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#31
ePub Reader / Books not found with scan
Last post by mac1299 - February 06, 2022, 12:11:34 AMI have several hundred books that are on my SD that are not found by scan. Is there anything I can do? Should I reinstall the missing books and try again.
#32
General Discussion / Welcome to the KPW Community!
Last post by kweckwor - March 14, 2021, 01:08:50 PMWelcome to the KPW Community forum.
Please feel free to post issues, suggestions and comments for the eLibrary Manager set of applications.
Please feel free to post issues, suggestions and comments for the eLibrary Manager set of applications.
#33
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issues with downloads
Last post by kweckwor - June 26, 2020, 12:53:57 AMHi Michele,
From your first post, you mention that you are using the full version of eLibrary Manager. The full version will load book metadata and cover from external files, but it expects the file naming convention that you get when you use the Calibre's "Save to disc" feature (or one of the variations of that). That action will produce three files by default (I think), which consist of the book file (.epub), the cover (.jpg) and the OPF (.opf). The file name for each is the same as the book file name with the specific file extension. So for example, in my library, I have a book called The Loch by Steve Alten. The 3 files I get when I use "Save to disc" are "Lock, The - Steve Alten.epub", "Lock, The - Steve Alten.jpg" and "Lock, The - Steve Alten.opf".
In the directory where Calibre manages its library however, it uses a different file naming convention. For each book, there is the .epub book file and 2 additional files called "cover.jpg" and "metadata.opf". If you simply copy those files to your SD card, then my tool won't load the cover and metadata information since the additional files don't have the same file name as the book file itself. And the book file won't necessarily contain the latest metadata if you've updated anything in Calibre after you loaded the book.
So what you should do is to use the "Save to disc" function to have Calibre copy book files from its library to your SD card. When you use that feature, I believe Calibre will actually inject the latest metadata and cover into the book file as well, so you shouldn't actually need the external files. So that approach should work for both Basic and Full. If "Save to disc" does not produce the 3 files as I mention above, or if it does not update the ePub file with the cover and metadata info that you see in Calibre, then you may need to check your Calibre settings for "Saving books to disc" to ensure that the right options are enabled.
Let me know if you have any issues getting that to work.
Karl
From your first post, you mention that you are using the full version of eLibrary Manager. The full version will load book metadata and cover from external files, but it expects the file naming convention that you get when you use the Calibre's "Save to disc" feature (or one of the variations of that). That action will produce three files by default (I think), which consist of the book file (.epub), the cover (.jpg) and the OPF (.opf). The file name for each is the same as the book file name with the specific file extension. So for example, in my library, I have a book called The Loch by Steve Alten. The 3 files I get when I use "Save to disc" are "Lock, The - Steve Alten.epub", "Lock, The - Steve Alten.jpg" and "Lock, The - Steve Alten.opf".
In the directory where Calibre manages its library however, it uses a different file naming convention. For each book, there is the .epub book file and 2 additional files called "cover.jpg" and "metadata.opf". If you simply copy those files to your SD card, then my tool won't load the cover and metadata information since the additional files don't have the same file name as the book file itself. And the book file won't necessarily contain the latest metadata if you've updated anything in Calibre after you loaded the book.
So what you should do is to use the "Save to disc" function to have Calibre copy book files from its library to your SD card. When you use that feature, I believe Calibre will actually inject the latest metadata and cover into the book file as well, so you shouldn't actually need the external files. So that approach should work for both Basic and Full. If "Save to disc" does not produce the 3 files as I mention above, or if it does not update the ePub file with the cover and metadata info that you see in Calibre, then you may need to check your Calibre settings for "Saving books to disc" to ensure that the right options are enabled.
Let me know if you have any issues getting that to work.
Karl
#34
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issues with downloads
Last post by dmichele76@gmail.com - June 25, 2020, 11:33:51 PMHi;
I am not able to connect my kindle directly to my computer (they don't recognize each other) so I remove the microSD card from the kindle and use a card reader to communicate with my computer. I copy the whole book folder from the Calibre Library folder over tot he SD card, not just the epub file itself. The whole book folder includes the following documents: cover(jpg file), metadata(OPF doc) & the book itself(epub file). After returning the microSD, I click on the barcode and update the book files. Only on some of the books now missing a cover has the metadata been updated (the covers weren't on any of them) and they all date from 2018 & 2019. For some as well the metadata that is in the Calibre file doesn't match what is now showing in the elibrary manager despite the fact that they contain exactly the same files as I am copying them wholesale at the author level to the sd card.
