[GUI Plugin] Count Pages - Page 15

tilia · 02-12-2012, 10:56 AM

Both estimate from mobi/epub and download from Goodreads works for me now.

Disabled wordcount(of course I didn't remember that the first time I tried

), and downloaded pagecount for a pdf as well.

I've never really been bothered with which Goodreads-edition my books where linked to. If I'm going to use this I guess I better start paying attention... I've only had time to take a quick look at the switch edition bit of the Goodreads Sync-plugin, but it looks great.

PeterT · 02-12-2012, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noughty

Great. It's finally working for me. 10 out of 7 books had page numbers downloaded.

WOW... You mean it's making more books for you?

theducks · 02-12-2012, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

WOW... You mean it's making more books for you?

It is filling the Missing books in a series

Noughty · 02-12-2012, 01:14 PM

Well sorry for the typo. Obviously 7 out of 10 books.

kiwidude · 02-12-2012, 02:15 PM

Changes in this release:

Add a Download from Goodreads option to allow retrieving book count from books that have a Goodreads identifier
If word count is disabled (i.e. only page count) allow download of page count for any book regardless of formats
Attempted workaround for Qt issue on Mac where some books would crash calibre.

See the previous thread page for detailed discussion, thanks to those of you who tested the beta and gave feedback.

For users deciding to use the new feature of Goodreads page counts, you might consider using a new page count column. That will make it easier for you to see which books it has successfully downloaded an "actual" page count for. If you need to switch to a different Goodreads edition (if the one you are linked to has no page count) then you will find the latest version of the Goodreads Sync plugin useful as it has a "Switch edition" feature.

When calibre 0.8.40 is released you can configure your Kindle device plugin to use the actual value from your pages custom column when generating the APNX files when you send a book to your Kindle as per the screenshot below.

Enjoy.

DuskyRose · 02-12-2012, 05:44 PM

The new program seems to be working on my epub files now. They're not books listed at Goodreads, so can't test that right now. But it seems to be working like it did before for me now.

shamanNS · 02-13-2012, 06:00 PM

Is it possible to have both values (calculated & downloaded page count) in separate columns?

kiwidude · 02-14-2012, 03:02 AM

Yes, you just need to change the configuration in between to point to the different custom column and then run the other page count option.

Zitoune · 02-17-2012, 12:43 PM

V1.3.0
Bug in last version Count Pages plugin (v 1.3.0 2012-02-12) with

Calibre v0.8.40,
windows 7 x64

Report:

Count ePub/Mobi Statistics
Python function terminated unexpectedly
do_count_statistics() takes at least 5 arguments (5 given) (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 132, in main
File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 191, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 138, in arbitrary_n
TypeError: do_count_statistics() takes at least 5 arguments (5 given)

No problem with previous version (1.2.0)

kiwidude · 02-17-2012, 01:43 PM

@Zitoune - welcome to MobileRead.

I think there is either something wrong with your calibre installation of 0.8.40, or of the plugin itself as it all works fine for me. Try reinstalling the plugin. Is anyone else using 0.8.40 yet with v1.3.0, and is it working for them?

Edit: additional thought - did you restart calibre after updating the plugin? I assume you have only just updated it, right?

Zitoune · 02-17-2012, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwidude

@Zitoune - welcome to MobileRead.

I think there is either something wrong with your calibre installation of 0.8.40, or of the plugin itself as it all works fine for me. Try reinstalling the plugin. Is anyone else using 0.8.40 yet with v1.3.0, and is it working for them?

Edit: additional thought - did you restart calibre after updating the plugin? I assume you have only just updated it, right?

Thank you!

I restart Calibre and it's ok.
very good work.

spatula04 · 02-17-2012, 11:19 PM

Is there a way to get the page count to stay displayed? Currently I only see it when I hit the menu button with in a book.

kiwidude · 02-18-2012, 04:54 AM

@spatula04 - welcome to MobileRead.

Your question would be better asked within the Kindle forums, but to my knowledge the answer is no it cannot. Amazon have always been particularly crap at offering "options" for what appears on the screen when it comes to locations and pages (as in there are no options - just whatever the latest firmware happens to show to you).

BeccaPrice · 02-18-2012, 10:34 AM

For most books, this works just fine - but for some books, I get a page count of 1 or 2 pages, even though the books clearly have more pages than that: for example, The Outlaws, by W.E.B. Griffin. I've got all the correct metadata, and did a mobi-to-mobi conversion on the book, and I still get an error message saying that it can't estimate pages because no mobi version can be found. And when I try to get the page count from Goodreads, I also get an error message.

kiwidude · 02-18-2012, 11:11 AM

@BeccaPrice - if you are estimating MOBI page counts, you will still get the odd book with very odd counts, nothing has changed in this plugin in that regard. It still uses user_none's APNX logic, which gets completely tripped up by books that use <blockquote> or <div> tags instead of <p> tags. My reasons for not changing that within the plugin were always because it would have meant you would still get the duff count when you sent the book to your Kindle. However now with 0.8.40 released I could revisit it, since a user can direct the Kindle driver to pull the page count from the Count Pages custom column instead of trying to recalculate it. Mobi->Mobi won't change such books, however doing Mobi->ePub and then doing count pages on the ePub should give you a better count (make sure ePub format is set take priority in the Count Pages plugin).

