10-08-2012, 04:53 PM | #1756 |
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the Windows Kindle Collections Manager app doesn't yet work for Kindle Touch, so it looks like I have to wait in order to get my collections organized and working. (They won't update.) I'm glad to know about it...
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10-08-2012, 06:20 PM | #1757 |
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@booklover001: No, you're confused. I was talking about this.
Wasn't even aware that there was something else with the same name. |
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10-08-2012, 07:14 PM | #1758 |
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Quote: "I was planning to use Tags to create Collections as I like to use book genres for my collection headings. I have about 500 books in my Calibre library, and yesterday I used bulk metadata download on them to get tags. It resulted in 300+ tags. It looks like I have a substantial effort ahead of me to edit this list down to a manageable size before I can use it for creating collections. Is there a more efficient way to use the Plugin? "
I actually created two custom fields, one for genre, and one for "Read" where the answer was New, Old, Read, Active, First. The Genre I import into collections with a prefix of + so that the +SFFantasy, +Mystery etc show up in collections ahead of any based on series. The Read is for New or Old books, those read in recent years with a read date, and the books I want to read soon (First) or am reading now (Active). Those are imported with a _ prefex to put the collections at the top of the list. Thanks to the custom columns, the books are in the +genre collection, the _read status collection, possibly a series collectino (author, series name) or a tag based collection (NeedsFormat, News, Nieces, etc). Finally I set Active to be never changed, and that is the one collection I update calibre from the kindle instead of vice versa. As long as you run the update in preview mode first you get a list of all differences between calibre and kindle, and can update calibre to match where tags were added or something moved on the Kindle side. Regards, Raederle |
10-09-2012, 06:25 PM | #1759 |
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OK, decided to give this plugin a whirl. Went for manually editing. I already have a number of collections set up - one author in particular I wanted to easily bung loads of files into his collection.
Open Plugin, chose Manual setting In window choose existing collection. Click Author heading to sort by author Calibre crashes - no log, no nothing, just "Windows prog is dead" error message Reproducible every time :-( Any ideas?? |
10-13-2012, 06:16 PM | #1760 |
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Here's another patch/tweak for Touch/PW users .
* Add more extensions to the exclude list (some 3.4 & 5.x stuff), and don't even look in the sidecar folder on the Touch/PW. * Auto-detect the US PW on Linux/OS X. * Add a new Touch/PW only setting that will only populate the json db with collections that have been updated (created/modified [added/removed items]). Since Collections Manager never deletes a collection, and always rebuilds modified collections from scratch, that can save us a considerable amount of time by simply not feeding CM stuff that it would only waste time rebuilding with the exact same content. It tremendously speeds up the Calibre => Kindle sync for incremental updates . Since v10: * Added an ugly Windows only hack that hopefully allows the auto-detection of the Touch/PW via S/N to work on Windows, without blowing everything up... Seems to work on my Win 7 notebook, but I'd be glad to know if it works for others. (Also, I wouldn't mind a confirmation that the code isn't completely insane, I couldn't find an easier way to get at the pnp_id of a specific device...). Since v14: * Fixed a stupid auto-detect issue on Windows for some devices. * Moved the whole kindle model/auto-detect stuff to the settings, so we don't redo the whole thing everytime. We're already storing settings per-library and per-device, and we can safely assume that the model won't ever change for a specific device, so it actually makes much more sense to do it this way . Bonus: It simplifies a whole bunch of >= Touch tests in the code, and we get rid of the ugly 'assume touch/pw' windows workaround. Upped the store revision to force people to at least launch the settings once to trigger an auto-detect/set a kindle model. Since v16: * Added some topaz stuff to the exclude list Since v17: * Handle the sort order on the PW. And it sucks. Basically, the only things that we're sure will be in front are the single quote and digits... v19: * Switched to an int to save the Kindle model, I ran into weird rounding issues with a float... v20: * Fix the first run in diff_db_only mode on a new (or at least empty) Touch/PW device (use the full database instead of nothing). v21: * Autodetect the UK 3G PaperWhite. v27: * Rework the Mobi metadata code (based on MobiUnpack) * Try harder to decode metadata title & authors properly to try to help with the few encoding related issues reported v28: * Minor formatting tweaks of some settings' tooltips v29: * Support the language & rating default columns as a possible data source v30: * Handle multiple authors properly in mobi metadata, even in files built by KG 2 & recent Calibre versions. v31: * Forgot to switch the Kindle Model back to an int in the reports v32: * Should now autodetect a few more PW models (JP, BR) v33: * Some minor tweaks to make use of the newdb API (require Calibre >= 1.0.0) v34: * Fix various case issues with file extensions (thanks to zelo for reporting this) v35: * Oops, fix broken v34, sorry about that... :/ v36: * PW2 support! v37: * Detect the full range of PW2 models * Ported to PyQt5 * Bumped to 1.7.12 * Packaged it properly, should be infinitesimally faster to load. ---- NOTE: This is now in the plugin's new home . Last edited by NiLuJe; 08-11-2014 at 12:05 AM. Reason: v37, Qt5 support |
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10-13-2012, 10:11 PM | #1761 | |
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10-13-2012, 10:19 PM | #1762 |
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@nynaevelan: On the Touch & PW, this (along with the latest released version) works in tandem with ixtab's Collections Manager on the Kindle side. (And checking the 'Assume this is a Touch' option in the plugin's settings on Windows).
That means a jailbroken device, and a slightly different workflow. With my latest changes, I end up spending *less* time managing collections than on my K3 for my own workflow, with nested Collections as a nice bonus, but for more complex/different stuff, it might not be as fast/simple. (In particular, keeping a full Kindle <=> Calibre bidirectional sync can be a bit annoying. It's far easier/faster/forgiving on the Calibre => Kindle side [That doesn't mean you can't handle stuff on the Kindle, you can, but managing those completely on the Kindle side of things will probably be faster/easier]). Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-13-2012 at 10:24 PM. |
10-13-2012, 11:00 PM | #1763 | |
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Thanks, I am just a little confused which files I should be installing to get my PW up and running with both CM and this plugin. Should I be installing the jailbreak, kindlet, CM files and this one?? EDIT: I think I found the instructions I am looking for, so I am about to jailbreak and then install the collections files. Yikes, here I go... EDIT2: Obviously I am missing something very important, where do I import the collection into the CM?? Last edited by nynaevelan; 10-13-2012 at 11:40 PM. |
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10-13-2012, 11:47 PM | #1764 |
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@nynaevelan: There's an 'Import from Calibre' function in the Menu when you're inside the CM app on your Kindle. (Meaning, yes, for a Calibre => Kindle sync, the order is: create collections in Calibre, eject & then import in CM. Which is what the popup should be telling you if you checked 'Assume I'm a Touch/PW')
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10-14-2012, 12:47 AM | #1766 |
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You don't need to restart at all on the Touch/PW, actually. If the pop up is still telling you to restart, that's because you didn't enable the 'Assume the device is a Touch or PW' setting.
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10-14-2012, 01:21 AM | #1767 |
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No, the popup didn't say it, I guess I am just used to restarting. Now I need to figure out how to nest and only show the top nested collections.
If I nest, will I lose them when I rerun calibre plugin? |
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@nynaevelan:
Check the first post of ixtab's thread, but, basically, to nest collections, the [X-->] & [<--X] button is your new best friend . Nope . Quote:
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10-14-2012, 01:49 PM | #1769 |
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10-16-2012, 03:18 PM | #1770 |
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I used Kindle collection to change the margins for my old Kindle 4, but it doesn't seems to work with Paperwhite. Is there a new way of changing the margins?
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