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Linearize Tables option

I've been reading a lot of LitRPG's lately, some from online forums, some published books. Both seem to have a similar issue, the tables they tend to have. When reading on my kindle some of these...

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calibre to Kindle Cannot write to file error

Kindle Fire 5th Gen running Fire OS 5.3.1.0 calibre version 2.70 (64-bit) Windows 10 Cannot write to file: hr=2147500037 facility=0 error_code=16389 description: Unspecified error Traceback (most...

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PDF to EPUB problem

I recently tried converting a pdf of a book into an ebook and when I did, the result was that every page of the pdf appeared in the pub almost like a picture, then the text was poorly copied into...

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Merge/Compare 2 Epub

Hi, more and more often, I found a different versions of same file. Are there some tools, or some application that can see the differences between two files, and may be compare and merge two epub in...

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calibre vs proxy vs no-proxy

Hello forum, I checked the previous posts so far but didn't found any solution so far. My environment have the following. When I'm in the office network I use a proxy deployed to the clients via pac...

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Calibre fills automatically title and author metadata in books without any...

I make this thread, because I found something interesting and which is related to my other thread/question that I made earlier on this forum but in different category. I started to play with calibre...

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well formed - or not?

Hi I use the Sigil plugin ODTImport to produce either EPUB2 or EPUB3. One of my latest EPUB2 (with xhtml files) has been judged by Sigil -using F7- as having no problems (well formed), the Calibre...

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How do you handle altered and original version of books?

I have books that I need to edit for specific device. For example, for a programming book that uses color syntax highlighting which does not show up well on the kindle, I edit to remove all the colors....

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How to print .mobi & .epub on A4 or A5 white paper

Hi, I've a lot of .mobi and .epub ebooks and I need to print the books to study. Thanks

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Newbie - interface problem / question

Hi, I havbe just started using Calibre and something has gone awry with the way that the program opens. Previously, when I started Calibre, I would see a list of the books that I had loaded. I suppose...

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Calibre won't detect my kobo

I followed all the suggested steps and Calibre still won't detect my kobo when it is connected. This is a new problem for me since I updated to the newest version. Not sure what happened. Here is the...

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IF statement in virtual libraries

I'd like to have a virtual library that shows: — all the books I haven't yet read — AND the books I have already read IF they are part of a series with books still unread. I have a "Read" yes/no/empty...

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Default to previous setting?

When marking text in the editor, it automatically changes the 'find where' option to Marked Text. This is fine. In one of the recent updates, it changed so that when Unmarking Text, this option changes...

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Retaining position when switching between portrait and landscape

When the reading position is in the middle of a chapter and switching between landscape and portrait (by rotating your iThing), Marvin 3 does not retain the current reading position. Landscape seems to...

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how to create 'suscription' so i can delete 'back issues' with one click on...

i have a few needs feeds/recipes on calibre i.e. bbc news so daily i get it sent to my kindle, but is there way to form this as a type of subscription where they are cateogrised as being together, so i...

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Calibre add book stopped working.

This week I started having problems with Calibre adding books. If I reboot the entire system it fixes itself for one session of adding. I can add one or multiple books when it fixes itself but after...

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Getting hierarchical tags to show up in FBReader?

I'm trying to get hierarchical tags to show up in FBReader. I understand how to make them both in FBReader and Calibre, but so far, haven't been able to get that to synchronize. Can anyone help, please?

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Unable to update Metadata on Device

I'm unable to update Metadata on my device without deleting the book. It will not read updated data unless I remove the original book. Am I doing something wrong, or is this simply a limitation with...

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Calibre 2.7 Unable to open Database file

Hi All. I've been trying to fix my daughters computer and hooked up her HD to my system to do diagnostics. This seemed to change some of my drive letter and since then I get an error communicating with...

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Restore Database at 100%

Hello, all! I've an interesting problem on which I was hoping someone might shed some light. I am running Calibre 2.70.0.0 x64 under Windows 10 on an i3 with 4GB RAM and a (nearly full) 1TB hard disk....

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