Changing the author column

olgs · 07-26-2011, 12:03 PM

For various reasons, I would like to change the Author column from the default "calibre" to something else before Calibre email the generated MOBI file to my Kindle.

I have searched far and wide on the documentation but couldn't figure out at what point this actually happens.

Pointers?

Starson17 · 07-26-2011, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olgs

For various reasons, I would like to change the Author column from the default "calibre" to something else before Calibre email the generated MOBI file to my Kindle.

I have searched far and wide on the documentation but couldn't figure out at what point this actually happens.

Pointers?

It's not user-changeable. You'll have to modify the source code.

olgs · 07-28-2011, 03:37 PM

Thanks.

After fiddling with the recipe a little bit, just realized that it is possible to change the Author from "calibre" to anything by setting the publisher property. Hope this helps other.

kl

Starson17 · 07-28-2011, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olgs

Thanks.

After fiddling with the recipe a little bit, just realized that it is possible to change the Author from "calibre" to anything by setting the publisher property. Hope this helps other.

kl

The publisher property is set in 598 of the 993 builtin recipes in my version of Calibre. The author has always appeared in the recipes I run as "calibre." Would you post how you change the publisher property so that it controls the "author" for a recipe-created ebook?

olgs · 07-28-2011, 04:54 PM

You have to override create_opf and MetaInformation to do it. See the Chinese-->Ming Pao Hong Kong recipe for an example.

I am trying to make this generic for other recipe without doing a lot of extra work. Any ideas?

olgs · 07-28-2011, 07:25 PM

I adapted this piece of reusable code to over-ride the MetaInformation object. You will need a bunch of new imports to make this work.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...35#post1649735

Starson17 · 07-29-2011, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olgs

I adapted this piece of reusable code to over-ride the MetaInformation object. You will need a bunch of new imports to make this work.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...35#post1649735

Thanks. When I get a chance, I need to explore that code. If you have complete control over the mi, then you should be able to change anything. There have been requests to set tags from inside the recipe and the answer has always been you can't do it. If the recipe can control the mi, then I would think one could set tags as well as author.

However, I'm still not sure why you say that setting the "publisher" property changes the "author." Those are entirely different bits of mi data.

olgs · 07-29-2011, 11:50 AM

I did not understand it at the time, but the setting of the publisher property worked in the recipe I was looking at (Ming Pao-Hong Kong) because the author was implementing create_opf in the recipe using code similar to the one linked above.

And you can certainly use it to change various things from within the recipe as I have successfully modified two recipes I regularly use to patch the Author column.

07-26-2011, 12:03 PM	#1
olgs Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Changing the author column For various reasons, I would like to change the Author column from the default "calibre" to something else before Calibre email the generated MOBI file to my Kindle. I have searched far and wide on the documentation but couldn't figure out at what point this actually happens. Pointers?

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07-28-2011, 03:37 PM	#3
olgs Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Thanks. After fiddling with the recipe a little bit, just realized that it is possible to change the Author from "calibre" to anything by setting the publisher property. Hope this helps other. kl

07-28-2011, 04:54 PM	#5
olgs Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	You have to override create_opf and MetaInformation to do it. See the Chinese-->Ming Pao Hong Kong recipe for an example. I am trying to make this generic for other recipe without doing a lot of extra work. Any ideas?

07-28-2011, 07:25 PM	#6
olgs Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	I adapted this piece of reusable code to over-ride the MetaInformation object. You will need a bunch of new imports to make this work. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...35#post1649735

07-29-2011, 11:50 AM	#8
olgs Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	I did not understand it at the time, but the setting of the publisher property worked in the recipe I was looking at (Ming Pao-Hong Kong) because the author was implementing create_opf in the recipe using code similar to the one linked above. And you can certainly use it to change various things from within the recipe as I have successfully modified two recipes I regularly use to patch the Author column.