Michele
I am not able to connect my kindle directly to my computer (they don't recognize each other) so I remove the microSD card from the kindle and use a card reader to communicate with my computer. I copy the whole book folder from the Calibre Library folder over tot he SD card, not just the epub file itself. The whole book folder includes the following documents: cover(jpg file), metadata(OPF doc) & the book itself(epub file). After returning the microSD, I click on the barcode and update the book files. Only on some of the books now missing a cover has the metadata been updated (the covers weren't on any of them) and they all date from 2018 & 2019. For some as well the metadata that is in the Calibre file doesn't match what is now showing in the elibrary manager despite the fact that they contain exactly the same files as I am copying them wholesale at the author level to the sd card.
Michele
#35
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issues with downloads
Last post by kweckwor - June 13, 2020, 10:55:32 PMHi Michele,
Depending on how you copy books from calibre to your device, any metadata (including covers) that have been updated in your calibre library may not be incorporated into the book files themselves. In calibre, updates to metadata and covers are maintained outside of the actual book files. If you are just copying books files from the file system to your device, then they may not have all details that you see in the calibre interface.
Calibre does not update book files with updates to metadata/covers by default. The "Polish Books" action can update book files to ensure updates to metadata and covers be written to the book files, so if you copy those files to a reading device after "polishing", they should contain up-to-date book information.
Alternatively, if you use the "Send to device" or "Save to disk" functions of calibre, that should also create book files that are updated with current book information. So that is another way to get book files on your reading device with up-to-date book information included in the book files.
Perhaps if you describe the approach you use to copy book files to your device, I can tell if my comments above are relevant or not.
Karl
Depending on how you copy books from calibre to your device, any metadata (including covers) that have been updated in your calibre library may not be incorporated into the book files themselves. In calibre, updates to metadata and covers are maintained outside of the actual book files. If you are just copying books files from the file system to your device, then they may not have all details that you see in the calibre interface.
Calibre does not update book files with updates to metadata/covers by default. The "Polish Books" action can update book files to ensure updates to metadata and covers be written to the book files, so if you copy those files to a reading device after "polishing", they should contain up-to-date book information.
Alternatively, if you use the "Send to device" or "Save to disk" functions of calibre, that should also create book files that are updated with current book information. So that is another way to get book files on your reading device with up-to-date book information included in the book files.
Perhaps if you describe the approach you use to copy book files to your device, I can tell if my comments above are relevant or not.
Karl
#36
eLibrary Manager / Issues with downloads
Last post by dmichele76@gmail.com - June 13, 2020, 08:02:12 PMGood afternoon;
I have upgraded to the full version of the app and been copying book files from my calibre account to the micro SD for my Kindle Fire 7. For some reason, about 10% of the books no longer have covers(they had covers on the initial download, done months ago before I had to wipe my card and try again), some have the author's name changed and 3 are not the original files that I downloaded. All books had covers in Calibre and the meta data was updated for all books and authors were correct.
Any thoughts on why the covers are no longer visible and why the authors were changed? How do I make it correct?
Michele
I have upgraded to the full version of the app and been copying book files from my calibre account to the micro SD for my Kindle Fire 7. For some reason, about 10% of the books no longer have covers(they had covers on the initial download, done months ago before I had to wipe my card and try again), some have the author's name changed and 3 are not the original files that I downloaded. All books had covers in Calibre and the meta data was updated for all books and authors were correct.
Any thoughts on why the covers are no longer visible and why the authors were changed? How do I make it correct?
Michele
#37
ePub Reader / Re: Elibrary Basic only loads ...
Last post by kweckwor - April 06, 2020, 12:06:56 PMHi again Mathius,
I forgot to mention... The App Store listings (both on the Amazon App Store and Google Play) have a "[Full]" or "[Full Version]" qualifier in front of those features that are available in the Full version. You can also see the same in the online documentations at https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/about.html, https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eReader/about.html and https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/download.html.
Karl
I forgot to mention... The App Store listings (both on the Amazon App Store and Google Play) have a "[Full]" or "[Full Version]" qualifier in front of those features that are available in the Full version. You can also see the same in the online documentations at https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/about.html, https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eReader/about.html and https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/download.html.
Karl
#38
ePub Reader / Re: Elibrary Basic only loads ...
