PRS-600 SYMBOLS IN BOOK TITLES ??

sorcerer13 · 06-20-2010, 07:19 PM

I am using Calibre to transfer my books. I notice that my reader is displaying symbols- such as a square- instead of the letter. e.g. Dead Until Dark shows as Dead Until Dar#---Any ideas???Thanks

Worldwalker · 06-21-2010, 08:10 PM

I'm a little unclear on what you mean by "PRS-600 symbols".

However, if you're having the problem I think you are, stop over in the calibre forum -- there are a couple of threads about it at the moment. It's just a few boards down from here. In fact, I'll ask the mods to move this thread for you so the right people see it.

HarryT · 06-22-2010, 04:00 AM

I've moved the thread to the Calibre forum. You're more likely to get help here.

HarryT · 06-22-2010, 04:02 AM

A square in the title means that the character is not present in the font. This certainly shouldn't happen for simple alphabetic characters!

DoctorOhh · 06-22-2010, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sorcerer13

I am using Calibre to transfer my books. I notice that my reader is displaying symbols- such as a square- instead of the letter. e.g. Dead Until Dark shows as Dead Until Dar#---Any ideas???Thanks

This is a bug in writing metadata to PDF files and has been around (see bug report) for at least 6 months.

From the bug report:

Quote:

Kovid:
There is no fix, until the library calibre uses to set metadata in PDF files is fixed.

It seems the last character error was a trade off.

Quote:

Kovid:
calibre used to use pyPDF, but it hangs on updating various PDF files.

Try using calibre to edit the title on the device itself. I seem to recall someone saying this worked for them and I believe being able to edit items on the Sony device from calibre was fixed in the current (0.7.4) release.

itimpi · 06-22-2010, 04:13 AM

If these are PDF files, then the last character being random is a known issue.

tponzo · 07-04-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dwanthny

This is a bug in writing metadata to PDF files and has been around (see bug report) for at least 6 months.

From the bug report:

It seems the last character error was a trade off.

Try using calibre to edit the title on the device itself. I seem to recall someone saying this worked for them and I believe being able to edit items on the Sony device from calibre was fixed in the current (0.7.4) release.

I have the same problem w/my PRS900, random characters at the end of titles. Tried editing on device in calibre but it didn't change it on my reader.

DoctorOhh · 07-04-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tponzo

I have the same problem w/my PRS900, random characters at the end of titles. Tried editing on device in calibre but it didn't change it on my reader.

Thanks for the update, I guess you can't edit out the character.

According to the bug report there is no fix, until the library calibre uses to set metadata in PDF files is fixed. This library is developed by another group so there is no estimate on when or if this will be fixed.

If it really bugs you I believe some folk have turned off the PDF metadata writer plugin and used a third party app to write the metadata (title, author etc...) to the PDF files.

Maybe someone can explain your options a little better.

tponzo · 07-05-2010, 07:49 AM

thanks for the info. I'll wait for the fix.

kovidgoyal · 07-05-2010, 09:46 AM

This is actually fixed in 0.7.7

tponzo · 07-05-2010, 05:10 PM

thanks, I completely wiped all the books off my reader and resent them. The random characters are now fixed.

DoctorOhh · 07-05-2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

This is actually fixed in 0.7.7

Excellent!

06-20-2010, 07:19 PM	#1
sorcerer13 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: sony 600	PRS-600 SYMBOLS IN BOOK TITLES ?? I am using Calibre to transfer my books. I notice that my reader is displaying symbols- such as a square- instead of the letter. e.g. Dead Until Dark shows as Dead Until Dar#---Any ideas???Thanks

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Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	I'm a little unclear on what you mean by "PRS-600 symbols". However, if you're having the problem I think you are, stop over in the calibre forum -- there are a couple of threads about it at the moment. It's just a few boards down from here. In fact, I'll ask the mods to move this thread for you so the right people see it.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've moved the thread to the Calibre forum. You're more likely to get help here.

06-22-2010, 04:02 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	A square in the title means that the character is not present in the font. This certainly shouldn't happen for simple alphabetic characters!

06-22-2010, 04:13 AM	#6
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	If these are PDF files, then the last character being random is a known issue.

07-05-2010, 07:49 AM	#9
tponzo Addict Posts: 239 Karma: 237 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: OH USA Device: Sony PRS 900(gave it to my sister); Sony PRS-T1; onyx book note air	thanks for the info. I'll wait for the fix.

07-05-2010, 09:46 AM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This is actually fixed in 0.7.7

07-05-2010, 05:10 PM	#11
tponzo Addict Posts: 239 Karma: 237 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: OH USA Device: Sony PRS 900(gave it to my sister); Sony PRS-T1; onyx book note air	thanks, I completely wiped all the books off my reader and resent them. The random characters are now fixed.

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