Book catalog without thumbnail covers

[silatiw]

Can I create a catalog with descriptions but no thumb covers?
Tried setting thumb width = 0, impossible
I tried calibredb.exe but did not find the correct parameter.
Maybe you know some way?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by silatiw

Can I create a catalog with descriptions but no thumb covers?
Tried setting thumb width = 0, impossible
I tried calibredb.exe but did not find the correct parameter.
Maybe you know some way?

Try the Commandline: calibredb -list
Review the help for the options to use

[silatiw]

I have looked at 'calibredb --list' and 'calibredb catalog --help'. Unfortunately, I can't find myself. I wanted to make a catalog:

calibredb.exe catalog listebooks.epub --with-library "D: \ Books \ e-Books \ New books" --generate-authors --generate-descriptions -- ???

I do not know what to add, so that the catalog does not contain a cover thumbs.
Will you help?
Sorry for my English

[theducks]

There are a few Polish speakers that frequent here. They may step in (please)

I think you do NOT want to use --catalog. It has thumbnails ALWAYS

--list
--fields (to include)
--sort (how sorted)

You direct the result into a file (foo.CSV)

calibredb list --with-library "C:\Users\BigHD\Public2\MainLib" -f title,authors > foo.csv

[chaley]

I think the OP should create a CSV catalog using a command like

calibredb catalog foo.csv --fields=title,comments

then use a spreadsheet program to format the file. This isn't something I ever do (or want to do) so I can't provide more assistance beyond saying that the above command does generate a valid CSV with quoted fields.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by chaley

I think the OP should create a CSV catalog using a command like

calibredb catalog foo.csv --fields=title,comments

then use a spreadsheet program to format the file. This isn't something I ever do (or want to do) so I can't provide more assistance beyond saying that the above command does generate a valid CSV with quoted fields.

I sometimes create CSVs from the Generate Catalog GUI tool, which I then open with nirsoft's CSVFileView, it can do basic table functions (move, sort columns etc) and save the loaded CSV to HTML.

BR

[silatiw]

Thank you very much for help.
My idea was to create an .epub file without thumbnails, but thanks to you I found out that it is unfortunately impossible.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I sometimes create CSVs from the Generate Catalog GUI tool, which I then open with nirsoft's CSVFileView, it can do basic table functions (move, sort columns etc) and save the loaded CSV to HTML.

BR

This worked well. I created a CSV with title & comments, added it to CSVFileView, turned on "Allow multi-line", then saved it in HTML vertical format. I then added the HTML file to calibre and converted it to EPUB. Voila -- a nicely formatted list of books.

[Katja_hbg]

Originally Posted by silatiw

My idea was to create an .epub file without thumbnails, but thanks to you I found out that it is unfortunately impossible.

When you chpose «description», the image will be added. .... But ...
For that kind of catalog there is a template which can be adjusted. I do it, to get one book per page. You should be able to delete the image from the template.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118556

[silatiw]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

When you chpose «description», the image will be added. .... But ...
For that kind of catalog there is a template which can be adjusted. I do it, to get one book per page. You should be able to delete the image from the template.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118556

I missed this information
I created a catalog in an .epub file with no thumbnails
By editing the files (.css, .xhtml), you can create your own catalog view in the .epub file
MobileRead is great.
Katja_hgb thank you very much.

[Readirect]

There are two work-arounds: IF your library catalog is NOT huge THEN you can simply edit the (.epub or .azw3) catalog (select the catalog then press the t key. A window will open with the contents of the file organized into folders. Scroll down to images and delete every image in the file.

Editing works fine for modest-sized libraries but once the file > than (about) 100 mb's, Calibre becomes glacially slow at editing it.

The OTHER alternative is based upon the concept that a .epub file is actually just a .zip file. So you can change the catalog's .epub extension to .zip and extract it to a new folder. Among the extracted contents will be a folder called images. Delete its contents, rezip everything else (including the empty images folder) and change the .zip extension back to .epub, Use Calibre to convert that .epub into your e-reader's format of choice.

This is a very simple process but it takes a very long time and it would be nice if Calibre added the ability to disable images in the catalog. As I've requested. Multiple times over the years. So far, no joy.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Readirect

. . . it would be nice if Calibre added the ability to disable images in the catalog. As I've requested. Multiple times over the years. So far, no joy.

The solution is provided in posts 6 & 8 of this thread. Discovered by me, verified by chaley.

BR

[thiago.eec]

I think @Katja_hgb provided the best solution if you want an EPUB.
All you need to do is to delete the line below in the 'template.xhtml':

<td class="thumbnail" rowspan="10">{thumb}</td>

[theducks]

Copy the file from here
C:\Program Files\Calibre2\app\resources\catalog
and place it into the same Relative PATH in the configuration folder.
(eg C:\Users\thedu\AppData\Roaming\calibre\resources\c atalog )
You may need to make the catalog folder

That is the one you change because Calibre Updates do not change this OVERRIDE
This is a Normal method for Customizing Calibre.
But note: Updates that affect the main version will not propagate to here. That is on You the adjust those as needed (again )