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Clara HD Custom dict font size is too small

I copy some custom dict. to folder "custom dict" on my Clara. However the font size is too small to read (as picture). The temporary solution is use Large Print Mode with increase all items size which is too big for me. Could you please help with any solution to adjust the font size for these dicts.? Thank you very much. Leo Attached Thumbnails  
Tags: Books, Kobo Reader

I Have An Ebook That Constantly Refreshes Itself And It's Annoying

I don't usually go to this site a lot, forgive me if this is the wrong forum. I have an ebook that for some reason constantly refreshes to the point everything goes back to 0% every time I plug my Kindle out of my laptop. Like every time, this one ebook for some reason disappears, then reappears as if it was a new ebook. It's frustrating because not only do I lose progress but since Kindle ebooks tend to lose their cover now I lose the cover. Every time I try to get the cover back I never could...
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How to handle Special Editions in series?

Some of my series of books, usually children's books, have "special editions" (or sometimes even "super specials" :chinscratch:). I've been trying to figure out how to handle these in Calibre. Right now I just have them as a separate series. I'm not sure if I like this. I thought about using the decimal points (e.g. 4.5) to put them into the order they appeared in the main series but I'm not quite sure about that and it gets messy when mixed in with omnibuses. Any other suggestions? :thanks:
Tags: Books, Library Management

TFB TUTORIAL: How To Fingerprint Yourself For NFA Applications

Due to the fingerprint requirement for National Firearms Act (NFA) applications, some people have sought the services of law enforcement, while others look to do it for themselves.  Just to clarify, you can fingerprint yourself when applying to the ATF to make a Short Barreled Rifle or Shotgun (SBR/SBS) and for suppressors.  When using your […] Read More … The post TFB TUTORIAL: How To Fingerprint Yourself For NFA Applications appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, Tutorial, SBS, Editorial, ATF, SBR, NFA, NFA / Suppressors / Class III, Suppressor, Fingerprinting

Four Holiday Preparation Tasks To Do Now for an Organized Season

The following is a guest post with four holiday preparation tasks to do now for an organized season from regular contributor, Kristin at The Gold Project .  Christmas time is right around the corner, which means it’s time to start doing some holiday preparation tasks now to get ready! Since I have two little ones (11 years old and 7 years old), one of the things I am starting to prepare our home for is the gift giving and receiving. I know gifts are not the reason for the season, but it i...
Tags: Crafts, Holidays, Arkansas, Guest Bloggers, Kristin, Refrigerator

How do I put a book back on my device?

I deleted a non-sideloaded book using Calibre. Apparently that was a bad idea because now I can't figure out how to download it again (aside from sideloading my non-DRMed backup). It doesn't appear on the Kobo itself. I can see it in the "My Books" section of the Kobo desktop software but when I switch over to eReader it doesn't appear in there. I checked and the book isn't in the archive. Any suggestions?
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unable to open books

I have used Calibre but for some reason it is NOT opening any books, I keep getting errors. Here is the error for one of the books: calibre, version 5.4.2 ERROR: Loading book failed: Failed to open the book at D:\Calibre Library\Unknown\Archie Halloween Special 001 (2017) (27)\Archie Halloween Special 001 (2 - Unknown.epub. Click "Show details" for more info. Failed to convert book: D:\Calibre Library\Unknown\Archie Halloween Special 001 (2017) (27)\Archie Halloween Special 001 (2 - Unknown....
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.rtf files on iPad

I have some old books in .rtf format, what's the best app to read them on ipad? Would Calibre convert them into a good .epub or would they require considerable editing?
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Wheelgun Wednesday: Hornady Handgun Hunter .44 Magnum Review

Unleaded Fuel for your wheelgun This year, Hornady introduced their new “Hangun Hunter” line of lead-free copper alloy ammunition for many popular handgun hunting calibers (and, for some reason, 9mm): Per Hornady: Hornady Handgun Hunter™ ammunition is built around a bullet as rough and rugged as the conditions and game demand. The MonoFlex® handgun projectile […] Read More … The post Wheelgun Wednesday: Hornady Handgun Hunter .44 Magnum Review appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, Hornady, Hornady Handgun Hunter, Hangun Hunter

Create and Manage Series in KDP

KDP has an announcement: Create and Manage Series with Kindle Direct Publishing Quote: You can now publish and update eBook and Paperback series detail pages automatically through KDP. With the launch of series in KDP, you can: Create a new series: For any titles in your KDP account, create an ordered or unordered series to help readers on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de find all the books in your series on a single page. View and organize your series: ...
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POTD: U.S. Marine Corps in Norway

The Art of Photography – Photo Of The Day here at The Firearm Blog is where we provide a look into the world of some amazing images from around the World. Have you ever been in Norway? I have and these soldiers from the U.S. Marine Corps have as well. The location is Setermoen, Norway, where you […] Read More … The post POTD: U.S. Marine Corps in Norway appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, Defense, Marine Corps, Norway, US Marines, U S Marine Corps, Photo of the Day, M9, M4 carbine

