[Device Plugin] iOS reader applications (closed)

[At_Libitum]

Originally Posted by Wyndham

One of the best features about Marvin for me, is the Collections facility. I too have different libraries in Calibre and using the new MXD extension from Calibre together with Collections in Marvin, it is simple to manage and navigate the eBook library on my two mobile devices.

I suggest you experiment with this to see what works best for you. Note that you can set the Collection in Calibre before sending eBooks to Marvin.

It's not about logical grouping, that only works up to a point. There is simply no avoiding overlap to occur at some point due to the use of same tags in both collections. In Calibre it could work because of hierarchical tags, but since Marvin doesn't use hierarchical collections, this would end up as many collections in Marvin, too many for my taste.

EDIT: I solved it however differently by modifying the plugin, (see my original post)

[HarryT]

Can the Kindle App driver be configured to send books in AZW3 format, rather than Mobi? AZW3 is my preferred format, and I'm pretty sure that the iOS Kindle App supports it.

Thanks!

[GRiker]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Can the Kindle App driver be configured to send books in AZW3 format, rather than Mobi? AZW3 is my preferred format, and I'm pretty sure that the iOS Kindle App supports it.

Thanks!

If you create a feature request at the plugin's GitHub issue tracker (link in the first post in this thread) I will take a look at adding support for multiple formats for the Kindle driver.

G

[HarryT]

Thanks - I'll do that.

[HarryT]

GRiker was kind enough to reply to my Github issue tracker request and say that the Kindle App doesn't support sideloaded AZW3 files, a fact which I've now independently confirmed. Moreover, if you set Calibre to generate KF8 Mobi files (ie go to "Output Options" and set the Mobi format to "New"), they appear in the Kindle App library, but give an error when you try to open them, so that scuppers my cunning plan to read KF8 files on my shiny new iPad Mini .

Thanks for the help, G, as always.

[HarryT]

I've just logged the following issue in Github:

I have two books in my Calibre library with the same title, but different authors. Both the books are called "Conqueror"; one is written by Stephen Baxter, the other by S.M. Stirling. When I try to send them to the Kindle App on my iPad Mini, the following sequence of events occurs:

I send the Baxter book to the device. It successfully appears in the library of the Kindle App, and opening it shows that it's the correct book.

I send the Stirling book to the device. Nothing apparently changes in the Kindle App library - it still lists "Conqueror" by Stephen Baxter, but when I open the book I find that it's now the Stirling book of the same title.

This is absolutely reproducible - the first book to be sent appears in the library; the second overwrites it, but without altering the library entry in the Kindle App (so you see the wrong book when you open it).

I suspect that what's happening is that the plug-in is simply using the book's title as the filename, so the first book is being overwritten by the second. The "Send to Device" template in "Preferences" does not appear to be being honoured.

I've worked around the issue by slightly changing the title of one of the two books, but if this could be fixed (eg by using the filename template specified in "Send to Device", it would be useful.

Thanks!

[GRiker]

@HarryT, I am notified by email when comments are added to GitHub issues. No need to post here as well.

G

[HarryT]

OK - thanks.

[GRiker]

Version 1.3.3 of the plugin is now available, which adds the author name to the generated filename when sending to Kindle for iOS.

G

[HarryT]

Thank you very much indeed - greatly appreciated. Installed, tested, and works fine. Problem solved!

[GRiker]

Hello iOSRA users.

Version 1.3.5 of the iOS reader applications plugin is now available. The changes are primarily in support of new Marvin features.

If you are a Marvin XD user, you will need to update the iOSRA plugin to this latest version.

G

[HowardBrazee]

Reading the directions, it is not clear to me that I can turn on automatic synchronization at the end. I want that ability more than I want Marvin. I have Marvin because I read multiple books simultaneously using different readers. I want the other readers to continue working the way they do. I drag copies of my e-books to the Marvin app in iTunes, as synchronization gives them cryptic names which I avoid this way.

So I'm avoiding updating Marvin this way until I determine costs and benefits for me. Maybe someone could assist in this.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by HowardBrazee

So I'm avoiding updating Marvin this way until I determine costs and benefits for me. Maybe someone could assist in this.

Maybe they can, but this is not the place to ask. Please ask in the Marvin support forum.

[uten]

Hi there,

I am aware that this plugin doesn't support iBooks and Mavericks, but my question is this.

If I delete iBooks from Mavericks - which allows me to handle books with iTunes, will I be able to use the plugin for ibooks (on the ipad) or have you turned off support for iTunes/iBooks as soon as Mavericks is identified??

The below link is the method used to remove iBooks from OSX.

http://www.robertsetiadi.net/getting...nes-mavericks/

Regards,
uten

[GRiker]

Originally Posted by uten

Hi there,

I am aware that this plugin doesn't support iBooks and Mavericks, but my question is this.

If I delete iBooks from Mavericks - which allows me to handle books with iTunes, will I be able to use the plugin for ibooks (on the ipad) or have you turned off support for iTunes/iBooks as soon as Mavericks is identified??

The below link is the method used to remove iBooks from OSX.

http://www.robertsetiadi.net/getting...nes-mavericks/

Regards,
uten

iBooks support is disabled under OS X when version 10.9 (Mavericks) is detected.

G