Book catalog without thumbnail covers

[silatiw]

Can I create a catalog with descriptions but no thumb covers?
Tried setting thumb width = 0, impossible
I tried calibredb.exe but did not find the correct parameter.
Maybe you know some way?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by silatiw

Can I create a catalog with descriptions but no thumb covers?
Tried setting thumb width = 0, impossible
I tried calibredb.exe but did not find the correct parameter.
Maybe you know some way?

Try the Commandline: calibredb -list
Review the help for the options to use

[silatiw]

I have looked at 'calibredb --list' and 'calibredb catalog --help'. Unfortunately, I can't find myself. I wanted to make a catalog:

calibredb.exe catalog listebooks.epub --with-library "D: \ Books \ e-Books \ New books" --generate-authors --generate-descriptions -- ???

I do not know what to add, so that the catalog does not contain a cover thumbs.
Will you help?
Sorry for my English

[theducks]

There are a few Polish speakers that frequent here. They may step in (please)

I think you do NOT want to use --catalog. It has thumbnails ALWAYS

--list
--fields (to include)
--sort (how sorted)

You direct the result into a file (foo.CSV)

calibredb list --with-library "C:\Users\BigHD\Public2\MainLib" -f title,authors > foo.csv

[chaley]

I think the OP should create a CSV catalog using a command like

calibredb catalog foo.csv --fields=title,comments

then use a spreadsheet program to format the file. This isn't something I ever do (or want to do) so I can't provide more assistance beyond saying that the above command does generate a valid CSV with quoted fields.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by chaley

I think the OP should create a CSV catalog using a command like

calibredb catalog foo.csv --fields=title,comments

then use a spreadsheet program to format the file. This isn't something I ever do (or want to do) so I can't provide more assistance beyond saying that the above command does generate a valid CSV with quoted fields.

I sometimes create CSVs from the Generate Catalog GUI tool, which I then open with nirsoft's CSVFileView, it can do basic table functions (move, sort columns etc) and save the loaded CSV to HTML.

BR

[silatiw]

Thank you very much for help.
My idea was to create an .epub file without thumbnails, but thanks to you I found out that it is unfortunately impossible.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I sometimes create CSVs from the Generate Catalog GUI tool, which I then open with nirsoft's CSVFileView, it can do basic table functions (move, sort columns etc) and save the loaded CSV to HTML.

BR

This worked well. I created a CSV with title & comments, added it to CSVFileView, turned on "Allow multi-line", then saved it in HTML vertical format. I then added the HTML file to calibre and converted it to EPUB. Voila -- a nicely formatted list of books.

[Katja_hbg]

Originally Posted by silatiw

My idea was to create an .epub file without thumbnails, but thanks to you I found out that it is unfortunately impossible.

When you chpose «description», the image will be added. .... But ...
For that kind of catalog there is a template which can be adjusted. I do it, to get one book per page. You should be able to delete the image from the template.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118556

[silatiw]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

When you chpose «description», the image will be added. .... But ...
For that kind of catalog there is a template which can be adjusted. I do it, to get one book per page. You should be able to delete the image from the template.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118556

I missed this information
I created a catalog in an .epub file with no thumbnails
By editing the files (.css, .xhtml), you can create your own catalog view in the .epub file
MobileRead is great.
Katja_hgb thank you very much.