[GUI Plugin] Kindle Collections (Update)

[locksoft]

Hmmm... I thought I understood how the plugin works.
I was able to create a new column as collection name, and make Calibre create new collections to my Voyage. Then I manually assigned all my books to the relative collections (it took hours)!

I can see everything is correct from the plugin GUI.

I sync data to Kindle but all books are outside collections (I also restarted the Kindle, but nothing changed).

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by locksoft

Hmmm... I thought I understood how the plugin works.
I was able to create a new column as collection name, and make Calibre create new collections to my Voyage. Then I manually assigned all my books to the relative collections (it took hours)!

I can see everything is correct from the plugin GUI.

I sync data to Kindle but all books are outside collections (I also restarted the Kindle, but nothing changed).

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Trying to use it on a device after K4
Big A made changes that block a lot of stuff that used to be done UNLESS you jail break.
Read post 1, it outlines all the limits

[locksoft]

Originally Posted by theducks

Trying to use it on a device after K4
Big A made changes that block a lot of stuff that used to be done UNLESS you jail break.
Read post 1, it outlines all the limits

Thanks, now it's all more clear.
I don't know much about JB but I remember I tried to do that a lot of years ago when I purchased the Kindle and it wasn't possible.
So I guess I'll do it manually.

[Akirainblack]

Is there any way to order the books within a collection?
I'm on a Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, using this with LibrarianSync.
I'd like to list all the books in reading/release order.
If I have the books on Amazon I get a number under the name in a collection.
EG
Raising Steam has 40 in a bar at the bottom of it
The Shepherds Crown has 41 in a bar at the bottom of it.

In Calibre they are listed under series as:
Discworld [40] and Discworld [41] respectively.

I can't for the life of me work out how to get that to be referenced in the collection on the Kindle.

I am more than happy to use different tools if that's what's required.

I've also just noticed.. Collections look like a folder. The "Amazon" ones with the numbers underneath are listed as Series in the UI.

Thank you in advance for any help!
Thanks in advance for any help.

[NiLuJe]

This isn't currently compatible with the PW5.

But, IIRC, there's something related to timestamps that affects ordering that's possibly applicable. Can't remember, haven't used this in years.

[Homer55]

how do I make this plugin stop modifying existing collections?, i have a book, I put it in collection A, I run the plugin, I go to my kindle, I upgrade collections using librariansync (i use update not rebuild), things are ok, I delete book from calibre becuase I don't want to have the same book twice, next time I need to upload a book I run plugin from calibre (book in collection A no longer in calibre) another book also in collection A, previous book not longer in collection A and new book is ok. The thing that has stopped me from finding why is that it doesn't do this always, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

[Homer55]

Originally Posted by Homer55

how do I make this plugin stop modifying existing collections?, i have a book, I put it in collection A, I run the plugin, I go to my kindle, I upgrade collections using librariansync (i use update not rebuild), things are ok, I delete book from calibre becuase I don't want to have the same book twice, next time I need to upload a book I run plugin from calibre (book in collection A no longer in calibre) another book also in collection A, previous book not longer in collection A and new book is ok. The thing that has stopped me from finding why is that it doesn't do this always, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

ignore this but I have a problem that I think may be related, I try to edit the collections manually and this error appears

calibre, version 6.0.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:type object 'Qt' has no attribute 'ItemFlags'

calibre 6.0  embedded-python: True
Linux-5.15.53-1-MANJARO-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '5.15.53-1-MANJARO', '#1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jul 7 16:56:55 UTC 2022')
Python 3.10.1
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (1, 49, 0) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (1, 49, 0) && Amazon.com Multiple Countries (1, 0, 0) && Count Pages (1, 11, 2) && Embed Comic Metadata (1, 6, 1) && EpubMerge (2, 13, 0) && FanFicFare (4, 14, 0) && Generate Cover (2, 1, 1) && Goodreads (1, 5, 3) && Goodreads Sync (1, 15, 4) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (1, 49, 0) && KFX Input (1, 49, 0) && Set KFX metadata (from KFX Output) (1, 63, 0) && KFX Output (1, 63, 0) && Kindle Collections (1, 7, 29) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 83, 1) && KindleXRay (0, 0, 6) && Manage Series (1, 3, 0) && Quality Check (1, 12, 0) && Reading List (1, 12, 0) && WordDumb (3, 23, 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.kindle_collections.kindle_edit_collections", line 333, in collection_combo_index_changed
    self.refresh_table(collection)
  File "calibre_plugins.kindle_collections.kindle_edit_collections", line 406, in refresh_table
    self.edit_w._table.populate_table(self.sorted_book_codes, self.book_details, self.sort_field, self.sort_order)
  File "calibre_plugins.kindle_collections.kindle_edit_collections", line 530, in populate_table
    self.populate_table_row(row, row_data[index])
  File "calibre_plugins.kindle_collections.kindle_edit_collections", line 554, in populate_table_row
    item = CheckableTableWidgetItem(data['include'])
  File "calibre_plugins.kindle_collections.utilities", line 247, in __init__
    self.setFlags(Qt.ItemFlags(Qt.ItemIsSelectable | Qt.ItemIsUserCheckable | Qt.ItemIsEnabled ))
AttributeError: type object 'Qt' has no attribute 'ItemFlags'

[theducks]

I don't believe this PI was updated to work with Calibre 6.
Either back rev to 5.44 or hope the maintaining dev takes pity

[NiLuJe]

Indeed, Qt6 support will come whenever I actually have time to work on it .

[dmeyer0]

Making "Edit Collections manually..." work with Qt6 is actually surprisingly easy if you're comfortable with editing source code.

Just go to where your plugins live (~/Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins on my Mac), unzip "Kindle Collections.zip", and make a couple of minor changes to utilities.py:

where it references

QtGui.QTableWidgetItem.UserType

change that to

QtGui.QTableWidgetItem.ItemType.UserType

and where it references

Qt.ItemFlags

change that to

Qt.ItemFlag

zip "Kindle Collections.zip" back up, restart calibre, and it's just working for me. Hope this helps someone.

[NiLuJe]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind when I finally find time to update all the Collection things for the not-so-new devices .

[simonuzzo]

Originally Posted by dmeyer0

Making "Edit Collections manually..." work with Qt6 is actually surprisingly easy if you're comfortable with editing source code.

Just go to where your plugins live (~/Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins on my Mac), unzip "Kindle Collections.zip", and make a couple of minor changes to utilities.py:

where it references

QtGui.QTableWidgetItem.UserType

change that to

QtGui.QTableWidgetItem.ItemType.UserType

and where it references

Qt.ItemFlags

change that to

Qt.ItemFlag

zip "Kindle Collections.zip" back up, restart calibre, and it's just working for me. Hope this helps someone.

Thanks.
I can confirm that it works.


If you authorize me, I post the zip, with the suggested modification by dmeyer0. For those who are not able to do it independently

[NiLuJe]

No, because I'll ultimately want to do something that works on *both* versions, which I imagine this doesn't .

[Ertagon]

Lacks a profile for Kindle Scribe.

[NiLuJe]

Because the Scribe lacks a JB ;o).

(More relevant is the lack of PW5 and possibly a few other earlier device, because it's tied to stuff that I have yet to find time to work on). And as mentioned above, calibre 5 support, too ;p.