Slow first read.

[jetha248]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Convert to epub and open that.

About 40 minutes ago I added an epub book to Calibre after updating to calibre-4.10.1 and got the "preparing book for first read. please wait." message. Still waiting. It was pretty slow after the last update, but this is getting painful.

I decided to load the epub to my Nexus 7 tablet without using Calibre, and am able to read it just fine in Smart Reader, so I cannot understand why Calibre is taking so long to do whatever it is doing.

I'm not in the least bit 'tech-y' so I don't know if there are other circumstances I should be looking at. My Calibre is on my old Dell Alien, running Windows 7.

[BetterRed]

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I moved your post into its own thread, the one you posted to was about MOBI.

Could you try opening the book in ebook editor, if it's slow I suggest you relocate the cache directory, see CALIBRE_CACHE_DIRECTORY in Environment variables. Maybe the SSD on that old Alien is getting a bit flaky.

BR

[jetha248]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Could you try opening the book in ebook editor, if it's slow I suggest...

Maybe the SSD on that old Alien is getting a bit flaky.

BR

The file opened fairly quickly in editor, so thankfully I didn't have to try to find and relocate the cache you mentioned.

I'm thinking perhaps you're right about my ancient Dell Alien. I bought a new computer on Boxing Week sale, but I've been avoiding setting it up. Maybe this will prompt me to get busy.

Thanks for the help.

[Geremia]

Yes, this issue still exists in 5.16.1 on a very fast Linux machine. First read setup time shouldn't take several seconds.

[jetha248]

Originally Posted by Geremia

Yes, this issue still exists in 5.16.1 on a very fast Linux machine. First read setup time shouldn't take several seconds.

Thanks for that!
I haven't had the slow first read lately, but it's somehow comforting to know I wasn't the only one experiencing this bit of annoyance.