duplicates on hard drive
Hi: Can use help. My hard drive has many, many duplicate directories, and mostly, but not always, duplicate book formats taking up much valuable space. Here is an example: calibre library->author...
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How can I make calibre automatically convert to azw3 with table of contents at front? I have tried setting the TOC option a few times but it always unchecks the next time I use the program. Thanks Jim
View ArticleRetain/Reapply Search when VL Switching
Is there a setting to retain, or reapply, the current search when switching between different virtual libraries. Currently it always clears the search. I've been 'blaming' View Manager's lack of...
View ArticleExport whole chapter (complete text) with highlights?
Hi there, Ok, so I spent a while highlighting a very long .epub text in various colors, etc. I just realise the best way for me to work with the text is if I could somehow get the whole text with all...
View ArticleGetting BookId from viewer plugin
Hi, I'm trying to make a plugin for updating some metadata when a book is loaded inside the viewer. My problem at this moment is that I don't know how to get the book id (or the title and author, is...
View ArticleSigil's Infamous "colon" Error on File Split
Well this fault occurs relatively frequently on EpubCheck validation whenever you use the file splitter in Sigil. Here is the error message on EpubCheck from the IDPF validator: ERROR(RSC-005): Error...
View ArticleLost my whole library
Dear readers, I have put much time and effort in making a nice library selection out of thousands of book. Today I wanted to divide this library into two libraries and I clicked on "create a new empty...
View ArticleObtaining page numbers
Hello, I know the subject of page numbers generation in Calibre for use on Kindle has been covered many times, but despite many searches I have never found an answer to my simple problem. To be clear I...
View ArticleCalibre sometimes not importing PDF books....
Hi Folks, I've recently discovered that Calibre is - apparently randomly, since it doesn't happen all the time - not correctly importing eBooks in pdf format. The title appears in the 'Title' column...
View ArticleAdding cover to book in calibre
So I have been using Calibre for a while to add books to my kindle. Ive recently started having this problem where some of the book covers don't transfer to my kindle. I am using just the [Edit...
View ArticleHow to stop cover zooming when browsing?
I was certain that there used to be a way of enabling or disabling the zooming animation of book covers. When I am browsing in Calibre I find it annoying to see each cover zooming as I move from one...
View ArticleCan recipe detect output format, passed arguments
Can I determine inside a recipe what output format was specified? I want to handle epub and mobi a little differently. Also, can I pass command line arguments to a recipe, as are done with username and...
View ArticleRead custom fields from metadata plugin
Hello, I'd like to read the value of a custom field (coming from a custom column) from a metadata download plugin. Is this possible? If yes, can you please post some example code?
View Articleconverting epub to pdf
ive been trying to convert a dedrm epub (bought from kobo) to pdf without success. ive been using all sorts of software ie calibre, epubor ultimate and other available online. the conversion just get...
View ArticleTwo files with metadata.
Hello, I need to explain the function of the two files, with metadata. The directory author / book name I have books in ePub format. Here is a set metadata.opf where they are properly stored...
View ArticleInDesign to Calibre to ePub
I've used InDesign to create my ePub file which I checked on ebookflightdeck.com and discovered some errors. Here are two errors I need to correct and I'm wondering if Calibre can correct them or help...
View ArticleRussian to engish dictionary
I am using Calibre on a Surface pro (Windows 10) to study Russian. I would like to be able to get a word translated from Russian to English by hovering over a word, clicking it, etc. Any help on how to...
View ArticleEditing Table of Contents
Is there a way to use the latest release of Calibre's Edit Table of Contents tool to correct the NCX without it also reformulating my nav.xhtml file at the same time? My nav file is used as an inline...
View Articlecalibredb listing authors that begin with a certain letter
I am trying to search through my books and print out only books whose author begins with a certain letter. So for example if I run something like: calibredb list --fields authors --search authors:A It...
View ArticleModify indent size just on indented paragraphs
Hi, I've been trying to solve this issue for a while but I can't find the solution. I know how to change the paragraphs' indent size converting the books. My problem is that usually the first paragraph...
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