Import using metadata.opf
I am importing books by generating a metadata.opf to provide the metatdata. It works fine for author, series, tiltle, timestamp. But I can't get it to accept a published date. I have tried:- <meta...
View ArticleCalibre on Ubuntu Linux: BEWARE and DOUBLE BEWARE
So I went to the Calibre Linux download page and read through everything a couple of times before taking any action. I made sure I had all of the dependencies that the Calibre binary download required,...
View Articleepub to mobi
Sorry if this is answered elsewhere. I can't seem to find a pattern to search for: Running 2.65.1 under Ubuntu. Have downloaded latest deDRM software. Conversion from epub to anything (e.g. mobi)...
View Articlecalibre and Ubuntu
Running 2.65.1 under Ubuntu 16.04.1. Calibre uses 100% of system CPU (effectively hangs) unless I specify: LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 calibre Is there a more elegant fix for this?
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Custom Columns
Can someone look at the attached screenshots and tell me what I'm doing wrong when setting up the custom columns for Video and Hardcopy? I'd like them to look "laddered" like they do under Genre - That...
View ArticleCorrupted database
So Calibre suddenly stopped loading my library, throwing error "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe7 in position 763: invalid continuation byte". OK, I poked around, figured out the...
View ArticleReading Progress
I have a "reading progress" column that has formatted for integers, but have no idea what else I need to do. I guess I made it a while back. Can someone point me to the page that details how to do it?...
View ArticleSigil eats my named entities...
So I formatted the HTML to have all the curly quotes and em dashes to be the HTML code named entities but as soon as I do anything at all in the book view, or even just save it, close and open it...
View Articleerror on line 12 at column 82: Namespace prefix 'o' not declared
In the case of numerous files, upon copying and pasting into Sigil or opening previously saved epubs afresh I get the following error or something like it: error on line 12 at column 82: Namespace...
View ArticleIndian Express misses some articles
Hello, Can you please include the 'economy' and 'explained' sections in the Indian Express? Thanks.:thumbsup:
View ArticleImporting from folder on a Mac
I'm not sure if this is the correct forum, so please bear with me. Once I download a book to my Mac, I open Calibre and use the "Add Books" command to get it. Now I have the source folder set to sort...
View Articleepub -> AZW3 cannot use kindle fonts
Is there a likely cause after a pretty much default conversion from epub to azw3 that I cannot change fonts in the Kindle's (PW3) font change dialogue? I can change font size, just not the font. I've...
View ArticleFinding What Books are Missing from a series
:help: Does anyone know of plug in that will go through my database of books and fo the following Go through all the Database and check if series marker is true if series is clear then ignore it. If it...
View ArticleAny way to show "printed" book pages number?
Hello. Koreader is great, and the more I use it the more I like it. There is a feature I don't find and that would be useful for me: is there a way to show the "real" page number of a book, I mean not...
View ArticleAdd reader app to CC?
Quote: Originally Posted by chaley (Post 3380757) [Integrating a reader app]: here the answer is "maybe". [...] All that said, my son (and partner) has looked at this, and even built a prototype. He...
View ArticleSync bookmarks on Kobo Glo?
Hello All, Is there any way to sync the bookmarks on my Kobo Glo back to Calibre? I've tried a couple things (Kobo Utilities plugin, Send to Device -> Fetch Annotations), but no joy so far. Note...
View ArticleThis Title Not Converting from EPUB or MOBI to DOCX
Here's the report. Any help? calibre, version 2.65.1 (win32, embedded-python: True) Conversion Error: Failed: Convert book 1 of 1 (Handmaiden of the Lamb, The Story of Anna Nitschmann, Moravian...
View ArticleCustom news sources oldest article
I want to download a certain category from a website that has a separate feed for it. No matter the number of days for which should be the oldest article to download (I always set a high number,...
View ArticleFeature request - sorts
One of the downsides of having a really good product is that people start to nitpick. This feature request falls into that category. The first request is one of those requests that might be really...
View ArticleImport book information by ISBN in a different language
Dear Calibre users, I would like to take the advantage of "Add books → Add from ISBN" function. When I enter the ISBN 9785699496211, the necessary book is found, but all meta-information is imported in...
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