Converting formats from the command line on calibre 3.0+

nolaviz · 06-28-2017, 01:50 PM

I used to have some scripts that added a new ebook and immediately converted it to the formats I need (EPUB and MOBI), regardless of its original source. They worked by first adding the book to the database, then asking calibredb for the path to the newly-added file, then converting this one to the formats needed.
This enabled a convenient email-to-Calibre interface, where I would email myself new books and immediately be able to synchronize all my e-reading devices.

With calibre 3.0 the scripts are broken - calibredb will not tell me the paths into the database anymore.

How can I achieve this functionality again?

BetterRed · 06-28-2017, 04:50 PM

@nolaviz -Have you read ==> calibre - New in calibre 3.0 (Backwards incompatibilities) and the referenced manual pages.

BR

eschwartz · 06-28-2017, 11:36 PM

FWIW calibredb can import a folder with multiple formats of the same book, so I would have suggested doing that in the first place.

06-28-2017, 01:50 PM	#1
nolaviz Bookwyrm Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Israel Device: Kobo Glo HD + Kobo Aura + Android with Moon+	Converting formats from the command line on calibre 3.0+ I used to have some scripts that added a new ebook and immediately converted it to the formats I need (EPUB and MOBI), regardless of its original source. They worked by first adding the book to the database, then asking calibredb for the path to the newly-added file, then converting this one to the formats needed. This enabled a convenient email-to-Calibre interface, where I would email myself new books and immediately be able to synchronize all my e-reading devices. With calibre 3.0 the scripts are broken - calibredb will not tell me the paths into the database anymore. How can I achieve this functionality again?

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06-28-2017, 04:50 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,590 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@nolaviz -Have you read ==> calibre - New in calibre 3.0 (Backwards incompatibilities) and the referenced manual pages. BR

06-28-2017, 11:36 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	FWIW calibredb can import a folder with multiple formats of the same book, so I would have suggested doing that in the first place.

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