Last post by kweckwor - April 06, 2020, 11:59:16 AMHi Mathius,
The 500 book limit is just the limit I put on the Book Lists that you have available by default. As you mention, you can create your own Book Lists that have a larger (or no) limit, but there is a standard Book List called "All Books" that will use the eLibrary Setting "Limit" as the upper limit for the list. To enable this Book List, do the following:
There are also many other ways you can navigate your library to find books. You can use the "Search" feature to find books easily. Just enter keywords you want to search against. If the keyword (or keywords) match against any of the author, title, or description metadata/book info, the search result will list those matching books. The "Search" feature uses the same search expressions that you can use when you define your own custom Book Lists. If you find yourself doing the same "Searches" over and over again, you can create a custom Book List to do that search a little easier.
You can use fairly complex search expression, but the easiest way to search is by simply entering keywords. But if you are interested in exploring more complicated search expressions, you can find information about the query language in the online documentation at https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/guide_search.html with examples.
If you have the Full version of the app, there is a Book Info Browser as well that allows you to navigate your library based on author, category, ratings (and more).
The 500 book limit is just the limit I put on the Book Lists that you have available by default. As you mention, you can create your own Book Lists that have a larger (or no) limit, but there is a standard Book List called "All Books" that will use the eLibrary Setting "Limit" as the upper limit for the list. To enable this Book List, do the following:
- Open eLibrary Settings in the "Settings" tab and edit the "Book Lists" setting. Add list "All Books" to the selected list. You can move it to the first position if you like and remove the "My Books" list if you don't want that to appear any longer.
- Update the "Limit" setting to a larger value (say 1000) or just clear the setting out to apply no limit.
- Save the changes. Now you'll be able to select the "All Books" Book List and see all of your books.
There are also many other ways you can navigate your library to find books. You can use the "Search" feature to find books easily. Just enter keywords you want to search against. If the keyword (or keywords) match against any of the author, title, or description metadata/book info, the search result will list those matching books. The "Search" feature uses the same search expressions that you can use when you define your own custom Book Lists. If you find yourself doing the same "Searches" over and over again, you can create a custom Book List to do that search a little easier.
You can use fairly complex search expression, but the easiest way to search is by simply entering keywords. But if you are interested in exploring more complicated search expressions, you can find information about the query language in the online documentation at https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/guide_search.html with examples.
If you have the Full version of the app, there is a Book Info Browser as well that allows you to navigate your library based on author, category, ratings (and more).
#39
ePub Reader / Elibrary Basic only loads 500 ...
Last post by Mathius - April 06, 2020, 03:09:34 AMSo as the title says.... I recently added a bunch of books to my Fire Tablet from my PC and did a Scan as I've always done.
I was troubled to realize I could no longer locate the book I had been in the middle of reading. I know some of my epub files have some organizational issues... some of the authors are actually some of the book titles, some authors are last name first, some are first name first, etc.
Then I realized at the top of the app it says, "My Books (500 of 641)"
I cannot seem to find a way to go to another page. I do see where I can organize my books into lists, which may be a workaround, but how can I go beyond this 500 book limit?
Is this something that is available in the paid version? I have no problems paying the $2.00 for the upgraded version as I think this is a fantastic program if it will solve this issue.
I can find nothing on the App store page that tells what exactly the upgraded version does, nor do I see any mention of the 500 book limit on either page.
I suppose this information might be in the 3 tutorials, but they're extremely long and haven't been updated since 2013 so I didn't watch them.
Also, is it really necessary to do an image verification and sentence riddle for every post? I mean I did that when I signed up in the first place.
I was troubled to realize I could no longer locate the book I had been in the middle of reading. I know some of my epub files have some organizational issues... some of the authors are actually some of the book titles, some authors are last name first, some are first name first, etc.
Then I realized at the top of the app it says, "My Books (500 of 641)"
I cannot seem to find a way to go to another page. I do see where I can organize my books into lists, which may be a workaround, but how can I go beyond this 500 book limit?
Is this something that is available in the paid version? I have no problems paying the $2.00 for the upgraded version as I think this is a fantastic program if it will solve this issue.
I can find nothing on the App store page that tells what exactly the upgraded version does, nor do I see any mention of the 500 book limit on either page.
I suppose this information might be in the 3 tutorials, but they're extremely long and haven't been updated since 2013 so I didn't watch them.
Also, is it really necessary to do an image verification and sentence riddle for every post? I mean I did that when I signed up in the first place.
#40
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issue with adding books [d...
Last post by errantaspiration - January 07, 2020, 02:42:26 AMAh, that's very good to know for the future! Thank you for the thorough response. 