Missing Books!

I upgraded to the latest 3.4 (64 bit) Calibre this morning, and tonight I added about 25 new pdfs and it looked like it all worked fine, I was even able to grab them off the content server. I then shut...

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Calibre Blog

Hi, can't find anything about the blog here. I downloaded it Saturday for the first time. I downloaded it again today and saw it contained the same articles as Saturday. Can someone tell me how often...

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Calibre Error sending to kindle

Hello, I seem to have a regular recurring problem after a a software update. Newspapers sent to my kindle via GMX seem to fail to send. I get an error after the fetch downloads the newspapers and after...

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PV window size

Howdy - just mullin' over a possible change to sigil.... I wasn't able to find a way to set the PV window to a specific size. Yes, I could drag the corners/sides, but I couldn't tell the exact size of...

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How to control space between paragraphs in my recipe

With Kovid's help I've made some progress with tuning fonts and sizes in my first recipe attempt. Now I'm trying to cut down on the space between paragraphs (margin, I think), which ends up being a bit...

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What can be tested for oldest_article

Looking at the RSS I'm working up a recipe for, I don't see any date/time datum for the item: Code:   </item>   <item...

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Edit with Calibre (openwith)

I have been using the calibre editor a lot and, for some reason, the Windows 10 "Open with" does not always show the calibre editor even if I have used it before with "Open with > Choose another...

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Sigil 0.9.8 changes in-line style codes

I have chapters with: <body style="my style choices"> <p>My text 1.</p> <p>My text 2.</p> etc. Sigil repeatedly changes that to: <body> <p style="my style...

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