Sony 950 Periodical format/Calibre

The Thrall · 03-04-2011, 12:13 AM

My downloaded news feeds aren't placed in the Periodical folder of my reader.
I'm guessing something isn't set right in Calibre ver. 0.7.47
They're converted to PDF and tagged with News,(name of paper)

They just show up as "Books".

I've searched several threads, and no info other than "Calibre does it automatically".

Somehow the automatic isn't working for me....

Any ideas, other than editing each metadata tag? (which just adds "Periodical" to Collections)

Thank you,

Bookworm_Girl · 03-04-2011, 04:52 PM

Welcome to MobileRead! It is automatic for me that calibre news feeds show up in the Periodical folder. Here is a setting in calibre that I would recommend that you check. Under Preferences, select Conversion > Common Options. Within the Common Options window, select the tab for Page Setup. For output profile, I have selected Sony Reader 900. Don't forget to click Apply in the upper left corner of the window to save any changes you make it.

I also use the output file format EPUB rather than PDF, but I wouldn't think that should make a difference to your problem.

mcrmama · 03-04-2011, 06:01 PM

It works for me as well. I also use format
ePub formwhat it is worth.

Purple Lady · 03-05-2011, 05:25 PM

I also works with epub for me too. If you do find you need to change the tags you can edit them in bulk in Calibre. Just highlight everything you need to change the tags for and click the Edit metadata button and it will add any tags you want to all selected books.

The Thrall · 03-08-2011, 12:48 PM

THANK YOU!!

It was converting to PDF format that made Calibre think the news feed was a book!
I deleted all the news items on my reader, including the tags.
Changed the format from PDF to ePub.
And tada! Periodicals! With working TOC! WoW!

Thank you, new friends!
I'm finally looking forward to reading the news.

Bookworm_Girl · 03-08-2011, 02:40 PM

Great! Thanks for reporting back with the solution. The calibre Fetch News feature is fantastic.

PurpleVikram · 02-19-2012, 11:25 PM

I too had this problem, but only some of the time. It seems that when I ask Calibre to send more than one issue of the same periodical to the reader, only one of the issues was recognized as a periodical. The others ended up with the books. Sending them one at a time to the reader fixed the problem.

03-04-2011, 12:13 AM	#1
The Thrall Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Middle Georgia Device: Sony PRS-950	Sony 950 Periodical format/Calibre My downloaded news feeds aren't placed in the Periodical folder of my reader. I'm guessing something isn't set right in Calibre ver. 0.7.47 They're converted to PDF and tagged with News,(name of paper) They just show up as "Books". I've searched several threads, and no info other than "Calibre does it automatically". Somehow the automatic isn't working for me.... Any ideas, other than editing each metadata tag? (which just adds "Periodical" to Collections) Thank you,

03-08-2011, 12:48 PM	#5
The Thrall Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Middle Georgia Device: Sony PRS-950	THANK YOU!! It was converting to PDF format that made Calibre think the news feed was a book! I deleted all the news items on my reader, including the tags. Changed the format from PDF to ePub. And tada! Periodicals! With working TOC! WoW! Thank you, new friends! I'm finally looking forward to reading the news. Last edited by The Thrall; 03-08-2011 at 12:50 PM.

02-19-2012, 11:25 PM	#7
PurpleVikram Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Sony PRS-950	I too had this problem, but only some of the time. It seems that when I ask Calibre to send more than one issue of the same periodical to the reader, only one of the issues was recognized as a periodical. The others ended up with the books. Sending them one at a time to the reader fixed the problem. Last edited by PurpleVikram; 02-19-2012 at 11:28 PM.

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03-04-2011, 04:52 PM	#2
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Welcome to MobileRead! It is automatic for me that calibre news feeds show up in the Periodical folder. Here is a setting in calibre that I would recommend that you check. Under Preferences, select Conversion > Common Options. Within the Common Options window, select the tab for Page Setup. For output profile, I have selected Sony Reader 900. Don't forget to click Apply in the upper left corner of the window to save any changes you make it. I also use the output file format EPUB rather than PDF, but I wouldn't think that should make a difference to your problem.

03-04-2011, 06:01 PM	#3
mcrmama Addict Posts: 239 Karma: 16806 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo Aura One	It works for me as well. I also use format ePub formwhat it is worth.

03-05-2011, 05:25 PM	#4
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	I also works with epub for me too. If you do find you need to change the tags you can edit them in bulk in Calibre. Just highlight everything you need to change the tags for and click the Edit metadata button and it will add any tags you want to all selected books.

03-08-2011, 02:40 PM	#6
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Great! Thanks for reporting back with the solution. The calibre Fetch News feature is fantastic.

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