One of the first steps you can take, before diving into editing every sub-menu in the conversion tool, is to try out Heuristic Processing. Mucking about in the settings in the manual conversion menu when you’re unfamiliar with them is a sure way to end up with less than pleasing results. We recommend you only go with this option of the automatic conversion process has failed you in some way. Hit the Login button to get access.Alternatively you can right click on a book entry and select Convert Books and then Convert Individually. Fill it with User name and password you’ve setup in the Calibre preference panel. If you requested Calibre to Require username and password… then a login page will open. ![]() Once you hit the Add button, Thorium Reader will display the OPDS catalog you just added in a blue box labeled with the name you provided for this feed. In our test case, the address is 192.168.203.21 port 8080 so the address would be but if Calibre and Thorium are on the same machine, the local address 127.0.0.1 port 8080 should work. Choose a Name to designate this catalog and paste the Calibre content server address followed by /opds. Open Thorium Reader, select the Catalogs tab, then the button + Add an OPDS feed. Remember that a book or document under private license must not be exposed thru the internet without authentication. Once you hit the *Start server* button, the content server address will appear just below.īy default no authentification is needed but you can tick the box to Require username and password… and set a user name and password in the User accounts tab. For a quick setup go to *Preferences* and *Sharing over the net*. This manual is available in various languages. The Calibre manual has a specific chapter in case you need more information. Once Calibre is installed, set up and start its content server. Both can be on the same computer, on different computers on a local network, or even on computers communicating thru the Internet (but in this case you’ll need some technical skills to set up the system). ![]() Both softwares are cross-plateform, so this guide will apply to any operating system (MacOS, Windows and Linux).įor testing this setup, we used Calibre 6.6.1 and Thorium 2.2. ![]() So, let’s imagine that you want to manage your personal catalog of EPUB and PDF files thru Calibre, but read them on Thorium Reader. But Calibre has a built-in content server that is delivering an OPDS feed using this feed, we can use Calibre as a source catalog for Thorium Reader, which is less powerful for cataloging e-books but largely better for reading them. The e-book viewer integrated in Calibre is not the best on the market: it cannot process advanced EPUB 3 publications (fixed layout, javascript …), presentation settings are basic (font size is the only variable), accessibility is limited (but there are some add-ons enhancing this aspect), the user interface is quite dull and it cannot read e-books protected by the LCP DRM (we think that this is quite a limitation). Learn more on the OPDS website.Ĭalibre is a long standing open source e-book manager software allowing users to do nearly everything from content creation and conversion to reading and distributing e-books. It’s a simple, open & decentralized content distribution specification. OPDS stands for Open Publication Distribution System.
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