Zotero and calibre

WereVince · 03-12-2010, 05:03 AM

Hi,
I am using zotero to select my bibliography on the web, and calibre to manage it and transfer pdf files to my reader. I am wondering if there is a way for calibre to automatically look up in the (pdf) files downloaded by zotero and put them in my library. Also, the information (title, authors...) that Zotero associates to these files (taken from the web page) is usually more accurate than what calibre can guess from the pdf file...
Thanks for your help,
V

kovidgoyal · 03-12-2010, 08:51 AM

There isn't currently, but it should be possible to write a metadata download plugin for zotero.

Svetlovska · 08-28-2010, 11:26 AM

New to the forum, and Calibre. Just wanted to second Werevince's idea - as someone without programming skills at all, it'd be amazing if someone could work out a way to pull the biblio data out of Zotero for the pdfs of academic journals I want to read and manage for my Kindle through Calibre. I see real synergy there between the two applications... Anybody feel like a challenge?

Tanya

sdspieg · 08-29-2010, 09:44 PM

No challenge. I full-heartedly agree and have been patiently waiting until somebody makes this work. BTW - the opposite would work for me too - being able to import my calibre-library into zotero (for bibliographical purposes - being able to quote my ebooks in the papers I write (possibly even with the pdfs). Has anybody figured out a way to do that?

-Stephan

jacktanner · 08-30-2010, 02:37 PM

A neat way to make this work would be to have Calibre pretend that it's a Zotero Sync client:
* push items in Calibre's ebook database to Zotero servers
* pull items from Zotero servers to Calibre's library

sdspieg · 12-17-2011, 09:55 AM

Has any progress been made on this? I'm sure quite a few people would be very interested in a better integration between their two favorite e-document management tools!

-Stephan

tytrate · 12-29-2011, 09:44 AM

I'm dying for an add-on that utilizes Zotero's API. I don't have the necessary skills to do it myself. I hope someone will take it up?

Thanks in advance.

-Richard

paola · 02-01-2012, 05:59 AM

Hi all,
let me also add my plea to a zotero/Calibre plugin - it would be extremely useful, and now that the standalone version of zotero is out, I wonder whether it makes building a plugin for Calibre any easier - sadly I have no programming skills whatsoever to do this myself.

03-12-2010, 05:03 AM	#1
WereVince Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-600	Zotero and calibre Hi, I am using zotero to select my bibliography on the web, and calibre to manage it and transfer pdf files to my reader. I am wondering if there is a way for calibre to automatically look up in the (pdf) files downloaded by zotero and put them in my library. Also, the information (title, authors...) that Zotero associates to these files (taken from the web page) is usually more accurate than what calibre can guess from the pdf file... Thanks for your help, V

08-28-2010, 11:26 AM	#3
Svetlovska Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	zotero & calibre New to the forum, and Calibre. Just wanted to second Werevince's idea - as someone without programming skills at all, it'd be amazing if someone could work out a way to pull the biblio data out of Zotero for the pdfs of academic journals I want to read and manage for my Kindle through Calibre. I see real synergy there between the two applications... Anybody feel like a challenge? Tanya

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03-12-2010, 08:51 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There isn't currently, but it should be possible to write a metadata download plugin for zotero.

08-29-2010, 09:44 PM	#4
sdspieg Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Nook, Kindle 3	No challenge. I full-heartedly agree and have been patiently waiting until somebody makes this work. BTW - the opposite would work for me too - being able to import my calibre-library into zotero (for bibliographical purposes - being able to quote my ebooks in the papers I write (possibly even with the pdfs). Has anybody figured out a way to do that? -Stephan

08-30-2010, 02:37 PM	#5
jacktanner Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 94 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	A neat way to make this work would be to have Calibre pretend that it's a Zotero Sync client: * push items in Calibre's ebook database to Zotero servers * pull items from Zotero servers to Calibre's library

12-17-2011, 09:55 AM	#6
sdspieg Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Nook, Kindle 3	Has any progress been made on this? I'm sure quite a few people would be very interested in a better integration between their two favorite e-document management tools! -Stephan

12-29-2011, 09:44 AM	#7
tytrate Tytrate Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle	I'm dying for an add-on that utilizes Zotero's API. I don't have the necessary skills to do it myself. I hope someone will take it up? Thanks in advance. -Richard

02-01-2012, 05:59 AM	#8
paola Wizard Posts: 2,824 Karma: 5843878 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK Device: Pocketbook Pro 903, (beloved Pocketbook 360 RIP), Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura	Hi all, let me also add my plea to a zotero/Calibre plugin - it would be extremely useful, and now that the standalone version of zotero is out, I wonder whether it makes building a plugin for Calibre any easier - sadly I have no programming skills whatsoever to do this myself.

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