cs.ebooks 20221228

Utilities and command line for working with EBooks. Basic support for talking to Apple Books, Calibre, Kindle, Mobi.

Utilities and command line for working with EBooks. Basic support for talking to Apple Books, Calibre, Kindle, Mobi.

Latest release 20221228:

• CalibreCommand.popbooks: do not require argv to be empty at the end.
• KindleBook: new amazon_url property returning an Amazon web page URL based on the ASIN.
• New default_kindle_library() function consulting the envvar and app defaults; adjust KindleTree to use this.
• New kindle_content_path_default() and kindle_content_path() functions; use these in default_kindle_library().
• KindleCommand: new "app-path" subcommand to report or set the Kindle application content path.
• CalibreCommand.cmd_ls: new -r (reverse) and -t (timestamp) sorting options.
• Assorted minor updates.

These form the basis of my personal Kindle and Calibre workflow.

Release Log

Release 20221228:

• CalibreCommand.popbooks: do not require argv to be empty at the end.
• KindleBook: new amazon_url property returning an Amazon web page URL based on the ASIN.
• New default_kindle_library() function consulting the envvar and app defaults; adjust KindleTree to use this.
• New kindle_content_path_default() and kindle_content_path() functions; use these in default_kindle_library().
• KindleCommand: new "app-path" subcommand to report or set the Kindle application content path.
• CalibreCommand.cmd_ls: new -r (reverse) and -t (timestamp) sorting options.
• Assorted minor updates.

Release 20220805:

• CalibreCommand.books_from_spec: UPPERCASE matches a format.
• CalibreCommand: new cmd_linkto to link book files into an external directory with nice names.
• CalibreTree: fix .fspath and the associated .pathto and format paths.

Release 20220626:

• CalibreBook: new setter mode for .tags, CalibreCommand: new cmd_tags to update tags.
• CalibreBook.pull_format: AZW formats: also check for AZW4.
• CalibreCommand.books_from_spec: /regexp: search the tags as well.
• CalibreBook: subclass FormatableMixin; CalibreCommand.cmd_ls: new "-o ls_format" option for the top line format.

Release 20220606: Initial PyPI release.