02-11-2013, 08:20 AM | #1 |
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Multipe books of the same format
I know Calibre supports only one file per format per book. I don't ask that that be changed, but I'm asking for a creative solution to my problem. Please think with me!
The situation. I create my own PDF files (using LaTeX). These are made up specifically for my 5" BeBook Mini. Recently, I bought myself a gift: a Pyrus Mini. This is a 4.3" reader and I find the 5" PDF's are slightly too large (as in: the fonts will become slightly too small to read comfortably). So, I created another template for my PDF generation to generate a new PDF, specifically for that 4.3" screen. But I also want to keep the 5" versions for my BBMini.... I wonder what would be the best way to save both versions. Should I create a new Library, with only those 4.3" PDF's? Or should I add them in my current Library as a second book, with the same metadata? Or should I not put them in Calibre anyway and go back to my old system of having a folder I'll copy to that Pyrus? Any ideas? |
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My personal choice would be to not use the pdf format at all... 8)
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02-11-2013, 12:50 PM | #5 |
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A simpler solution that I'd probably use is if a book had multiple copies for specific devices, I would add that in the file name, so I was also sure I transferred the correct copy to the correct device. Such as "The Shining 4.3" and "The Shining 5". If there was only one copy, it would stay as "The Shining", so again I'd know it's not the correct format for the 4.3" device.
By a second line item, I'm pretty sure he just means the book will be listed twice, but you'll have created a custom column which will show 5" or 4.3". With my solution, you'd have pretty much the same, a second line for the books, but no custom columns. |
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I started using PDF because I don't like the epub implementation on my BBMini. And I don't like it on the Pyrus Mini either. Especially as that one doesn't support included fonts.
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(end rant) So you have a choice, and you're going to have to sacrifice something either way. Either go with epub and accept that you're not going to like how it looks on the device, or go with PDF and accept that you're not going to have a clean library in Calibre, because the only way to store two different PDF copies of a book is to have two book entries. If you decide to go with PDF, I would recommend using a custom column to distinguish between the two formats. That way you can easily filter on the column when you want to send books to your device. If you store the format as part of the title as Ripplinger suggests, you lose the ability to filter, which I would consider a necessary part of the process. |
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02-12-2013, 01:20 AM | #11 |
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I suggest you convert on the fly. Convert to pdf manually immediately before sending to device, with the appropriate page size. The pdf will replace your old pdf, but you dont care since you have the source html.
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