Unanswered Questions
105 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Is Amazon planning an alternative to the Kindle DX?
Over the past four years, I have loved my Kindle DX because of its large screen, which has been very helpful for reading PDFs. The keyboard has also been helpful. It's e-ink, which is easy on the eyes....
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Produce a single file .mobi using Calibre
I'm trying to convert an epub to mobi using Calibre, and I would like to produce the ebook as a single file. I've tried selecting the "insert metadata as page at start of book" as some guides suggest, ...
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Why am I getting spurious TOC entries in Calibre?
I'm converting an RTF document to epub (and mobi) and am trying to extract a table of contents.
All of my chapters start with the word "CHAPTER" in all caps, but are not tagged in any special way. ...
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How to call a plugin from command line?
How to, lets say, hyphen an ebook with Hyphenate This! plugin from command line?
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How to download highlighted text on Kobo Aura HD?
I often highlight words that I don't know on my Kobo Aura HD, so that I can come back to them later. Is there any way for me to download the list of highlighted words onto my computer? A file on the ...
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☒ <- this is the only text displayed in epub on kobo
Having issues with ebooks, some new ones, and some that worked perfectly before (about a week ago).
In the text sections throughout the book, I see either and only "☒" or "_☒". All ...
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Can I implement read-aloud myself for epub 3?
I wish to have an ebook where pressing the play button results in only one paragraph being played at a time. Also, the person reading the book should be able to press on certain words to see the ...
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GitBook generates epub with duplicate headings
I have ebook in markdown files and use GitBook for generating epub file. Like usual, chapters are defined in SUMMARY.md and chapter files begins with a headings (the same like in summary):
Title of ...
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Can readers display books "by the page"
Most readers I've encountered show their book contents as text, ie. as a continuous stream, instead of the "page view" you find in physical books or PDF. the "next page" button brings you not to "one ...
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How do I have Calibre automatically create a cover image from a non-ebook file?
I am an RPG publisher and use Calibre to maintain my research library (PDF, mostly) and my stock art library (various image files).
When I load a PDF, Calibre automatically creates a cover image ...
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Ebooks that allow handwritten notes
Is there a place to buy ebooks that allow handwritten notes in the apps used to read them? I'm considering buying etextbooks, and want to be able to write handwritten notes in them with a wacom pad. ...
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Calibre - no available format
I have been using calibre in Mac for a long time. Recently I subscribed to iCloud and store my Calibre folder in iCloud. Somehow, plenty of books in my library cannot be open (mainly PDFs) and the ...
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How to set Calibre Ebook Viewer and Focus on Mac?
Focus on Mac allows to schedule an automatic switch when a particular app is open. However, Calibre Ebook Viewer is not a standalone app on Mac. This app is inside of the parent package contents of ...
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Is there a way to get e-readers to change endnotes into footnotes?
I use Calibre on Linux and have a kindle (not sure the model but it has touchscreen and a built in light).
I'm wondering if there's a way to get these readers to move endnotes to the bottom of the ...
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Set calibre cover style on per-library basis
In calibre I have some different libraries in which I store different kinds of books. Most of them don't have a "built-in" cover, so I use the cover generation function of calibre to create ...
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