MobileRead Forums http://www.mobileread.com/forums/ MobileRead - the resource for mobile geeks seeking information and advice for keeping their gadgets happy. en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:13:56 GMT vBulletin 30 http://s.mobileread.com/i/mr/misc/logo.gif MobileRead Forums http://www.mobileread.com/forums/ Pocketbook SurfPad 2 in Europa verfügbar! http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216209&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:59:40 GMT Pocketbook SurfPad 2 in Europa verfügbar! http://www.pocketbook-int.com/de/product…tbook-surfpad-2 Ab sofort in unserem Shop, aber bald auch bei unseren Partner! http://www.pocketbook-readers.de/product…?products_id=68 http://www.pocketbook-readers.de/product…?products_id=63
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http://www.pocketbook-readers.de/pro...products_id=63 ]]> PocketBook Forkosigan http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216209 Messed up my library http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216208&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:32:15 GMT When I opened Calibre yesterday it showed nil books, authors etc. I therefore did a restore and all my books appeared in the library. Great. The problem is that I had previously added a column to allow me to mark the books I had read. After restoring this column is no longer there. I know I can add a new column but is there a way to retrieve the information of the books I read or is this data lost in the restore? Thanks in advance When I opened Calibre yesterday it showed nil books, authors etc. I therefore did a restore and all my books appeared in the library. Great. The problem is that I had previously added a column to allow me to mark the books I had read. After restoring this column is no longer there. I know I can add a new column but is there a way to retrieve the information of the books I read or is this data lost in the restore?

Thanks in advance ]]> Library Management pollybel http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216208 Search and replace question (regular expression) http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216207&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:54:07 GMT Does the Search and replace function of Edit metadata allow one to conditionally insert text based on whether a capture group actually captured any text? e.g. If I use the following regular expression in the Search for field *(January)|(February)|(March)|(April)|(May)|(June)|(July)|(August)|(September)|(October)|(November)|(December)* Can I insert the numeric value of the month by doing a conditional check to see which capture group actually captured text? I have the TextMate editor and this can be done there by using the following Replace with string: *(?1:01)(?2:02)(?3:03)(?4:04)(?5:05)(?6:06)(?7:07)(?8:08)(?9:09)(?10:10)(?11:11)(?12:12)* The (?#:XXXX) construct means if group # matched, insert XXXX. Right now, I am having to do 12 separate searches to perform this task. Since I have to perform this particular search and replace on a recurring basis, it would be much easier to create a saved search and replace that performs all 12 replacements at once rather than having to do 12 separate replacements. Any help woud be greatly appreciated. Does the Search and replace function of Edit metadata allow one to conditionally insert text based on whether a capture group actually captured any text?

e.g. If I use the following regular expression in the Search for field

(January)|(February)|(March)|(April)|(May)|(June)| (July)|(August)|(September)|(October)|(November)|( December)

Can I insert the numeric value of the month by doing a conditional check to see which capture group actually captured text?

I have the TextMate editor and this can be done there by using the following Replace with string:

(?1:01)(?2:02)(?3:03)(?4:04)(?5:05)(?6:06)(?7:07)( ?8:08)(?9:09)(?10:10)(?11:11)(?12:12)

The (?#:XXXX) construct means if group # matched, insert XXXX.


Right now, I am having to do 12 separate searches to perform this task. Since I have to perform this particular search and replace on a recurring basis, it would be much easier to create a saved search and replace that performs all 12 replacements at once rather than having to do 12 separate replacements.

Any help woud be greatly appreciated. ]]> Library Management Funslinger http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216207 Hello from Melpomene. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216206&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:31:55 GMT Hello all. I'm Melpomene, a philosophy major and Kindle owner. I've had my beloved Kindle Keyboard since August 2011, and I'm yet to purchase a book for it - I've kept myself quite happy with the public domain. This Kindle really has paid for itself. ]]> Introduce Yourself Melpomene http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216206 Table formatting http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216204&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:42:17 GMT First-time user!

I'm having trouble with the formatting of the tables. The rows are too high, leaving a lot of blank space between rows.

Everything else has been nice and easy, converting my document to epub using calibre, and then tuning it in Sigil. But the tables are driving me crazy. I've read the user guides, tried a few things on my own in "code view", but I'm stuck - nothing seems to change the table formatting. At all.

The tables look great prior to the conversion. They look great in HTML. But in ePub they have all that wide space between rows, almost like an extra row in between each row.

Can anyone point me to some documents or threads or discussions that can help me figure out how to get the tables formatting properly? ]]> Sigil Rob Vollman http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216204 Putting pictures onto the gallery of the kobo vox http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216203&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:56:31 GMT Hello

I have recently been trying to put pictures onto my Kobo Vox's gallery. The pictures are Jpeg. They are all to do with certain events so I have loaded them into septerate folders and put them onto the device. However once I put them into the gallery the pictures are no longer in order despite renaming them several times. Its annoying because if I am trying to show someone the pictures of an activity that were taken at a certain date they are all mixed up. I tried contacting customer support but they have failed to respond to me despite two emails.

