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Not able to change fonts

I'm just bought my next ebook (epub). Sent it to my Kobo using Calibre. Opened it in Koreader and tried to change the font to Noto Serif, but nothing happens. No matter what font I choose, it doesn't...

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Calibre ebook viewer - epub - links shown as footnotes

Hello, I've noticed that in an epub file, links whose text contains <sub></sub text are displayed in the footnotes panel. E.g.: <a href="../Text/07.xhtml#toc_marker-4-2">1.2 Title text...

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Last read books in koreader

How can I see the last opened books in koreader, like in the nickel home screen? aNd another question - when I want to copy ebooks from my PC to my Kobo I do it in nickel. Can I do it in Koreader?

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calibre shutting down message: odd location

I noticed after the last 2 updates that whenever I closed down calibre, the window did seem to expand somehow. Via a capture I could see there was a new message "Shutting down", which is in itself...

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'Title Sort' & 'Author Sort' Search/Report

Caliber's 'Title Sort' & 'Author Sort' turns red if they dont match the information stored in the 'Titlel' & 'Author' field but this only displays when you have the 'Edit Metadata' dialog open....

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Calibre not downloading metadata from Amazon

It's the old 1.48 portable version that runs on XP. It won't download metadata for any book from Amazon. What can I do about that? I've run multiple books multiple times on multiple domains. It gets...

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Calibre error with kindle fire

I can't get Calibre to read my device on two different machines... Windows 10 build 64bit and 32 bit versions of Calibre it reads the device metadata so very slowwwwwww, and then gives this error...

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config directory?

Where is the config directory (so I can back it up). The directions I found said to go to Preferences->Miscellaneous - but there is no Miscellaneous under Preferences. Any help would be appreciated...

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Calibre error in Windows 8.1

Machine specs: HP Notebook - 15-ac053tx OS: Windows 8.1 with all updates RAM: 8 GB GPU: Intel onboard and AMD Radeon M330 Calibre: 32 bit portable updated to latest version Background: New laptop so I...

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New Metadata Field

Hello. Is it possible to add custom fields that are saved in the book's metadata and displayed in the "Edit Metadata" screen? Thanks. cercapatch

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Make calibre installer for Window

Hi. I recently modified calibre source for my needs. Now I need to make installer and binaries for that. I could not find Readme for doing that. I just know there is folder windows installer for exact...

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Showing Kindle books in Calibre

I have used Calibre for a long while But mainly to add epub books.. I have now got a few of the same books in Kindles. How do I add them to Calibre when a message comes up saying that title is already...

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Best conversion settings for epub -> Bookviser, Lumina 640

I use a Lumina 640 Windows 8.1 smartphone for WiFi and ebooks. (Great device). I also use Bookviser as my epub reader. When converting from other formats to epub, are there "optimal" settings? Thanks.

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Help: Tag Mapper and RegExpressions

I need some help properly coding a Replace/Pattern rule. If you can or will provide input, I REALLY appreciate it. Kovid provided some help when I requested the feature. I didn't realize it was already...

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composite columns only effect part of data

I have a custom column (#characters) that I want to add another custom column (#fandom) data to the beginning of. ie. if the character column has Xander, Yusuke, and the fandoms are BtVS, YYH, I want...

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Install/Uninstall Windows calibre

I had occasion last week to install 2.53 32bit calibre alongside 2.54 64 bit calibre. I saw what I needed to see and then uninstalled 2.53 32bit. After which I noticed when I used Windows Open With a...

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Can I modify how the books are saved in my existing library ?

Hi, I've already post my thread in the french section but I'll try my best to explain my problem in english because I think there's probably more chance for me to get an answer faster in english as...

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Dictionary not working

When in koreader (actually also in nickel) why is the dictionary not working (" no definition found")?

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Disable writing to $HOME/.local/Trash/ directory

I just noticed that my $HOME directory (debian/linux) had grown to a whopping 16G in size... a tenfold increase since the last monthly full backup of this machine. I had been working on a rather large...

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Pdfs and Small Screens

Many academic articles are published as two-column pdfs that are a pain and a half on small screens. Most e-readers have small screens. I have an Iriver Story Hd. I can't use touch devices and have...

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