I have a library of several thousand books. Unfortunately, over the years of importing and downloading metadata, I now have around 3000 books that do not have a Goodreads id.

For these books, i do have other id's... pretty much all of them have an isbn, some have additional id's from google, amazon, mobi-asin, etc.

Is there a way for me to download the missing goodreads id's so that I can properly sync my library with goodreads? Either a tool that simply looks for the goodreads ID based on the isbn or a way that i can limit the metadata download to only look for ID's and not everything else like comments, tags, etc?

If i go into each individual book and download metadata, it will often find the goodreads ID, but i can only choose to match the entire book metadata to the search result, I can't just copy the goodreads ID over to my book. Also, this is incredibly time consuming to do on 3000 books.

Alternatively, i have tried to select several books at once and download metadata (which allows me just to choose the ID field and copy that over, but that kind of search doesnt give me multiple book options to choose from (to find the correct one) and often doesnt find the goodreads ID, even though it is found when i search for metadata individually. So this doesn't work for my purposes.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can find the missing goodreads id's for my library?

Thanks for the help, any suggestions are welcome.

I have a fairly complicated setup, and I'm wondering how I can send things to my kindle without having to use the Send to Kindle service which seems fairly restrictive.

On my HomeLab Server (running TrueNAS Scale 24.04):

• VM Running portainer for apps that aren't in TN catalogue
  • Calibre
  • Readarr (in here for direct access to files instead of relying on NAS share)
• VM Running qbittorrent, as it needs a VPN connection. This is connected to my NAS.
• Readarr accesses my NAS through a volume on the container, it is then also mounted to the same volume calibre uses for the library so it can transfer files to the calibre library.

On my PC, I have another calibre instance, and I want this to sync to my other instance. This is so I can plug my kindle into my PC over USB, and sync books directly to it in any format I wish.

My question is how can I sync the library from my HomeLab's calibre instance to the library of my PC's calibre instance?

Calibre cannot convert epub 3 with fixed layout.

These epubs do not allow resizing in the viewer, so that screenshots of the pages could be used to print them.

Therefore, an alternative is to create an image-based pdf with a fake virtual printer, but the viewer's native print option does not work either.

I've tried different versions of Calibre, in differnt versions of different operating systems, but no luck.

I’m just leaving this here for future reference and user troubleshooting.

I use calibre heavily and suddenly I was getting an error that said “LoadLibrary failed with error 87”. Assuming it had to do with the updated graphics card I had done the previous day I went through the process of uninstalling and reinstalling a previous version, which didn’t work. Turns out the issue was the fact I updated my docking station from USB to Type C (for dual monitors to my laptop) the USB-C went direct into my GPU. As soon as I unplugged that calibre launched without an issue.

Hopefully this helps someone in the future.

I use Calibre and read epubs on a number of devices;

1. An Android phone (currently using Reasily)
2. An Android tablet (idem)
3. An e-ink reader (looking for best option since my Sony reader just died)
4. Calibre viewer on PC (Linux)

I do have some of the books on all devices and all my books in Calibre. I would like to somehow sync all annotations between devices or at least import all my annotations into Calibre. I don't mind doing it manually. Is there some solution to consolidate all annotations in one place? I couldn't find anything online on the subject.

Hey guys, I’ve been doing some research and I’m having a hard time coming to a decision on the best way to set up my environment. I’ve got radarr/calibre set up on Unraid and have given a few users access to the web server. I’m wondering what the most seamless and/or universal way to share them is. I’m wanting a method that involves users just having to throw the server address in somewhere, log in, and be able to grab whatever they want on their device wirelessly. I’ve read a bit about KOReader and it seems like that might be a good option.

Any thoughts?

Hi!
So here's my problem:

I have a Kobo Clara and I'm using it mostly to read fanfiction, and so I configured Calibre with FanFicFare, Count Pages, Kobo Utilities and KoboTouchExtended to easily download my fanfics from AO3, add the word count and chapter count accordingly and finally keep where I ended my book while I wait for future chapters update.

Thing is, now when a new chapter drop, Calibre downloads it, then I send it to my Kobo and I see the correct new chapter count and word count on the metadata, but when I open the book I do not see the new chapters.
Although when I open my book from my device via Calibre, I see the book correctly with all the chapters.

