[GUI Plugin] Kindle Collections (old)

[meme]

Can you try customizing using Preferences->Plugins, expand User Interface Plugins, select Kindle Collections, then click Customize Plugin. See if it crashes when saving from there.

Also try starting it using a menu item instead of a toolbar item: use Preferences->Toolbar then select 'Add to menubar when device connected', select Kindle Collections on the left and the arrow icon to put it on the right, then restart calibre. You'll see a menu item on the top of the calibre window for Kindle Collections. Select the customize option from it and see if it behaves any differently.

Since Customization is completing, calibre seems to be crashes after the plugin tries to return control back to the toolbar and falls over at that point. This sounds familiar and was happening with linux/windows some time ago but was fixed by using different code.

I'm wondering if something changed recently in Calibre to trigger this on Macs. 0.8.6 should work with this plugin - does that version work for you?

[martiong]

so i tried customizing it through the Prefernces (customize plugin) and through the menu bar. both times it crashed, exactly as before (i was running 0.8.8).

I tried installing 0.8.6 and running it again (same as above) but it crashed there too... I have no idea what happened, but thanks a lot for your effort!

[meme]

Did you actually uninstall calibre or just install a the other versions. Can you try running it in debug mode as described above and posting the last messages? I'll need to find the old discussions about this type of crash to see if there is something else to look at.

[lfruiz]

Hi to you all!, I've just installed the calibre plugin and it is great! . I just have one problem: I'm creating collections from the Series name but when I check the book titles on the Kindle they appear with the series name + series number + book title and i would like them to be just the series number + book title. Thank Your for this plugin and I look forward for your help.

EDIT: Oopss sorry it seems this was not a plugin problem, it was a Calibre default setting to rename the book titles to that format. Anyway thanks for this plugin!

[Jankomatic]

So I basically build collections based on series and it works great. Is there a way to create a default group that it puts all other books in on the Kindle? Like a catchall or miscellaneous group? I searched the thread and didn't see this asked anywhere.

[meme]

Originally Posted by Jankomatic

So I basically build collections based on series and it works great. Is there a way to create a default group that it puts all other books in on the Kindle? Like a catchall or miscellaneous group? I searched the thread and didn't see this asked anywhere.

If the other books on the Kindle are already in Calibre, then there is a way. If the books are not (all) already in Calibre, then you'll need to manually create a collection and put those books into it using the Edit Collections option of the plugin.

For the books already in calibre, it sounds like you might need to move to using a custom column. You could just create a simple text custom column and then enter in the Collection name you want to use against each book, and then configure the plugin to create collections based on that column as well as the Series column.

Or you could create a custom column based on other columns, and to tell that column to either contain the Series name if there is one, or to contain a collection name if there isn't (e.g. {series:'ifempty($, "Catchall")'} ) You would then configure the plugin to just create Collections using that custom column (and not create for Series anymore) - and you can test the results using Preview.

[raviendha]

Originally Posted by Vaesse

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but this is something I did to choose between series and author sort. I created a custom column that contains the following:

{series:'ifempty($, field("author_sort"))'}

It's possible it will work for you to substitute tags for author_sort. Then create collections based on the new column instead of tags and series. This does the "and" into an "or" part.

As for the dependant title (changing depending on a particular field), that's beyond me and may be impossible.

Thanks, I'll be trying that in a few minutes.

Now for my next question. With previous versions of Calibre, when I clicked the Download Metadata it would pull in the series, if there was one. Now, none of the series info is coming into Calibre. I'm adding them all manually. Is there something I need to change to have my series info imported with the other metadata?

[FiDDY]

This addon is brilliant. I love it.

[meme]

Originally Posted by FiDDY

This addon is brilliant. I love it.

Thanks! Welcome to MobileRead

[raviendha]

Originally Posted by Vaesse

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but this is something I did to choose between series and author sort. I created a custom column that contains the following:

{series:'ifempty($, field("author_sort"))'}

It's possible it will work for you to substitute tags for author_sort. Then create collections based on the new column instead of tags and series. This does the "and" into an "or" part.

As for the dependant title (changing depending on a particular field), that's beyond me and may be impossible.

I wasn't able to get this to work. Here's what I tried:

{series:'ifempty($, field("tags"))'}

Then I created a new column (collections) which I populated with the series name:

{collection:'ifempty($, field("tags"))'}

Then I created a new column called genre which I populated with the tags:

{collection:'ifempty($, field("genre"))'}

I could not get any of the above to work.

Any other suggestions I can try?

Thanks!

[meme]

Originally Posted by raviendha

I wasn't able to get this to work. Here's what I tried:

{series:'ifempty($, field("tags"))'}

Then I created a new column (collections) which I populated with the series name:

{collection:'ifempty($, field("tags"))'}

Then I created a new column called genre which I populated with the tags:

{collection:'ifempty($, field("genre"))'}

I could not get any of the above to work.

Any other suggestions I can try?

Thanks!

Is the first template in your list for a custom column you created called 'collection' ? (Since you reference the word 'collection' in your other templates I assume thats what it is).

Have you followed the steps in the first post of this thread for Calibre custom columns? And made sure you stopped and restarted calibre?

When working with templates its best to start with one column and update the template until you get what you want before moving on to more custom columns. It can be a pain having to stop/restart, but you'll get it in the end.

So can you re-confirm for your first custom column all your settings - name/template, and if that column is showing what you expect in calibre? If its not, what are you expecting to see, and what are you actually seeing.

[Vaesse]

Custom columns require a # before the field name in these scripts. So it should be #collections and/or #genre. As to why the first didn't work, I don't know. I had my brother's help in creating this stuff, because I'm a Python idiot. Maybe it's possible that the field type of your custom column doesn't support tags?

[long2know]

I have create a custom column, imported by Kindle collections into it, and then set that column as the column for the create "action" for creating collections.

I then set the column for to specify which collection I want books to go into. I transferred these books to my Kindle w/ Calibre's "Send to Device." At this point, the books are not in collections. So, I then used the plug-ins "Create Collections" and reset my Kindle after it finished. At this point, I expected the books I previously transferred to be in the appropriate collections.

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks!

[meme]

Originally Posted by long2know

I have create a custom column, imported by Kindle collections into it, and then set that column as the column for the create "action" for creating collections.

I then set the column for to specify which collection I want books to go into. I transferred these books to my Kindle w/ Calibre's "Send to Device." At this point, the books are not in collections. So, I then used the plug-ins "Create Collections" and reset my Kindle after it finished. At this point, I expected the books I previously transferred to be in the appropriate collections.

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks!

Are you certain you are Restarting the Kindle and not just powering it off/on (i.e. using Menu->Settings->Menu->Restart)?

When you run Create Collections (or Preview Collections) does the the report show that you are creating the right collections?

[Jackie7]

Hi,

unfortunately, the plugin dos not display audiobooks. How can these be organized? On my (unregistered) kindle, these appear among the normal books, which is quite annoying.