Importing news

The Terminator · 05-23-2011, 12:57 AM

I'm not sure if this is where I would post but I'd like to make a suggestion for future Calibre versions. Would it be possible to have scheduled news download without having to open Calibre first? So that I could download all the papers I want to read before I get up?

I love Calibre and it works great.

Thanks

chaley · 05-23-2011, 09:25 AM

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itimpi · 05-23-2011, 10:21 AM

Something has to be running to do the download!

Note that you can use the Calibre command line tools to download news and then use your systems scheduler to run these at a specified time without loading the main Calibre program. Details on how to do this are in the User Guide, but it does require a little knowledge on how to set up this type of operation. Doing this does, however, mean that you need to leave the PC concerned switched and running, so there may not be much advantage over simply leaving Calibre loaded and running in the background.

Manichean · 05-23-2011, 03:35 PM

There are several threads on how to use task scheduling together with the CLI tools to download (and, if needed, email) news automatically. Search for "ebook-convert recipe", that should find at least some of those.

05-23-2011, 12:57 AM	#1
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	Importing news I'm not sure if this is where I would post but I'd like to make a suggestion for future Calibre versions. Would it be possible to have scheduled news download without having to open Calibre first? So that I could download all the papers I want to read before I get up? I love Calibre and it works great. Thanks

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05-23-2011, 09:25 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,362 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Moderator Notice Moved to appropriate forum

05-23-2011, 10:21 AM	#3
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Something has to be running to do the download! Note that you can use the Calibre command line tools to download news and then use your systems scheduler to run these at a specified time without loading the main Calibre program. Details on how to do this are in the User Guide, but it does require a little knowledge on how to set up this type of operation. Doing this does, however, mean that you need to leave the PC concerned switched and running, so there may not be much advantage over simply leaving Calibre loaded and running in the background.

05-23-2011, 03:35 PM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	There are several threads on how to use task scheduling together with the CLI tools to download (and, if needed, email) news automatically. Search for "ebook-convert recipe", that should find at least some of those.

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