I'm not encountering any problems when adding a new book, nor if I delete and resend the book to my device.
The problem is happening only on fanfic that I already have on my device and that I want to update, whereas I already started to read it (thus having the reading location saved) or not.

I think I've already checked all the option that could prevent my book from being updated but clearly I'm missing something, maybe you guys might have an idea?
I think it worked fine some time ago and then stopped working? but i'm really not rally confident about that so don't trust my word

Here's some screenshots of my plugins that are maybe relevant (sorry half of it is in french)

FanFicFare basic conf

Kobo Utilities

KoboTouchExtended

Thanks a lot in advance for anyone reading this!

I followed the instructions provided in another thread and now I can have page numbers on my Kindle 12th gen PWSE.

However, these are 'real' page numbers (theoretically anyway), so the page number shown doesn't always increase with every Kindle page turn.

Is there a way to get Calibre to make the ePub in such a way so that the Kindle can show a 'Kindle' page number, which increases predictably by 1 with every page turn? Or is this a Kindle-specific function that just doesn't exist?

Does anyone know how to fix this, so when I do a dictionary lookup it shows on my screen straight away, without me needing to alt+tab to see its window?

I have an older iMac and the most advanced OS that it will run is Monterey. Just ordered a new Kindle paper white 12. My computer will not handle the latest version of Calibre. Will I be able to sideload my existing library from my older version of Calibre to the new Kindle? (Please please please say yes!!)

I've been converting some books (kindle is yet to arrive tho), and I found out that theres is some setting regarding the page. As default, it is set to the Kindle Fire -no idea what that is-, and all the books I converted I did (without knowing) to that format. Does this actually affect something? I got the Kindle basic 2024 if that helps

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I manage 2 different libraries for my partner and myself and I've run into an odd issue. I got them a new kobo for Xmas and as I'm setting it up it's displaying empty shelves from my library on their device even though I only sent books from theirs. Anyone know what settings I need to tweak to fix this?

Edit: fixed it! Or it fixed itself, frankly it's unclear, but it's working! Thanks for the help 💜

Hi guys, my wife is in tears after losing all her annotations. She takes a LOT of notes when reading and lost it all after her database was corrupted.

I found the plugin KoboUtilities but I'm reading conflicting info everywhere without any straight answers.

My question is this: Can KoboUtilities backup and restore annotations in the event of a wipe? I want to try and find a way to avoid this ever again.

I see there is backup annotations option but no restore.

Thanks for the help everyone.

I'm trying to bulk download metadata and covers for books. When reviewing the changes afterwards, I try to reject the values for some fields and use the original values. But these just do not save, when I go forth and back, everything is back to the downloaded metadata and my changes are gone. I also attempted to apply the data, but that also doesn't respect my changes.

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? When downloading stuff for a single book, everything works.

I'm allways getting this type of errors in my log, any idea why and how can i solve it

[2024-12-02 22:25:43,357] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Maria Oruña not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:25:43,361] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Alice Kellen not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:25:47,824] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Maria Oruña not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:25:47,827] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Alice Kellen not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:28:12,691] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Maria Oruña not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:28:12,694] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Alice Kellen not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:28:18,377] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Viktor E. Frankl not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:28:18,394] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Jon Kabat-Zinn not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:28:18,399] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author Príncipe Harry not found to display name in right order[2024-12-02 22:28:18,402] ERROR {cps.db:881} Author WILLIAM GIBSON not found to display name in right order

I've been looking all over the internet, but I can't seem to find a way to retrieve Goodreads metadata when using calibre-server. I'm looking for a way to retrieve Goodreads id's when searching for a title or ISBN. I have seen a plugin that does this on the desktopversion. But i'm using calibre-server with calibre-web.

Am I missing something or does this have to be done manually?

Basically what the title says. I installed Calibre on a new computer and it was recognizing my Kindle (11th gen Paperwhite) without issue.

Fast forward a week and now when I plug my Kindle in, my computer will recognize it, but Calibre does not. I even tried a fresh install and restarted my Kindle.

