Creating Catalogs (Archived) - Page 14

solitaire · 02-19-2010, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexxxm

Instead, what would be great would be to create a catalogue of just the ebooks on my device, where calibre does not run, and where - with an average of 50 books on it anytime - I dont know exactly what to read next.

Give me your thoughts about it...

alessandro

I can do this by manually selecting the books that I have uploaded to my device (nook) and then create the catalog. Calibre only creates the catalog for the selected titles.

Now if only there was a way to open the books directly in the device when clicking on the titles listed in the catalog.....

banjomike · 02-19-2010, 08:22 PM

I've been trying 0.6.41 catalog generating and I cannot get it to work.

First attempt was on full library of 360+ books. Stopped after about 25% of the usual time for the job. No obvious errors but catalog would not open in reader and was only 50KB instead of 3MB+.

Tried epub again with only 5 books. Still not working, calibre shows the size as 0.2MB, actual filesize is 1.5KB.

Also tried mobi format catalog for different 5 books, does not work.
On XP.

Sorry about the brevity, I'm in a rush.

epub format

Spoiler:

Mobi format

Spoiler:

GRiker · 02-19-2010, 08:39 PM

Catalog generation is definitely broken in 0.6.41. The problem has been identified, 0.6.42 will be released shortly.

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theducks · 02-19-2010, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GRiker

Catalog generation is definitely broken in 0.6.41. The problem has been identified, 0.6.42 will be released shortly.

G

That was quick.

DoctorOhh · 02-19-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by alexxxm

Though I LOVE the catalog feature, my first try didnt give me too much satisfaction: having almost 1000 ebooks in my library, what I produced was a huge document, not so fun to read ... much better to browse the wonderful Calibre interface instead.

I don't mean to transfer my ignorance to you, but I thought the same thing until I realized that the catalog was the first epub (at least the first that made a difference) that used a true Table of Contents and on the menu page of the book I had to select Table of Contents instead of selecting begin.

I too have 1000+ ebooks and once I looked in the right spot it was surprisingly easy to navigate through. If this isn't your experience maybe it will help someone else.

DoctorOhh · 02-20-2010, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by GRiker

Author and Genre Sections will group & sort an author's books by non-series, then series.

The Title Section will sort an author's books by title only, with series appended in parentheses.

The Recently Added Section will have a 'Last 30 days' group sorted in reverse chronological order displaying title, series appended in parentheses, followed by books added by month, grouped and sorted like the Author and Genre Sections.

Excellent work providing this feature.

I had a chance to look at it, I preferred the series in front of the title as previously implemented. I enjoyed having all titles for a given series together in the Title category and I'm sad to see the change.

I use series and tags the same to create collections on my PRS-505. I do not have tags (genres) for most series. Keeping Series and tags (genres) to a minimum allows my reader to be less busy with collections. What I would like to see is for Series to be a separate category on the top level of the TOC.

Currently you have:

Description
Authors
Titles
Recently Added
Genres

I would propose that Series be added to this level.

Thanks again for the great feature.

GRiker · 02-20-2010, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwanthny

Excellent work providing this feature.
Currently you have:

Description
Authors
Titles
Recently Added
Genres

I would propose that Series be added to this level.

Thanks again for the great feature.

There is a Series Section feature request ticket here; please review and add your comments.

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GRiker · 02-20-2010, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwanthny

I had a chance to look at it, I preferred the series in front of the title as previously implemented. I enjoyed having all titles for a given series together in the Title category and I'm sad to see the change.

As you now know, the Authors Section lists the titles in your preferred style with the series info as a prefix, the Titles Section lists them with the series info as a suffix. I felt this was the best compromise to satisfy both camps.

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banjomike · 02-20-2010, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GRiker

As you now know, the Authors Section lists the titles in your preferred style with the series info as a prefix, the Titles Section lists them with the series info as a suffix. I felt this was the best compromise to satisfy both camps.

