calibre 0.5.0 released! - Page 6

orwell2k · 03-11-2009, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Hi all,

calibre 0.5 was released today. It's been a year and a half since calibre 0.4.0 and here have been a lot of new developments in the world of e-reading.

Here's an (incomplete) list of the new features calibre has gained in the last 18 months

Support for new e-book reader devices: PRS-505/700, iPhone, Kindle 1 and 2, Cybook Gen 3
Conversion to the following formats: EPUB, MOBI and LIT. (LIT command line only)
Conversion from the following formats: ODF (OpenOffice documents), MOBI, LIT, RTF, EPUB, PRC, CBR, CBZ, FB2, PDF
The scheduled download of complete news articles from over a 150 news sources. The downloaded news can be created in any of the supported output formats.
E-book viewers for all the major ebook formats
Support for getting book metadata/covers from the internet
A built in web server to give you access to your book collection from anywhere in the world
New browsing modes: You can now browse your book collection by tags or by covers.
Translations into half a dozen languages.
A name change from libprs500 to calibre

A teacher once told me "there are no stupid questions, only stupid people." So fearing I may fall into the "stupid people" category, here's a quick question:

Can Calibre now convert from LRF to other formats (e.g. Mobi, etc.)?

If it can, I don't seem to be able to figure it out. If it can't, why not? I know Calibre started as primarily a Sony reader tool to allow other ebooks to be put into Sony format and loaded on the device, but clearly it has expanded way beyond those functions.

Not that I'm complaining - clearly a great tool, with great support and good ongoing development. Congrats on v0.5!

user_none · 03-11-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Badandy

I have a Cybook Gen3 with a Mac and this software is fantastic! The "Fetch News" feature is incredibly useful and I'm looking forward to using it.

Is it normal for someone to keep 0 books in their "Library" section of Calibre and just move them over to their eReader and delete? That's what I'm doing but if I'm doing it wrong I'd like to know. Thanks for this great piece of software!

That's similar to what I do. I keep only a few test books in the library. I primarily use Calibre for the News and the conversion commands.

MelC · 03-11-2009, 10:04 AM

Just wanted to say thanks (will say it with donation as well). I started with my Cybook on a pc and switched last year to a mac. While I love my mac it was a bit more of a pain to keep my ebook library organized without mobipocket reader. Now I could care less if they ever deign to support mac os. Not only does Calibre do everything I need, it does more and completely intuitively. I tried out the news fetch option last night and was really impressed that (a) I can get my national paper and (b) it is immensely readable.

Thanks again, Mel.

JSWolf · 03-11-2009, 10:39 AM

Well done! Calibre is one of the eBook tools I do use a lot.

kovidgoyal · 03-11-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by orwell2k

Can Calibre now convert from LRF to other formats (e.g. Mobi, etc.)?

No, it can't. I just haven't gotten around to implementing it, higher priorities.

thorn · 03-11-2009, 08:51 PM

Thank you ! I just started using Calibre (penultimate version) last night, and will upgrade soon.

ironj01 · 03-12-2009, 01:38 AM

New user and don't know what I would do without this program....Thank You!

The Wazz · 03-12-2009, 02:20 AM

Hi everybody I'm new to the forum, but hopefully someone can help me. I'm having some trouble with the .RTF files that I am trying to convert into epub books with calibre 0.5.0. Some of the file I can't get the software to convert, the hourglass just keeps turning for an hour plus. The ones that I do get to convert (after about 15 minutes) seem to hang on the page breaks I created at the end of each chapter once I put them on my sony PRS-700. Is this a limitation of the file format .RTF or something else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

itimpi · 03-12-2009, 02:39 AM

RTF is not a very good format for conversion. If the software you are using allows it, you might be better saving the book as HTML and converting that.

bobbyperu · 03-12-2009, 08:56 AM

Thanks a lot! I love this app.

GJN · 03-12-2009, 11:37 AM

I've just recently learned about and started using Calibre and am amazed by the scope and quality of the software. Calibre is wonderful!!! It makes management of a fairly large (mostly older classics) e-Book library a breeze. I've converted everything now into .mobi format so I can read the books on my new Kindle 2.

While everything sorts fine by author in Calibre, there is, however, a problem when I transfer books to my Kindle. Kindle sorts by title work well, but Kindle sorts by author are weird. Some books are sequenced by author's first name, some by author's last name, and others in a sequence I still haven't figured out.

