#calibre

#WritingCommunity, can someone familiar with how the data is stored help me retrieve a meta description from an epub file? I need the blurb that was added to an ebook when I converted it from a different file type in #Calibre, but it's not showing up in comments. I'm not finding it anywhere else I'm looking.

Hey.

Everybody who's panicking, trying to figure out #Calibre and #DeDRM to perma-download your #Amazon #Kindle #eBooks before the Feb. 26th deadline ...

Calibre is great, it's been my go-to eLibrary software for almost 20 years.

But, geez. Don't reinvent the wheel for every one of your ebooks.

Just get on #zLibrary and download already-cracked, pirated copies of all the books you bought and paid for.

It's not complicated.

Yes, use #TORBrowser ... if you're not already using it, you should be.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Library

TOR link - loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion

That's not some secret evil link; it's right there in #Wikipedia.

Folks who break the DRM on their #Kindle books, this is going to make that a lot harder: https://nsinteger.com/@zacwest/113991537960396621

This is fine for those of us who don't buy from Amazon anymore, but if you have a standing library with them, make sure you get it all downloaded so you can break it. It's frustrating because you can't bulk download - I keep finding titles I own but missed grabbing somehow - but you have until Feb 26th to get them all.

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#books #bookstodon #DRM #Calibre

I love #Calibre so much. My old Kobo finally bit the dust after seven long and happy years together (goodbye, old friend), and I got a Libra Colour to replace it (it's nice!). But to do that I had to move libraries from one computer to another, as well as install everything onto the new device.

Calibre, it's just incredible! I'm so grateful for this app. I've sent the developer money a few times but nothing seems like enough for all the use and enjoyment over so many years.

#Bookstodon

UPDATE: Get it here https://rldane.space/debian-reference-epubs.tar ;)

Does anyone with a lot of experience with #Calibre want to take a crack at converting the #Debian reference (https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/) to EPUB for me? :D

I'm a bit overwhelmed at the options XD

Also: source: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-reference
Package: https://packages.debian.org/debian-reference
Other formats (txt, pdf): https://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference

(Also, MOBI would be fine. Just something that would work well on an e-reader. Conversion from PDF is doable, of course, but iffy.)

I've just installed #koreader on a couple of my devices and like it so far. Connecting to #Calibre wirelessly works on one of them.

If I could code, I'd try to make a plugin that automatically updates progress with #TheStoryGraph if that is even possible.
#books @bookstodon

I've been using Calibre to manage my ebooks for years, but haven't delved very deep into what it's actually capable of. But it seems that the combination of koreader and Calibre might be very useful.
I'm not quite sure what to do yet, but having Calibre serve books to my Kobo devices and automatic syncing between them over wireless sounds super useful.
I'm sure I can squeeze in a raspberry pi in there too somewhere. :-)
Time to tinker, I think.
#Kobo #KoReader #Calibre #RaspberryPi @bookstodon

Bring it on, Marty Hench. The joy of no DRM.

My surprisingly still working Amazon Kindle Keyboard bought some time around 2010/11. Poor battery life but I may see if I can replace the battery.

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic DRM-free books from Humble Bundle, converted to Kindle .MOBI format with Calibre on PC

#Amazon #Kindle #CoryDoctorow #Calibre #DRMFree