G

Agreed, because having all titles for a given series listed together in the Title category meant that it effectively WASN'T a Title category and a catalog of books without a Title list would be odd to put it mildly

PS: the catalog in 0.6.42 looks fine and still seems faster to generate than 0.6.40.

jackie_w · 02-20-2010, 10:00 AM

I wonder if someone could give a second opinion on the following.

When I view a Catalog epub on my Sony PRS-505. The Recently_Added TOC looks like the attached image.

The first item (Last 30 days) points to the correct place. But every other item points to the same place, i.e. the first page of the Genres section.

Please could someone else check this out on their reader and let me know whether they have the same problem - or perhaps it's just me.

I don't have the same problem when viewing in the Calibre Viewer. I'm not sure whether this is new to v6.42 or whether it's always been like this.

By the way, I agree with banjomike. The Titles section as in v6.42 is the only place to easily find a book if you can only remember the Title.

GRiker · 02-20-2010, 10:29 AM

If you browse the epub in calibre's built-in viewer, the navigation works correctly (for me). My guess is that this is an EPUB implementation issue on the Sony. It would be helpful to know how other EPUB eReaders behave.

G

jackie_w · 02-20-2010, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GRiker

If you browse the epub in calibre's built-in viewer, the navigation works correctly (for me).

Yes, as I said, I don't have a problem when browsing on the PC, only on my reader.

All the other Catalog sections work correctly on the 505.

GRiker · 02-20-2010, 10:40 AM

I may have an idea of what's causing this, but it would still be useful to know about other eReaders. Nookies ... ?

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GRiker · 02-20-2010, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

The first item (Last 30 days) points to the correct place. But every other item points to the same place, i.e. the first page of the Genres section.

Fixed in next release.

G

theducks · 02-20-2010, 11:41 AM

Previous versions seemed to have a redundant entry on the Astak Pocket Pro
+My_booklist Opens to show the sections (My_booklist is in position 1)

The section opens with the Section showing as the first item on the list, which, if selected returns to the previous list.
This uses up one of the 8 slots (per index page) and is not really needed, since the PEz has a Back/return button.
The previous level had 2 spare slots, so not really an issue.

02-19-2010, 08:39 PM	#198
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	Catalog generation is definitely broken in 0.6.41. The problem has been identified, 0.6.42 will be released shortly. G Last edited by GRiker; 02-19-2010 at 09:26 PM.

02-20-2010, 10:00 AM	#205
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,252 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	I wonder if someone could give a second opinion on the following. When I view a Catalog epub on my Sony PRS-505. The Recently_Added TOC looks like the attached image. The first item (Last 30 days) points to the correct place. But every other item points to the same place, i.e. the first page of the Genres section. Please could someone else check this out on their reader and let me know whether they have the same problem - or perhaps it's just me. I don't have the same problem when viewing in the Calibre Viewer. I'm not sure whether this is new to v6.42 or whether it's always been like this. By the way, I agree with banjomike. The Titles section as in v6.42 is the only place to easily find a book if you can only remember the Title. Attached Thumbnails

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02-20-2010, 10:29 AM	#206
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	If you browse the epub in calibre's built-in viewer, the navigation works correctly (for me). My guess is that this is an EPUB implementation issue on the Sony. It would be helpful to know how other EPUB eReaders behave. G

02-20-2010, 10:40 AM	#208
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	I may have an idea of what's causing this, but it would still be useful to know about other eReaders. Nookies ... ? G

02-20-2010, 11:41 AM	#210
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,064 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Previous versions seemed to have a redundant entry on the Astak Pocket Pro +My_booklist Opens to show the sections (My_booklist is in position 1) The section opens with the Section showing as the first item on the list, which, if selected returns to the previous list. This uses up one of the 8 slots (per index page) and is not really needed, since the PEz has a Back/return button. The previous level had 2 spare slots, so not really an issue.