Cleaning up errors across multiple epubs

[w00dent0p]

Hi,

Recently I've tried running the Calibre editor on a few random books in my library, and have been surprised by the number of issues/errors it finds after running the check. And pleasantly surprised by how many can be fixed automatically.

Does anyone know whether it's possible to run the editor, then run the checker, then run the 'Try to correct all fixable errors automatically', then save the result, on a number of books, or even all the books in the library?
Trying to do it manually on each individual book seems rather tedious.

Also any advice in general when adding new epubs, to clean them up. What do you recommend? Is it enough to just fix the metadata then run 'polish'? Or do you run an epub to epub conversion as a general rule? Or both? Or is there a plugin that does a better job?

[Karellen]

Originally Posted by w00dent0p

Does anyone know whether it's possible to run the editor, then run the checker, then run the 'Try to correct all fixable errors automatically', then save the result, on a number of books, or even all the books in the library?

Even if you could (and I don't think you can) it is not something I would ever do.

I don't think you should completely rely on the automated processes to "fix" your ebooks. If you want to fix them, then you want them fixed completely, not ad-hoc automated changes.

You need to check the css code and tags used in the book. How much code is used, how much excess tags are used. For example, are all the headings using the same code or is it different for the various chapters. I've seen chapter headings where some chapters are using <h2> others are using <p class="headingh2"> and other chapters are surrounded by 9 span tags.

My advice is that the automated fix is the last step in fixing an ebook. It is the "what have I missed" check.