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Update book cover after changing it.

I'm probably overlooking this but I don't mess with Metadata anymore. So I'm lost. I was given some free books through instafreebie they are missing covers. So I use "edit book" to assign the cover...

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I have a question about Calibre & Punctuation.

I was searching in Calibre's Search Bar for the author Elizabeth A Reeves and got no results. I knew that I had at least one of her books, so I searched the authors names myself and found Elizabeth A....

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Get Calibre version from the command line

Hi. We have a need to know which version of Calibre is installed without actually running it. (We're using calibredb to create a new ebook from another application.) Apparently, there is a difference...

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ERROR:Problem starting the wireless device

Hi, it's me again. Well, I update Calibre to version 3.5.0, and now, everytime I start or restart the program, I see this message: ERROR: Problem starting the wireless device: The wireless device...

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Kindle for Mac transfer to Calibre

I saw a post from several years ago telling how to transfer Kindle books in Kindle for MAC to Calibre. It made no sense to me. Does anyone have easy to follow directions (directions for dummies) on how...

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Fetching annotations [Experimental] fails with azw3?

I use the "Fetch Annotations (experimental" feature to update how far I've read and backup annotations. However while trying to figure out why it stopped working, it seems that annotations are now...

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Calibre Server 3.5: new custom mode

Hello, how can I activate or switch to the new custom mode? I've edited the json file... and now? I didn't find a switch in server or client. What's wrong with me? Greetings, Dubrand

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High quality pdf

Hallo, I buy several ebooks from HumbleBundle (DRM free, cheap and you do charity a the same time). They give me both normal/low quality pdf (due to google reading limit of 100mb) and high quality pdf,...

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Calibre 3.5 (64-bit) issue?

Installed yesterday afternoon and now most if not all recipes are failing, and for different reasons. Anyone else seeing issues with that update?

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Help: Title, Series and author on 3 lines

Hello everyone. 2 days ago, I bought the Kobo H2O edition 2 and used Calibre for the first time (version 3.5.0). By browsing the web I came across this article...

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Kobo H2O

Hi - I have a new Kobo H2O and I'm having a slight problem. I would like to be able when adding my books to automatically convert to kepub. I have the kobo extended plugin enabled but it is not...

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Is the PDF experience better with a text layer?

First off, I've yet to install KOReader so these are pre-install questions... KOReader has an OCR function, which is awesome, but how accurate do you find it? I suspect it depends on the image quality?...

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Sigil default styles in Android Epub readers

(1) I have been using Sigil as an authoring tool but notice that when using the Aldiko epub reader for Android that words marked for indexing are underlined, but when pressed do not go to the index. Is...

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[Metadata Source Plugin] AmazonProductAdvertisingAPI

(this plugin should not be added to the index just yet) This plugin uses the Amazon Product Advertising API as a metadata provider. This API is restricted to amazon associates, and as such, you as a...

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Edit raw tag mapper rules?

Is there any way to edit raw tag mapper rules, e.g. a tweak that would expose saved rulesets as plaintext so that I could edit them and then reload them? Related: part of the motivation behind this is...

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Two recipes now repeatedly fail

1) Associated Press: Processing section: HOME Python function terminated unexpectedly 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__getitem__' (Error Code: 1) [snipped] TypeError: 'NoneType' object has no...

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Problem - Sync Kindle & Calibre content

I want to use Calibre to manage my library but am struggling with getting synchronized. My Kindle Paperwhite shows 61 items but when I plug into Calibre and select the device there are only 10 items in...

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Question about the db file in SQlite

For editing and reference purposes I have been poking around the db files using SQlite. I exported the columns to csv and having opened up only the books.csv I don't know what else I am going to be...

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Beginner. How to do Ratings

So, I already feel like a total idiot after many hours. I know I am overlooking something very simple. The only way I have found so far to set a rating for one or more books is to pull up the metadata...

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Beginner. Bookmark Function with Sub Categories

I see the Mark function, which seems limited to only one marking(s) at a time. Is there some functionality like in FireFox, Chrome, etc., for Bookmarks? Like Bookmark menu item with as many sub-folders...

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