Software update: Caliber 3.13

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A new update for version 3.0 of Caliber has been released. Caliber is an open source and cross platform ebook management program. Among other things, it can look up all relevant information and cover images, and convert e-books to make them suitable for the various types of e-readers. Furthermore, the program can convert newspapers, magazines and news articles based on RSS feeds into e-book format. Books can also be purchased with Caliber at the well-known web stores. The program is under active development and a new version is usually released every other week on Friday. In version 3.13, the following improvements have been made:

New features

  • Driver for the new Bq Cervantes 4
  • Edit book: Auto-generate links to existing stylesheets when adding a new HTML file. Close tickets: 1733845.
  • Add a button to easily clear server logs in Preferences->Sharing over the net->Show server logs. Close tickets: 1730046.
  • Catalog generation: Store the list of fields to be used in generating CSV/XML catalogs per library. Close tickets: 1730500.
  • Bulk metadata edit: Make the custom series controls similar to the builtin series ones, with the same set of features
  • Edit book: Pre-select existing cover image (if any) in add cover dialog
  • Make the Manage saved searches dialog a little easier for new users. Close tickets: 1733163.
  • Add a tweak to control behavior of Enter on the book list
  • Content server: Fix random book button on book details page multiplying. Close tickets: 1732493.
  • Edit Book: Bulk file rename dialog: Remember last used prefix for renaming files

Bug fixes

  • Tag browser: Fix use of the tweak to control order of items in the Tag browser causing unexpected expansion of items after editing metadata. Close tickets: 1730245.
  • Content server: Improve rendering of tags/categories with long words on small screens. Close tickets: 1734119.
  • Fix first added saved search not appearing in Tag browser until caliber restart. Close tickets: 1733151.
  • When checking added books for duplicates, also check on the language field. So books with the same title/authors but different languages ​​are not considered duplicates.
  • Edit Book: Spell check should not fail if there are non-HTML files in the spine
  • Conversion: Fix an error when using the embed_all_fonts option with certain books
  • Save to disk: Dont error out if the user deletes all formats to be saved.
  • Linux binary: Fix caliber not starting on systems where QT_QPA_PLATFORM is set to use wayland

New news sources

  • Various Russian news source by bugmen00t

Improved news sources

  • The Economist
  • The Walrun Magazine
  • China Daily
  • Telepolis

Version number 3.13
Release status Final
Operating systems Windows 7, Linux, macOS, Windows Vista, Windows 8, Windows 10
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License type GPL
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