Not sure what happened, as no preferences were changed, that i know of. No matter what I mess with n the preferences, Calibre just does not detect the device.

Has anyone else experienced this issue and/or know of a solution?

Basically the title.

I am trying to get off buying books from Amazon as much as I can. But there will always been books there that I want that I might not be able to get.

I want to completly delete Windows on my devices but I can't get any of the options to strip the DRM away working on it.

Woukd Kobo be a better or at least easier option?

Are there any options that have the Amazon library but without the DRM overhead?

Não estou conseguindo achar uma forma que não seja pelo Adobe... Não consigo pelo adobe pois o arquivo não permite pois já atingiu o limite de cópias.

Why am I getting this message when I try to update? No other installation is running?

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Rest of the work is fine, but the character has a name that is not often pronounced correctly by TTS
is there no where to specify how a word should pronounced?
or is there an Epub reader that has similar quality TTS with the option to?

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When I am trying to upload an epub book into Play books, it is saying file not supported then I thought of opening in an edge extension where it says what is there in above photo. But the same book gets uploaded from the phone and it is happening with every book which I try to upload from calibre.

I would never have bought this device if the Amazon description handn’t listed a Windows OS. I am in over my head, so far over. I managed to install the Linux part (container?) and get Calibre. I have loaded some books from a USB into Calibre but can’t email them. I don’t know if I need another plug in. Everything I have looked at online sends me find something I cannot find on this POS.

I created a gmail specifically for sending books to my kindle hoping that would make some difference. It does not. I have logged in to the gmail on the Chromebook.

The version of Calibre I have is 6.13, which I realize is old. I have followed a link from an older Reddit thread and honestly I don’t need a bunch of bells and whistles so I didn’t think it mattered. My Chromebook is ASUS CX1, and I have both 5th and 12th generation paperwhites. I attempted to sideload via USB to the older one, and it isn’t even recognized so not an option. I have tried to email to the newer one, it fails every time.

I was an avid Calibre user on a windows device, up until 2013 when my PC died. I didn’t struggle at all and had an extensive library and enjoyed working on it. I feel like this Chromebook is where I’ve gone wrong.

If you have any suggestions, I appreciate it.

TLDR: I should have just used that $100 as TP and set it on fire.

I don't have a perfect solution. In my fantasy, I'd be able to drag an ePub to a folder that Hazel converts to TXT, which I then generate a summary from in my AI Mac app of choice (e.g. Enconvo, MindMac, MSTY) before downloading as an .MD in my Obsidian directory.

How would you generate such summaries?

Is there an app that processes ePubs efficiently?

What LLM do you prefer (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) for neatly summarizing a nonfiction (psychology) book?

I appreciate any insights you can lend to my project!

Recently got my kindle paperwhite 2018 and trying to add some of my manga collection to it for offline reading. Ive seen a lot of different methods that are pretty tedious or just are hit or miss. How can i bring over or download the metadata for my manga? Also is it worth it to convert in calibre? I have CBZs but converting them with KCC to .Mobi file format results in a much smaller file size.

I would like to remove the DRM on my five kindle books but I don't have a reader.

Can someone tell me how to do this easily, and preferably without forking over money? I've seen a few methods but they don't seem to apply to me, or may be outdated given recent changes.

Also, which file in the Kindle folder is it? I assume it's the file with the blue book icon but am not sure.

If it matters, I'd convert them to PDF or EPUB.

Hi folks,

Got both Calibre and Moonreader up this weekend. I migrated my entire collection over to Calibre, categorized by tags and added book covers. I also have an automated system that takes my Calibre library folder and sync with my NAS, which then syncs the entire library to my phone's local folder (using Folder Sync on my Android phone). Problem is- the Metadata doesn't transfer over to moon reader pro once I open them. Weird thing is, Calibre Sync app seems to recognize the tags, and series when I open that same ebook folder on android. Any insights?

I am sorry if this is not the right place to ask.

I tried to add a new forum in fanficfare plugin. But the URL is not getting detected as ebook.

Any idea how to add this as ebook?

The forum posts books in bengali language and the structure is similar to royalroad.

Thanks in advance