I currently do not have acess to wireless internet for my vox so I would like to find a way to fix this if possible without having to download any apps.

If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. ]]> Kobo Tablets VoxQuestion http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216203 Nook Touch freezes when wi-fi is on http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216202&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:20:52 GMT For the past few months or so I've been having problems with my Nook Touch whenever the wi-fi is on. At first the problem was minimal - it would lock up for a few seconds every few page turns. But now it's at the point where if I leave the wi-fi on for more than a couple of minutes, the reader has to be restarted. Nothing about my internet connection has changed, so I figure it has to be the device itself. Could it be the related to the amount of books I have on the Nook? The memory is almost entirely full.

Does anyone else have this problem? Anyone know of a way to fix it? It's at the point now where buying a book from a different store and manually transferring it is less hassle than buying the book from B&N, which is just silly. ]]> Enraptured http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216202 Help with downloading from Box.com http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216200&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:07:48 GMT :help: In another post I was asking for help deciding between my Kindle Keyboard and my Sony PRS-600. I've finally decided to go with the Kindle Keyboard, but AnemicOak said that I should be able to download books from my box.com account:

Quote:
Originally Posted by AnemicOak (Post 2541325)
I assume the Kindle's browser will work with Box in a similar way to it working with DropBox. Being able to download books from my DropBox is one thing I really like about readers with a web browser. Note it usually works best to try the mobile site so for Box go to https://m.box.com/ instead of the regular box.com
Actually, on box.com, even on the m.box.com website, it does not work.

I get a 'Web Browser could not open this link because opening multiple windows is not supported' error message.

Any help would be great to get this to work. The files I am attempting to direct download are in .mobi format.

Thank you. :thanks:

Chris
aka Naloomi ]]> Amazon Kindle Naloomi http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216200 New DRM to edit your book for you... http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216199&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:59:46 GMT OK... So I get it, some people think DRM is a good idea, and they are entitled to that opinion. BUT a DRM that changes the words and punctuation in the book???? Why would any one want that??? Some details: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/06/new-ebook-drm/ OK... So I get it, some people think DRM is a good idea, and they are entitled to that opinion. BUT a DRM that changes the words and punctuation in the book???? Why would any one want that???

Some details:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/06/new-ebook-drm/ ]]> VydorScope http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216199 Calibre with Modded Kindle Fire http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216198&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:56:47 GMT I am running a lightly modified version of Android Jelly Bean on a first gen Kindle Fire. What is the best way to use Calibre with it? When I plug it in, it auto detects it as a Kindle Fire, but this will not allow me to send my epubs over because it says it can't find a suitable format. Is there anyway to force Calibre to see it as a generic Android device instead of a Fire? ]]> Devices phimath http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216198 Free Contemporary Romance http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216196&goto=newpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:35:00 GMT Free Contemporary Romance short story:

All she wants is to spend the day with her beloved husband. Instead she's going to spend it at the office, another day sacrificed to the toxic reign of The Bastard. A tongue-in-cheek short story examining the ruinous effects of work-life imbalance.




Includes an excerpt from my novel Nothing Ventured.

Find it on Smashwords and Kobo ]]> Author Self-Promotions Jane Oldaker http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216196 Kindle Keyboard collections http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216193&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:14:51 GMT OK, I am trying to help someone with a Kindle Keyboard.

This individual wants his Shakespeare's Plays in a collection by that name. Is it possible, using calibre, to simultaneously move multiple documents into a collection (i.e., on the device, from a computer), or must they be moved one by one?

I have searched this forum, and tried a Google search, without success. I tried the calibre user manual, but did not find the answer.

Can anyone answer this question? ]]> Amazon Kindle twriterext http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216193 Mini Sync Problems on 3 different Kobo Minis (related to software update?) http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216192&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:09:36 GMT There are 4 Kobo Minis in my family (myself, my daughter, and both my parents have one). Of the 3 of us who bought new books this week (and got the latest software update), all 3 of our Kobos have stopped syncing properly. They say they are syncing, "Loading Content", etc... but the newly downloaded books do not show up. We tried this over wi-fi and using the Desktop app.

We found a workaround where we can browse to the bookstore and find the book we just purchased, and download it that way. It is much less convenient than the sync, though.

If 3/4 of us in our family are experiencing this problem, I would guess that it is widespread. It will probably be 4/4 next time my mother tries to sync!

Thanks for any help.
jpottle ]]> Kobo Reader jpottle http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216192 How to use dictionary in fb reader android http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216191&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:23:49 GMT For the love of god. There's no help file in the app. The documentation on the net is ridiculous, containing 2 obscure topics and that's it. http://fbreader.org/content/documentation/android . The author should be downright ashamed of himself.

I can get a word selected. Not as easily as CR (double - tap), but I can get it selected. Then what? ]]> Android Devices damian5000 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216191 50% off Kobo Mini http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216187&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:20:12 GMT The Kobo Mini has been temporarily reduced to $40 in the Kobo webstore. The Kobo Mini has been temporarily reduced to $40 in the Kobo webstore. ]]> Deals, Freebies, and Resources (No Self-Promotion) MR. Pockets http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216187