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vOOda · 03-10-2018, 05:59 AM

Hello!
My first post here :-), nice to meet you folks!
Is there any plugin that extracts the Table of contents of books and add them to a database?

JSWolf · 03-10-2018, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by vOOda

Hello!
My first post here :-), nice to meet you folks!
Is there any plugin that extracts the Table of contents of books and add them to a database?

What would this do for you?

theducks · 03-10-2018, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

What would this do for you?

I guess it matters if you are reading technical book. Sort of a 'master index' of topics?

Most of the ones in my Library just have 'Chapter #' , and I agree with you, what do you gain

.

vOOda · 03-10-2018, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

I guess it matters if you are reading technical book. Sort of a 'master index' of topics?

Most of the ones in my Library just have 'Chapter #' , and I agree with you, what do you gain

.

You are in my mine :-)
This is the reason!
e.x. On a collection of books for electronics I can see all the chapters concerned diodes, mosfets etc ...

DoctorOhh · 03-10-2018, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by vOOda

You are in my mine :-)
This is the reason!
e.x. On a collection of books for electronics I can see all the chapters concerned diodes, mosfets etc ...

You could use the epub split and epub merge to create a master index. Split out all of the TOCs and then merge them all into one epub.

Thasaidon · 03-11-2018, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by vOOda

You are in my mine :-)
This is the reason!
e.x. On a collection of books for electronics I can see all the chapters concerned diodes, mosfets etc ...

Just to confirm you know. If you open a book in the Calibre reader you can copy the TOC to the clipboard. To do this just right click on the TOC and choose the option from the menu.

I do this and copy the copied TOC directly into a database, but it works equally well with a spreadsheet.

You may have to fiddle with the formatting of the TOC before you start.

Once I have the data in a database I can manipulate the data to show if all the stories in a single author story collection are contained in story collections I already have.

vOOda · 03-11-2018, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

You could use the epub split and epub merge to create a master index. Split out all of the TOCs and then merge them all into one epub.

What about if you have multiple formats?

vOOda · 03-11-2018, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Thasaidon

Just to confirm you know. If you open a book in the Calibre reader you can copy the TOC to the clipboard. To do this just right click on the TOC and choose the option from the menu.

I do this and copy the copied TOC directly into a database, but it works equally well with a spreadsheet.

You may have to fiddle with the formatting of the TOC before you start.

Once I have the data in a database I can manipulate the data to show if all the stories in a single author story collection are contained in story collections I already have.

Its a nice trick, but bad solution if you have in your collection 1000+ ebooks...

JSWolf · 03-11-2018, 01:20 PM

The thing is, it's not an easy task to write a plugin to pull out the ToC and put it in a database. An internal ToC does not have a specific format. So the plugin would have to try to handle this. ePub is easier since you can use the external ToC. But Mobi or KF8, not so easy.

And the returns are not going to be worth it for just one person.

DoctorOhh · 03-11-2018, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by vOOda

What about if you have multiple formats?

Obviously my workaround requires all documents to be epub. Good luck with your goal.

yonkyunior · 03-12-2018, 10:12 AM

Any plugin that read the TOC and Count them, i need the number of chapter inside the TOC to add on the custom column. Its kind like CountPages, but this Count Chapter or anything in available TOC?

bfenty · 03-12-2018, 12:17 PM

I would love to see a web plugin that allows you to read online via the web interface. I'm working on creating a web-accessible library for myself and would like the ability to view on any web-connected device without first having to download the file.

kovidgoyal · 03-12-2018, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bfenty

I would love to see a web plugin that allows you to read online via the web interface. I'm working on creating a web-accessible library for myself and would like the ability to view on any web-connected device without first having to download the file.

You can already do that via the calibre content server.

aquiaolado · 03-16-2018, 01:20 PM

I have ebooks in Calibre a library management software, they have a column with title. The plug-in must retrive the value of that column for the rows chosen, then do a search with that value in google books, then copy the ISBN that appears in the url, then change the "=" with a ":" between the word "ISBN" and the actual number and then substitute whatever there is in the field ISBN in Calibre with the value retrieved. That is it.

theducks · 03-16-2018, 02:53 PM

Uh!

Search the Internet Plugin does not work for this? (I mostly use it for covers)

03-16-2018, 01:20 PM	#1109
aquiaolado Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: smartphone	plugin needed google books search I have ebooks in Calibre a library management software, they have a column with title. The plug-in must retrive the value of that column for the rows chosen, then do a search with that value in google books, then copy the ISBN that appears in the url, then change the "=" with a ":" between the word "ISBN" and the actual number and then substitute whatever there is in the field ISBN in Calibre with the value retrieved. That is it.

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vOOda Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Greece Device: Calibre on PC, Ipad, Mobile	Hello! My first post here :-), nice to meet you folks! Is there any plugin that extracts the Table of contents of books and add them to a database?

03-11-2018, 01:20 PM	#1104
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,690 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The thing is, it's not an easy task to write a plugin to pull out the ToC and put it in a database. An internal ToC does not have a specific format. So the plugin would have to try to handle this. ePub is easier since you can use the external ToC. But Mobi or KF8, not so easy. And the returns are not going to be worth it for just one person.

03-12-2018, 10:12 AM	#1106
yonkyunior Cultivator Posts: 94 Karma: 216 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: PRST2	Any plugin that read the TOC and Count them, i need the number of chapter inside the TOC to add on the custom column. Its kind like CountPages, but this Count Chapter or anything in available TOC?

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bfenty Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: none	I would love to see a web plugin that allows you to read online via the web interface. I'm working on creating a web-accessible library for myself and would like the ability to view on any web-connected device without first having to download the file.

03-16-2018, 02:53 PM	#1110
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,241 Karma: 61360164 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Uh! Search the Internet Plugin does not work for this? (I mostly use it for covers)