r/Calibre

Hey y'all, I forget exactly how long ago but like early February-ish I was able to move books from my kindle to my calibre library with no issues using the DeDRM and KFX Input plugins. However, I tried again today and I couldn't do it. I've tried some searching around and all that but haven't been able to find anything to help yet. Figured I would come here and try to ask you guys. If there is something I am missing or some update that's made things harder, I would appreciate the help.

Also, from what I could see a lot of people have talked about using the kindle pc app or something to get amazon books into their calibre library, but then I think I saw the pc application was being shut down soon?

I looked for an answer & didn't see one so if there is I am sorry.

I plated with my toolbars & now I am missing my search bar. Can someone point me to which area of the toolbar selection I need to add it back to my toolbars, please?

I currently have two Win11 machines with Calibre installed. One is my regular computer, one is the spare that I mostly just use for Calibre these days. Lately, they've both started acting up and throwing permission denied (errono 13) errors when it comes to loading/using plugins.

If I remove a plugin, it often stays in the appdata folder.

If I try to add a new plugin, or reinstall a previously removed plugin, it may not copy correctly and then it doesn't actually exist.

This is getting really tiring. I just want to be able to read my books.

So I'm trying to remove the DRM from all my azw3 ebooks and comic books, and converting them to epubs/cbz respectively. I'm using the noDrm plugin, and using KindleUnpack. One thing I noticed is that Calibre applies its own naming conventions to the files it outputs, and that includes truncating filenames, leaving me with incomplete information, or even identical filenames (Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Five and Four both become Saga of the Swamp Thing Book F, for instance). This causes problems when I'm trying to further convert the epubs into cbz files, and I can only assume it will also cause problems if I'm not going to use Calibre beyond the conversion progress.

Now, some googling leads me to believe I can't change the naming conventions, but can I change some setting for file name length? Or is there a way to remove drm and/or convert files without relying on Calibre at all?

Hello,

First off, I apologize if this has been asked before (I did a brief search but didn’t see anything similar).

I love organizing my ebook library and I have it like:

Type - Genre - Subgenre - Microgenre

Examples:

Fiction - Fantasy- High Fantasy- Epic Fantasy

Or

Nonfiction - History - Science - Polar Science

Is this correct? Am I overdoing it?

Is there a way to make a drop down lists of genres ( Thriller - Mystery Thriller)?

Also, what websites are good to use as a reference?

Thank you very much!

From,

aferris86

It's made my reading experience way easier!

The Drm plugins have also helped with making my experience easier from my two devices. Highly recommend.

If I select my entire library and select download metadata, pretty quickly I start to get download errors presumably because Amazon, Goodreads and Google are treating me like a bot. I haven't seen a way to rate limit the metadata downloads. I am willing to download metadata a a couple of books per minute if it avoids blocks.

Does a script exist that uses the CLI interface to walk through a library downloading metadata with a variable time out and graceful recovery from being blocked?

My Nook Android app just refuses to work properly, so I was going to transfer my books with Calibre. Mind I am pretty computer savvy, BUT I was unaware (until today) that the Nook app for PC is no more. Soooo, I connected my tablet to the laptop,but of course can't access my Nook books that way. So...how on earth do I convert them with Calibre since I can't get them ON Calibre? (Nevereverever buying a book from B&N again...nevernevernever...🤬)

https://preview.redd.it/ppdvhj6gibwg1.png?width=2139&format=png&auto=webp&s=080d9cc40b11c6a49026217e3dd65d6695a35a47

This is an example! You can use it for books too I guess, but I made it to read fanfiction with style on my ereaders.

Use it, edit it, do whatever you want with it.

#How to use

#Recommend line thickness 100, and adjust vertical ratio to choose location. Side margins are there just for case

#Choose a font to use, and click store for the plugin to remember it.

#There is an autoshrink in case the contents don't fit within padding. It will shrink items proportionately within ratio

#You can choose top image and adjust size by dragging the white squares but the plugin replies faster when you use the image ratios

#Middle symbol is for the white line symbol, use image ratio for fast respond, also there is a center function that will center your symbol

#You can save templates. Make a template, name it, save it. Next time you need it, find it in the dropdown, and load it.

#I guess that is it?

#font recs: Garamond italics for title, Futura for author and series

https://github.com/marilen00131/Penguin-Classic-Cover-Generator/tree/main

ZIP: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jvVtTJ7UPhpLYSOJqpjTaz5Y4EbOBLkM/view?usp=sharing

Download the file, go to preferences, plugins, add plugins to file, choose the zip(don't install), restart calibre. I don't know why but I can't add an icon for the main toolbar, it is just displayed in letters. At least it is working?

I have a Kindle 2 from 2009 (it only has AT&T 2G and wired connectivity, yes no WiFi). There is nothing wrong w/ it and it runs like a champ. I know I can no longer buy books from Amazon, but other than that....

So. I do have a kindle, but still prefer sideloading my ARCs into calibre so they're not only stored in my amazon account.

Now I've read that this June, kindle for pc won't be usable anymore. Now, I'm not having windows 11 and also refuse to get it anytime soon. So, for me, will the only way to read my ARCs be via my kindle after this date? Could i sort of sideload from my kindle via cable?

I mean it'll still be okay. I would still prefer my ARCs not being only on my kindle, but it is as it is I guess.

So I know there’s methods for removing Amazon DRM from ebooks using a Calibre extension and an old Kindle OR old version of Kindle for PC. Do we think that will be impossible come summer when Kindle for PC gets shut down? Will the old versions of Kindle for PC you can download no longer work?

I can't seem to find it on any main site, but a few sites are reporting that the Kindle 4 PC app will be going away.

Does anyone have more news on this?

Is there any way to add selection checkbox to Calibre library book list or to enable click-to-select? It's awfully painful when you accidentally miss-click and deselect hundreds of books after half an hour of ctrl clicking. 🙄

Hi all, I have a Kobo and use Calibre to sideload with no issues. My partner reads on the Kindle app on his phone. I used to be able to convert books to .kfx in Calibre, transfer to his phone documents folder, and he could open them with no issue. In the last few months I've been trying on and off to load books for him with no success. Any advice would be welcome and appreciated.

I downloaded multiple books of a series. I made sure that the metadata is filled in with the name of the series and the issue number. But when I transfer them, each book appears on my reader separately, wasting space.

My latest knowledge is that transferred books can't be out into​ one stack, is there any update on it? It feels like a rather trivial error to fix.​