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Release: 0.9.42 [02 Aug, 2013]
New Features

When downloading metadata from Amazon, convert the amazon categories into tags. You can turn this off by going to Preferences->Metadata download and configuring the Amazon source.
Closes tickets: 1206763

Kobo driver: Add an option to modify the styling in books being sent to the device, based on a template on the device.
Closes tickets: 1207151

Get Books: Add support for two more Polish ebook stores: cdp.pl and ebooki.allegro.pl
calibredb: Add a new clone command to create clones of libraries with the same custom columns, virtual libraries, etc. as the current library.

Bug Fixes

MOBI metadata: Do not fail to set metadata in MOBI files if they have EXTH fields with NULL pointers to a cover or thumbnail.
Closes tickets: 1205757

Fix editing of book metadata failing when its timestamp is out of range for the system.
Closes tickets: 1191599

Fix renaming a user category to the same name it already has erases the user category.
Closes tickets: 1207131

Fix drag 'n drop of cover onto conversion dialog not working
Device drivers: Explicitly fsync() all files when writing to devices, to reduce chances of file corruption if the device is disconnected while jobs are running
Fix calibre not appearing in Ubuntu's 'Open with..' menu
Closes tickets: 1207518

Improved news sources

PC World

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Conversion: Add option to embed all referenced fonts [0.9.37]

Add an option to embed all fonts that are referenced in the input document but are not already embedded. This will search your system for the referenced font, and if found, the font will be embedded. Only works if the output format supports font embedding (for example: EPUB or AZW3). The option is under the Look & Feel section of the conversion dialog.

Conversion of Microsoft Word documents (.docx files generated by Word 2007 or newer) [0.9.34]

DOCX files created with Microsoft Word 2007 or newer can now be converted by calibre. The converter has support for lists, tables, images, all types of text formatting, footnotes, endnotes and even dropcaps. A sample docx file showing the capabilities of the converter is available: http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/demos/demo.docx Note that this code is still very new, so there are more than likely a few bugs waiting to be squashed.