MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Sony Reader
Reload this Page Let the reader show any epub as Periodica

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 06-06-2011, 05:25 AM   #1
moe
Member
moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.
 
Posts: 13
Karma: 14914
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: prs 650
Thumbs up Let the reader show any epub as Periodica (solved)
Hello,
Is it possible to make the reader show any epub as periodica?
Since I have written a script to automatically download news and copy them to a reader, I would be happy if there was a solution without manually editing Books in Calibre or something.
So how does the reader notice that the current epub is a newspaper while anotherone is not. Is there any Tag or directory where I have to copy those news or what?

Thanks,
moe
Last edited by moe; 06-06-2011 at 05:46 AM.
moe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-06-2011, 05:31 AM   #2
HarryT
eBook Enthusiast
HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
HarryT's Avatar
 
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
Sorry, what is "periodica"?
HarryT is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 06-06-2011, 05:37 AM   #3
moe
Member
moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.
 
Posts: 13
Karma: 14914
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: prs 650
*Periodicals
My reader is set to german, I forgot that that might have another name in english.
I also just solved the problem:
I forgot about the --output-profile flag in the console...
So generating a periodical with calibre works like that:
ebook-convert "Source of your news.recipe" output.epub --output-profile=sony
ebook-meta output.epub --tags="News, Name of your Newssource"


Edit:
It might also work in one step:
ebook-convert "Source of your news.recipe" output.epub --output-profile=sony --tags="News, Name of your Newssource"

(But I'm not sure about that, so i left the old solution)
Last edited by moe; 06-10-2011 at 08:16 AM.
moe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-06-2011, 05:43 AM   #4
HarryT
eBook Enthusiast
HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HarryT ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
HarryT's Avatar
 
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
Ah, thanks .
HarryT is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-07-2011, 11:39 AM   #5
trekchick
Lurker
trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.trekchick can eat soup with a fork.
 
Posts: 226
Karma: 9245
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Walton, KY
Device: Sonys and Kindles and Nooks, oh my!
Quote:
Originally Posted by moe View Post
So generating a periodical with calibre works like that:
ebook-convert "Source of your news.recipe" output.epub --output-profile=sony
ebook-meta output.epub --tags="News, Name of your Newssource"
Super! Thank you for sharing the solution.
trekchick is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 06-09-2011, 04:29 AM   #6
StanByk
Connoisseur
StanByk began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 54
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: London, UK
Device: Sony PRS-650
Hi,
is there a way to convert an existing epub into a periodical for use on a Sony Reader.

Note: I have downloaded the epub from the magazine's website manually without using a recipe.

Can anyone please point me into the right direction?
Thank you,
Robert
StanByk is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-10-2011, 08:15 AM   #7
moe
Member
moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.moe is less competitive than you.
 
Posts: 13
Karma: 14914
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: prs 650
StanByk, I have tried that, too. I didn't find out how to do that on the console, but in Calibre, you have to give it the Tag your other newspapers have, too (In german, that tag is called "Nachrichten", but it will be different in english) and give it a tag with the name of the newspaper. I think you will also have to set the creator or author to "calibre", but I'm not sure about that..
moe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-10-2011, 03:58 PM   #8
StanByk
Connoisseur
StanByk began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 54
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: London, UK
Device: Sony PRS-650
Thank you moe, the epub is now recognized as a periodical.
This leads straight to my next problem. On the reader the TOC doesn't show up properly. I get a link to "Front Page" instead. If I load the epub straight onto my 650 the TOC works fine, but the epub is not recognized a periodical. Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you,
Robert

EDIT: The page setup is set to Sony Reader
Last edited by StanByk; 06-10-2011 at 04:09 PM.
StanByk is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Show difference between ePUB files LGN Sigil 12 01-02-2014 10:32 AM
Epub on IPad: SVG-graphics don't show. georg3200 Apple Devices 19 07-10-2013 02:41 PM
Epub to Mobi (calibre) Table dosen't show Nessyta Kindle Formats 12 06-24-2011 09:48 AM
Options to show programming source code in ePub pedgarcia ePub 2 07-21-2010 10:41 AM
RTF to EPUB - jpg images doesnt show klamarth Calibre 3 10-15-2009 08:40 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:47 PM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.