As far as Goodreads is concerned, I'm afraid "get an error message" is not particularly useful

. If you post or PM the log from the Count Pages message window plus the log from the Jobs window and then I might have something to work with.

02-12-2012, 10:56 AM	#211
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	Beta Both estimate from mobi/epub and download from Goodreads works for me now. Disabled wordcount(of course I didn't remember that the first time I tried), and downloaded pagecount for a pdf as well. I've never really been bothered with which Goodreads-edition my books where linked to. If I'm going to use this I guess I better start paying attention... I've only had time to take a quick look at the switch edition bit of the Goodreads Sync-plugin, but it looks great.

02-12-2012, 02:15 PM	#215
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	v1.3.0 Released Changes in this release: Add a Download from Goodreads option to allow retrieving book count from books that have a Goodreads identifier If word count is disabled (i.e. only page count) allow download of page count for any book regardless of formats Attempted workaround for Qt issue on Mac where some books would crash calibre. See the previous thread page for detailed discussion, thanks to those of you who tested the beta and gave feedback. For users deciding to use the new feature of Goodreads page counts, you might consider using a new page count column. That will make it easier for you to see which books it has successfully downloaded an "actual" page count for. If you need to switch to a different Goodreads edition (if the one you are linked to has no page count) then you will find the latest version of the Goodreads Sync plugin useful as it has a "Switch edition" feature. When calibre 0.8.40 is released you can configure your Kindle device plugin to use the actual value from your pages custom column when generating the APNX files when you send a book to your Kindle as per the screenshot below. Enjoy. Attached Thumbnails

02-13-2012, 06:00 PM	#217
shamanNS Guru Posts: 885 Karma: 10113994 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5 [bricked], Kindle PW1	Two custom columns Is it possible to have both values (calculated & downloaded page count) in separate columns?

02-17-2012, 01:43 PM	#220
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	@Zitoune - welcome to MobileRead. I think there is either something wrong with your calibre installation of 0.8.40, or of the plugin itself as it all works fine for me. Try reinstalling the plugin. Is anyone else using 0.8.40 yet with v1.3.0, and is it working for them? Edit: additional thought - did you restart calibre after updating the plugin? I assume you have only just updated it, right? Last edited by kiwidude; 02-17-2012 at 01:46 PM.

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02-12-2012, 01:14 PM	#214
Noughty Addict Posts: 352 Karma: 103850 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle NT	Well sorry for the typo. Obviously 7 out of 10 books.

02-12-2012, 05:44 PM	#216
DuskyRose Guru Posts: 725 Karma: 9209502 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Device: Boox Palma, Kdle Scribe & Paperwhite, Kobo Eclipsa 2e & Libra 2, Ipads	The new program seems to be working on my epub files now. They're not books listed at Goodreads, so can't test that right now. But it seems to be working like it did before for me now.

02-14-2012, 03:02 AM	#218
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Yes, you just need to change the configuration in between to point to the different custom column and then run the other page count option.

02-17-2012, 12:43 PM	#219
Zitoune Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Sony	V1.3.0 Bug in last version Count Pages plugin (v 1.3.0 2012-02-12) with Calibre v0.8.40, windows 7 x64 Report: Count ePub/Mobi Statistics Python function terminated unexpectedly do_count_statistics() takes at least 5 arguments (5 given) (Error Code: 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "site.py", line 132, in main File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 191, in main File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 138, in arbitrary_n TypeError: do_count_statistics() takes at least 5 arguments (5 given) No problem with previous version (1.2.0)

02-17-2012, 11:19 PM	#222
spatula04 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Kindle	Is there a way to get the page count to stay displayed? Currently I only see it when I hit the menu button with in a book.

02-18-2012, 04:54 AM	#223
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	@spatula04 - welcome to MobileRead. Your question would be better asked within the Kindle forums, but to my knowledge the answer is no it cannot. Amazon have always been particularly crap at offering "options" for what appears on the screen when it comes to locations and pages (as in there are no options - just whatever the latest firmware happens to show to you).

02-18-2012, 10:34 AM	#224
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,145 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	For most books, this works just fine - but for some books, I get a page count of 1 or 2 pages, even though the books clearly have more pages than that: for example, The Outlaws, by W.E.B. Griffin. I've got all the correct metadata, and did a mobi-to-mobi conversion on the book, and I still get an error message saying that it can't estimate pages because no mobi version can be found. And when I try to get the page count from Goodreads, I also get an error message.

02-18-2012, 11:11 AM	#225
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	@BeccaPrice - if you are estimating MOBI page counts, you will still get the odd book with very odd counts, nothing has changed in this plugin in that regard. It still uses user_none's APNX logic, which gets completely tripped up by books that use <blockquote> or <div> tags instead of <p> tags. My reasons for not changing that within the plugin were always because it would have meant you would still get the duff count when you sent the book to your Kindle. However now with 0.8.40 released I could revisit it, since a user can direct the Kindle driver to pull the page count from the Count Pages custom column instead of trying to recalculate it. Mobi->Mobi won't change such books, however doing Mobi->ePub and then doing count pages on the ePub should give you a better count (make sure ePub format is set take priority in the Count Pages plugin). As far as Goodreads is concerned, I'm afraid "get an error message" is not particularly useful . If you post or PM the log from the Count Pages message window plus the log from the Jobs window and then I might have something to work with.

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