calibre V0.9.44 released

[Alexander Turcic]

We here at MobileRead love calibre updates, especially when new features and functionalities are involved. The 0.9.44 refresh offers a few pleasant additions, including:

• An option to display all virtual libraries as tabs above the book list
• An improved cover trimming algorithm to automatically detect and remove borders and extra space from the edge of cover images. To try it use the 'Trim' button in the edit metadata dialog. This can sometimes remove too much so if you don't like the result, just click cancel. You can make the algorithm more or less aggressive via Preferences->Tweaks
• Allow customizing the comic metadata reader plugin via Preferences->Plugins to read the series index from either the volume or the issue number of the comic
• Linux MTP driver: Add ids for some newer devices
• Add a trim cover option to the bulk metadata edit dialog
• Make the book information dialog user resizable, with a splitter between the cover and the info panel. Also change the background of the cover panel for books that have been marked using the Temp marker plugin
• Driver for Samsung Galaxy Young Android phone

Also, the following bugs were fixed:

• PDF Output: Do not abort conversion if the document being converted has an HTML cover (found in some broken EPUB files)
• RTF Input: When converting RTF files with no codepage, use the input encoding setting as the codepage

Lastly, the following new and/or improved news sources are included:

• Daily Express by Dave Asbury
• The Independent
• El Periodica de Aragon
• El Correo

Want to know more about calibre? Head over to the Calibre forums.

Related: New calibre database backend - testers needed

[Ravensknight]

I only update every *.10. Keeps me updated on the major stuff and gives me time to figure out what all the little updates do and how they work by reading what others have to say

[manfred63]

I just tried it, the Trim Cover feature worked fine with two books but I didn't quite understand the purpose of these Virtual Libraries and their Tabs. I already have some Calibre Libraries where I sort my books and this seems to be something different now.

[toddos]

Originally Posted by manfred63

I just tried it, the Trim Cover feature worked fine with two books but I didn't quite understand the purpose of these Virtual Libraries and their Tabs. I already have some Calibre Libraries where I sort my books and this seems to be something different now.

Virtual libraries are basically saved searches. They allow you to get a cleaner view of your library based on some criteria. Very useful for large or diverse libraries. Not super useful for small libraries. And of course you can do similar things with saved searches, the tag browser, etc. Virtual Libraries are just one more option available to you.

[meeera]

Is it possible to create a Virtual Library based on shelves (a custom column)?

[Alexander Turcic]

meeera, best you head over to the calibre sections. Guys there know the answers to everything calibre related.

Cheers, Alex