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Sigil Formating? Text won't wrap.

Hello, I recently compiled my ebook in Sigil, but before I publish the work I ran it through Amazons Kindle Preview Emulator to see what the final product would look like. The problem I'm facing is...

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Kindle highlighting snafu responds to format conversion

Hi, gang. I seem to have solved the problem I was having, but am wondering what happened, and why. I recently downloaded a book to Kindle for PC (the desktop software), copied the book to Calibre, and...

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Azw3 to pdf: increase font size

I am trying to set the font size when I convert one of my Azw3 books to pdf for my Sony DPT-S1, which is a large size screen reader that allows writing on documents. However, it only reads pdf's. I am...

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Calibre metadata plugboard + email

I'm having some issues with plugboards and email output to my send to kindle address. I have the following plugboard set up to update the title: any format, any device : {series:||...

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How do you get out of debug mode?

Can't seem to be able to find an option that allows me to exit debug mode....

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Error on Windows 10

I had the same error today. Managed to solve it by installing the newest available version of Python (which is used by Calibre). You can find the newest version of Python on their official website...

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Prospect Magazine UK not working

Have tried to download this for the first time and it does not seem to be working. File with error message attached. Any help appreciated. Attached Files Prospect Magazine error message.rtf (4.2 KB)

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splitscreen for foreign language learning?

Attempting to learn a foreign language is there a splitscreen android app that displays two different versions of the book (eg top = english, bottom = another language) would likely be leveraging...

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Converting an AZW dictionary to MOBI = no longer treated as a dictionary by...

I have a dictionary in AZW format which works fine on my Kindle. I now want to make some changes to the dictionary definitions and then reupload it to my Kindle. Problem is, when I try to edit the AZW...

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Simpler Editor

:help: Wouldn't it be nice to give those of us with no experience in HTML a simple editor, say if we wanted to remove the front or back matter only. Wikipedia has such an option even though their...

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moving old Calibre files to a newer version of Calibre

I had an older version of Calibre (.8) running on Ubuntu 10.04, PC died managed to save Library folder, but now I can't seem to get any of the files into the new version of Calibre (2.55) short of...

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Fosshub seems to be under attack

Fosshub seems to be under attack and multiple foss software installers seem to have been infected. Just a head up for Kovid Sent from my SM-G925I

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How easy to bulk convert epub to mobi?

I have been looking for a new reader. I have focused on epub compatibility as my whole 8 year library is in that format (current reader is a PRS-505). But it occurred to me that I shouldn't rule out...

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Why are old versions of book being sent to Kindle?

I've been editing an EPUB book with calibre and then sending updated versions to my Paperwhite Kindle reader. I don't get any error messages, but when I look at the book on the Kindle, NONE of my...

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Help with poorly formatted ebook

Hello all I am new to this forum and I love the calibre software. That said, I downloaded a novel by Isaac Asimov (The Naked Sun), and it appears to be a bit messed up. See the attached image. Before I...

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Regex to find author names all in uppercase?

Sounds simple, but I can't seem to find anything that works to find books where the authors names are all uppercase. Must allow for spaces and the usual punctuation (,-'). For use from the Binoculars...

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Error Impossible to had book

Hi Everyone! Glad to be here! Since the last 2 days, we cannot had new book to Calibre Dont know what to do? hope to find solution Thanks Attached Thumbnails   Attached Files Premier message.txt (724...

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Fetching metadata with CLI

I know about fetch-ebook-metadata, but I can't figure out how to use it properly with my library. What exactly do I need to do to fetch and attach the downloaded metadata? I need to do this with a CLI...

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epub → pdf conversion: remove a section

Dear all, I am trying to master EPUB → PDF possibilities of Calibre and I hope that somebody can help me. Original epub contains the section "Notes" with the following contents: Code: <body...

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Calibre Content Server & Moon Reader

I've been using Calibre with Moon+ reader Pro without problems for years. I have the content server running, I open Moon Reader, scroll to the net library, and it always connected just fine. Until...

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