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feralicious · 06-19-2011, 04:54 PM

Hi. I've searched through the Calibre user manual and these forums and cannot find how to do this.

I have just started playing around with Calibre so I'm a n00b. My immediate need is to delete a MOBI version of a screenplay that I have in pdf format and I can't find how to do that.

I saw a screenshot of the PC version of Calibre and I see the button to delete books clear as day but there is nothing like that on the OS X version from what I can see. (I cannot wait until I build my HTPC so I can do my hobbies on Windows again!)

So here are the details:
I have a pdf that I converted to MOBI but the conversion is awful since it's a screenplay and has special needs. I found a thread on this site where someone had written a CSS to help the conversion and wanted to try it out. But I already have a MOBI version of the pdf and I can't find a way to delete it. I did what seems to be a no-no and went into the Calibre Library directory and deleted it manually and tried the conversion with the CSS script and it looked the same. But I'm not sure that I actually created a new version or not since I've read about Calibre being able to restore old files etc. and I'm not sure it didn't restore the old conversion.

So in short I would just like to delete that MOBI so I can retry the conversion using the CSS.

And while I have you here... I copied the CSS into the "extra CSS" area of the "Look & Feel" section, that's correct, right? Is there a way - perhaps using the debugging log - that I can tell if the CSS actually did anything?

TIA for any help.

Looking forward to really learning how to use this thing but atm really need to find out if I can get screenplays converted to an acceptable MOBI output for the Kindle 3 (or any other reader for that matter, I have the K3 already but am trying to help a friend decide whether to get an ereader or just go with an ipad.)

06-19-2011, 04:54 PM	#1
feralicious total n00b Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: City of Angels Device: Kindle 3	Delete Books from Calibre on OS X? Hi. I've searched through the Calibre user manual and these forums and cannot find how to do this. I have just started playing around with Calibre so I'm a n00b. My immediate need is to delete a MOBI version of a screenplay that I have in pdf format and I can't find how to do that. I saw a screenshot of the PC version of Calibre and I see the button to delete books clear as day but there is nothing like that on the OS X version from what I can see. (I cannot wait until I build my HTPC so I can do my hobbies on Windows again!) So here are the details: I have a pdf that I converted to MOBI but the conversion is awful since it's a screenplay and has special needs. I found a thread on this site where someone had written a CSS to help the conversion and wanted to try it out. But I already have a MOBI version of the pdf and I can't find a way to delete it. I did what seems to be a no-no and went into the Calibre Library directory and deleted it manually and tried the conversion with the CSS script and it looked the same. But I'm not sure that I actually created a new version or not since I've read about Calibre being able to restore old files etc. and I'm not sure it didn't restore the old conversion. So in short I would just like to delete that MOBI so I can retry the conversion using the CSS. And while I have you here... I copied the CSS into the "extra CSS" area of the "Look & Feel" section, that's correct, right? Is there a way - perhaps using the debugging log - that I can tell if the CSS actually did anything? TIA for any help. Looking forward to really learning how to use this thing but atm really need to find out if I can get screenplays converted to an acceptable MOBI output for the Kindle 3 (or any other reader for that matter, I have the K3 already but am trying to help a friend decide whether to get an ereader or just go with an ipad.)