Have others run into this problem? Is it caused by the metadata Calibre transfers to the Kindle or is it a strictly Kindle bug?

kovidgoyal · 03-12-2009, 12:28 PM

calibre uses the contents of the author sort field to set the author in books sent to the kindle, so make sure your author sort field is what you want it to be

The Wazz · 03-12-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by itimpi

RTF is not a very good format for conversion. If the software you are using allows it, you might be better saving the book as HTML and converting that.

What is the best practice to getting from a .RTF to HTML? Alot the books I had were in PDF format. I converted those to .RTF since calibre said it handles those better than PDF's. Now I seem to be reversing the process and taking the formatted .RTF with page breaks to a pdf then gererated an html with acrobat and then creating a ePub with calibre..........there has got to be an easier way..........

kovidgoyal · 03-12-2009, 12:49 PM

just open the rtf in word and select save as clean html or use openoffice or whatever

The Wazz · 03-12-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

just open the rtf in word and select save as clean html or use openoffice or whatever

Hi Kovid
If I go from .RTF to Html is it maintaining all my formatting? Or did I waste my time and should have just created HTML from the pdf file.

and since I have your attention. I just started using calibre and have a couple of questions. (greate app BTW)
1. How do I create a back-up (Always like to prepared for catastrophe)
2. Is there a way to save annotations I create on my PRS-700 for future reference?

03-12-2009, 11:37 AM	#86
GJN Guilty Bystander Posts: 104 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Device: MacBook Pro, Kindle, iPad, and other gadgets	Sorting Question I've just recently learned about and started using Calibre and am amazed by the scope and quality of the software. Calibre is wonderful!!! It makes management of a fairly large (mostly older classics) e-Book library a breeze. I've converted everything now into .mobi format so I can read the books on my new Kindle 2. While everything sorts fine by author in Calibre, there is, however, a problem when I transfer books to my Kindle. Kindle sorts by title work well, but Kindle sorts by author are weird. Some books are sequenced by author's first name, some by author's last name, and others in a sequence I still haven't figured out. Have others run into this problem? Is it caused by the metadata Calibre transfers to the Kindle or is it a strictly Kindle bug?

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03-11-2009, 10:04 AM	#78
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	Just wanted to say thanks (will say it with donation as well). I started with my Cybook on a pc and switched last year to a mac. While I love my mac it was a bit more of a pain to keep my ebook library organized without mobipocket reader. Now I could care less if they ever deign to support mac os. Not only does Calibre do everything I need, it does more and completely intuitively. I tried out the news fetch option last night and was really impressed that (a) I can get my national paper and (b) it is immensely readable. Thanks again, Mel.

03-11-2009, 10:39 AM	#79
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,757 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Well done! Calibre is one of the eBook tools I do use a lot.

03-11-2009, 08:51 PM	#81
thorn Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 7940 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: currently: ipod touch	Thank you ! I just started using Calibre (penultimate version) last night, and will upgrade soon.

03-12-2009, 01:38 AM	#82
ironj01 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Jose via Phoenix Device: Sony prs-505	New user and don't know what I would do without this program....Thank You!

03-12-2009, 02:20 AM	#83
The Wazz Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony PRS-700	Hi everybody I'm new to the forum, but hopefully someone can help me. I'm having some trouble with the .RTF files that I am trying to convert into epub books with calibre 0.5.0. Some of the file I can't get the software to convert, the hourglass just keeps turning for an hour plus. The ones that I do get to convert (after about 15 minutes) seem to hang on the page breaks I created at the end of each chapter once I put them on my sony PRS-700. Is this a limitation of the file format .RTF or something else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

03-12-2009, 02:39 AM	#84
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	RTF is not a very good format for conversion. If the software you are using allows it, you might be better saving the book as HTML and converting that.

03-12-2009, 08:56 AM	#85
bobbyperu Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-505	Thanks a lot! I love this app.

03-12-2009, 12:28 PM	#87
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,355 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre uses the contents of the author sort field to set the author in books sent to the kindle, so make sure your author sort field is what you want it to be

03-12-2009, 12:49 PM	#89
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,355 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	just open the rtf in word and select save as clean html or use openoffice or whatever