Any MapleRead Users Here?

romad · 09-05-2016, 05:50 PM

If so, I'd like to get some tips on ways to use it and Calibrè together. I'm particularly interested in getting series books to work under MapleRead's Author+Series sorting option.

Unfortunately there isn't a MapleRead sub-forum yet here in the E-Book Software forum, so I had to post this in the Calibrè sub-forum.

eschwartz · 09-05-2016, 07:47 PM

I do not use it, but if you tell us what MapleRead wants to see, I may be able to help you tell calibre how to do that.

romad · 09-05-2016, 11:03 PM

I was concerned because I had added 4 books of a 5 book series (I was missing book 3). When I added them, even though the sorting was set to Author+Series, MapleRead (MR) sorted them Author+Title, ignoring the series sequence. Today I was able to get Books 3, edited the series metadata on it and imported it into MR. However, it did not affect the sorting. I ended up deleting all the books from MR and then imported them all at once. This seems to have worked, but I'm wondering what will happen when/if book 6 comes out.

In Calibrè, what I did was in the metadata editing, I gave the series a name then in the box to the right, I numbered each title in sequence: 1.00, 2.00, etc. Does that sound like the proper procedure?

eschwartz · 09-05-2016, 11:13 PM

Does MapleRead support calibre's series metadata? There is no Dublin Core specification for series, unfortunately... so calibre uses its own namespace.
I assume it does, since resending apparently worked.

As for why it initially did not work, I don't know. The EPUBs themselves shouldn't be any different, no matter how many times you resend them.

How dd you transfer them anyway -- I assume through the Content Server?

romad · 09-05-2016, 11:30 PM

I really don't know as I just found MapleRead in the iOS App Store while looking for an iBooks replacement. It used to be called "BookMaster", I believe.

It has its own built in WiFi upload using a web browser on your computer, plus it can get books from iTunes, OPDS Catalogs at websites. Oh, MR can be made an OPDS server

sbaylor · 09-06-2016, 10:52 PM

@romad - See here for a response.

09-05-2016, 05:50 PM	#1
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 204 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	Any MapleRead Users Here? If so, I'd like to get some tips on ways to use it and Calibrè together. I'm particularly interested in getting series books to work under MapleRead's Author+Series sorting option. Unfortunately there isn't a MapleRead sub-forum yet here in the E-Book Software forum, so I had to post this in the Calibrè sub-forum.

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09-05-2016, 07:47 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I do not use it, but if you tell us what MapleRead wants to see, I may be able to help you tell calibre how to do that.

09-05-2016, 11:03 PM	#3
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 204 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	I was concerned because I had added 4 books of a 5 book series (I was missing book 3). When I added them, even though the sorting was set to Author+Series, MapleRead (MR) sorted them Author+Title, ignoring the series sequence. Today I was able to get Books 3, edited the series metadata on it and imported it into MR. However, it did not affect the sorting. I ended up deleting all the books from MR and then imported them all at once. This seems to have worked, but I'm wondering what will happen when/if book 6 comes out. In Calibrè, what I did was in the metadata editing, I gave the series a name then in the box to the right, I numbered each title in sequence: 1.00, 2.00, etc. Does that sound like the proper procedure?

09-05-2016, 11:13 PM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Does MapleRead support calibre's series metadata? There is no Dublin Core specification for series, unfortunately... so calibre uses its own namespace. I assume it does, since resending apparently worked. As for why it initially did not work, I don't know. The EPUBs themselves shouldn't be any different, no matter how many times you resend them. How dd you transfer them anyway -- I assume through the Content Server?

09-05-2016, 11:30 PM	#5
romad U.S. Air Force, Retired Posts: 204 Karma: 5212 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Prescott, AZ Device: iPad Mini 5 & Mini 6	I really don't know as I just found MapleRead in the iOS App Store while looking for an iBooks replacement. It used to be called "BookMaster", I believe. It has its own built in WiFi upload using a web browser on your computer, plus it can get books from iTunes, OPDS Catalogs at websites. Oh, MR can be made an OPDS server

09-06-2016, 10:52 PM	#6
sbaylor Addict Posts: 218 Karma: 32081 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: USA Device: iPad, iPad mini, iPhone	@romad - See *here* for a response.

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