Extra line breaks inserted in Comments section when adding books

priderunsdeep · 11-29-2023, 05:25 PM

At some point this year a calibre update changed something with the way calibre deals with the Comments section. It is peculiar - here is what happens;

1. I add a book (format does not seem to matter).
2. Inside the Edit Metadata window I paste in the book description from somewhere (Amazon or Goodreads).
3. I move to a different book with Edit Metadata still open or close Edit Metadata.
4. calibre adds an extra line break between every paragraph, which I then have to go back into Edit Metadata and delete manually.
5. I grumble ineffectually

Can anyone explain how to stop this behavior with calibre?

wolfskies · 03-06-2025, 12:34 PM

Of course, after I post is when I finally find this message. I am having some of the same issues! I did find that unchecking the convert to plain text helped with SOME books, but not all. It's like the formatting doesn't exist or got changed? I would rather have an extra line break than none at all!

retiredbiker · 03-06-2025, 02:26 PM

Try clicking on the "HTML Source" tab below the comments to see what is going on. When you download metadata, or copy something in from a web page, you can get who knows what coding along with the text.
I often have to edit the html to fix really weirdly formatted comments, usually just by removing tags.
Also try the "Comments Cleaner" plugin, that often helps.

11-29-2023, 05:25 PM	#1
priderunsdeep Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2023 Device: Kindle	Extra line breaks inserted in Comments section when adding books At some point this year a calibre update changed something with the way calibre deals with the Comments section. It is peculiar - here is what happens; 1. I add a book (format does not seem to matter). 2. Inside the Edit Metadata window I paste in the book description from somewhere (Amazon or Goodreads). 3. I move to a different book with Edit Metadata still open or close Edit Metadata. 4. calibre adds an extra line break between every paragraph, which I then have to go back into Edit Metadata and delete manually. 5. I grumble ineffectually Can anyone explain how to stop this behavior with calibre?

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03-06-2025, 12:34 PM	#2
wolfskies Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Nook Color & Android Tablet & Windows 11 PC	Of course, after I post is when I finally find this message. I am having some of the same issues! I did find that unchecking the convert to plain text helped with SOME books, but not all. It's like the formatting doesn't exist or got changed? I would rather have an extra line break than none at all!

03-06-2025, 02:26 PM	#3
retiredbiker Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 3886916 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kindle KB, Oasis, Pop_Os!, Kobo Forma	Try clicking on the "HTML Source" tab below the comments to see what is going on. When you download metadata, or copy something in from a web page, you can get who knows what coding along with the text. I often have to edit the html to fix really weirdly formatted comments, usually just by removing tags. Also try the "Comments Cleaner" plugin, that often helps.

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