Cannot find Calibre PDF converted books

[ittiandro]

I removed the DRM in a a few Kindle books and converted them to PDF with Calibre. The conversion screen shows the conversion 100% finished. Usually these books get stored in the Calibre library, but I don't see them. Where did they end up?

Thanks

Ittiandro

[BetterRed]

Did you look in the book folder? Press 'O' to open the folder.

BR

[ittiandro]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Did you look in the book folder? Press 'O' to open the folder.

BR

Thanks so much

I wasn't aware of this book folder. I guess it ihas the same function of the Calibre library, but, even so, it is of no use because unfortunately it doesn't contain the books I removed the DRM from and converted to PDF.

I think I begin to understand why: after the successful DRM removal and the PDF conversion, I deleted all the titles both from the main Calibre console and the conversion screen , because I thought they had already been automatically moved to the Calibre Library folder as always. .
May be they got deleted from the library, too.

I can't see any othere reason why they disappeared from Calibre Library. May be you can comment on this .

I wouldn't be in this quagmire if I could use the Cloud, but for my purposes it is highly umpractical.

My books contain Latin and Greek works in the original language with the English translation. Unfortunately, text and translation do not face one another, page by page, for ready reference, but are contained separately in different parts ot the book. This forces me to jump back and forth continuously between different parts of the book,
It is time consuming.

The only way to avoid this is to convert the book to PDF ( the format I prefer) and open it not from the Cloud, but from my PC library Then I open the same book twice in two separate PDF readers ( Foxit Reader) ne Foxit Reader will be for the Greek or Latin text page and the other one for the translation. This way, I can can always refer quickly to the the text or the translation as needed.

As a classic scholar, I always need to do this in order to make sure that, as is often the case, the English translations are not too creative, missing too much out of the original text.

In most cases not only do most of the translations used today go as far back as the end of of the XIX th- early XXth cent and their English is dated, if not pedantic, but the authors ,seem to be more concerned with ornate, literary style, than fidelity. to the text.

If you have any commenys on the technical issue , please let me know.

Thanks

Ittiandro

[BetterRed]

The book folders are within the library, viz:



If you remove the book its folder is deleted from the library.

Would it be feasible to split the books into two files, one containing the Latin/Greek text the other the English translation. I do this with heavily footnoted text, so that I read the text and the footnotes alongside one another.

If that's feasible we can discuss how you might store the two parts in a calibre library.

Which operating system do you use - Windows, MacOS or Linux?

BR

[ittiandro]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

The book folders are within the library, viz:

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If you remove the book its folder is deleted from the library.

Would it be feasible to split the books into two files, one containing the Latin/Greek text the other the English translation. I do this with heavily footnoted text, so that I read the text and the footnotes alongside one another.

If that's feasible we can discuss how you might store the two parts in a calibre library.

Which operating system do you use - Windows, MacOS or Linux?

BR

Thanks for your suggestion of splitting the book. I am on Windows 10

I think, though, that the fastest way is still the one I usually follow: opening the same book in two PDF Readers ( in ny case the FoxIt Reader) and pointing to the Latin/Greek text in one reader and the corresponding translation in the other reader. This is , of course, if ( it is a big IF!) I can get the DRM removed and the book converted to PDF in Calibre.

The problem is that for some reasons, Calibre cannot always remove the DRM from some of the Kindle books, hence the PDF conversion, even with the proper PLUGINS installed. won't work.

A reader suggested to re-download the book from the library and explained how to do it. It worked great, with the exception of one book.No big deal.

I think the problem is solved, for the moment, but it aways puzzles me that it doesn't work for some books...

Thanks for your input

Ittiandro,

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

. . . I do this with heavily footnoted text, so that I read the text and the footnotes alongside one another.

I should have added that I usually read the footnotes on my phone.

Originally Posted by ittiandro

Thanks for your suggestion of splitting the book. I am on Windows 10

I think, though, that the fastest way is still the one I usually follow: opening the same book in two PDF Readers ( in ny case the FoxIt Reader) and pointing to the Latin/Greek text in one reader and the corresponding translation in the other reader.

FWIW: I use the free version of the PDF XChange Editor, it has the ability to view different sections the same document in separate side by side panels, see attachment.

Originally Posted by ittiandro

This is , of course, if ( it is a big IF!) I can get the DRM removed and the book converted to PDF in Calibre.

The problem is that for some reasons, Calibre cannot always remove the DRM from some of the Kindle books, hence the PDF conversion, even with the proper PLUGINS installed. won't work.

A reader suggested to re-download the book from the library and explained how to do it. It worked great, with the exception of one book.No big deal.

I think the problem is solved, for the moment, but it aways puzzles me that it doesn't work for some books...

I'm afraid I can't help you with DRM issues. You might want to take that up as a separate issue here or elsewhere.

BR