This Is The Way Custom Mandalorian Bullpup Charity Auction

Swamp Dog Armory has teamed up with multiple companies to auction off a one of a kind Mandalorian theme bullpup 9mm carbine. IMG Swamp Dog Armory U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Swamp Dog Armory has teamed up with KG Gunkote, Swamp Fox, Redball Sports, Acid Tactical, Neomag, Bang Switch Customs, Shall Not Comply, and Nanuk Cases to auction off a one of a kind Mandalorian theme bullpup 9mm carbine. All proceeds of the auction go to help pay for the cancer treatment and medical bills of Isabella Hammer....
Tags: Guns, John, Isabella, Jared, Nra, Northern Virginia, Crump, DIPG, John Crump, Shooting Industry News, John Crump John, Slocum, Way Custom Mandalorian Bullpup Charity Auction, Swamp Dog Armory, AmmoLand com Swamp Dog Armory, Isabella Hammer Isabella Hammer

US Libraries for those outside the US

This is a theme which recurs from time to time. There have been a few US libraries offering paid cards to non-residents of the US. These cards are often attractive propositions to overseas residents, and presumably worthwhile to the libraries concerned. It is my sad duty to report that effective June 2020 Fairfax County Public Library "is no longer able to continue supporting non-resident accounts outside of the United States." I'm wondering if some of the few other US libraries which were o...
Tags: Books, US, United States, General Discussions, Fairfax County Public Library

Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting Streams of Silver

The famous Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden returns for his second adventure in the Icewind Dale trilogy! Is it better than The Crystal Shard? Is the premise directly lifted from The Hobbit? Will Drizzt continue being the greatest badass in the Forgotten Realms? Will a female character appear for more than four pages and…Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Fantasy, The Hobbit, Lord Of The Rings, RPG, Dungeons And Dragons, Dungeons And Dragons And Novels, Ra Salvatore, Drizzt Dourden, Will Drizzt

Cobalt Kinetics Launches BAMF Pro Series Rifles

As you may remember, Cobalt Kinetics is now under a new ownership. They just released a BAMF Pro Series rifles available in three different lengths, depending on local laws and your preference. The BAMF Pro Series is available in a pistol (6.5″ barrel) version or mid-length (12.3″ barrel) and finally as a rifle in 16″. All pictures […] Read More … The post Cobalt Kinetics Launches BAMF Pro Series Rifles appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, Daily News, Ar-15, Cobalt Kinetics, BAMF, Product Announcement, AR Patterned, Pro Series

Conversion to KEPUB has stopped working

Just updated Calibre to 5.4.2 and the conversion to KEPUB has stopped working because the DRM has not been removed. I haven't changed anything, but this is the debug file. Attached Files tmp8eq7_0jr.txt (1.3 KB)
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Save $10 when you buy $50 in Select LEGO & DUPLO on Amazon

  Great promo at Amazon! Get a nice deal on LEGO! Save $10 when you buy $50 in Select LEGO & DUPLO on Amazon. Many are already on sale! Ships free too. Some of the many LEGO deals:     For Even More Awesome Online Deals
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epub2pdf, line-spacing and footnotes

hi, I want to convert epub2pdf with calibre and I set line-spacing to 170% which fits perfectly to the main content. But this setting applies to footnotes as well and they are printed partially on the next page which doubles pages count. Is there a possibility to have a different line-spacing for footnotes. Many thx, Burkhard from Germany:help:
Tags: Books, Germany, Conversion

What fields are relevant for the 'Download metadata' feature?

When opening 'Edit metadata', you can click 'Download metadata'. For as far I understand (and could find in explanations), that function will look at the fields 'Title' and 'Author(s)' to find matches. But doing some tests, it looks like the results also depend on what is in the field 'Ids'. So my question is: What fields in that panel are relevant for the 'download metadata' feature? So is it: 'Title', 'Author' and 'Ids', or do the other fields such as 'Publisher' and 'Language' also have an in...
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Three Thugs Run from Wife With a Gun – More Armed Citizen Stories

Three Thugs Run from Wife With a Gun – More Armed Citizen Stories U.S.A. – -(AmmoLand.com)- News Report from Monroe, Louisiana by the Monroe News-Star- A woman was asleep in her bed when she heard her husband's voice. She heard the sounds of a fight down the hall and her husband shout in pain. She rolled out of bed and grabbed the gun they keep between the mattresses. She moved toward the center of the house where she saw several men beating her husband. At least one of the intruders was arm...
Tags: Guns, Nra, Ammoland, MONROE LOUISIANA, Gun Rights News, Rob Morse, Polite Society Podcast Rob, Rob Morse Rob, Monroe News Star, Armed Citizen Stories

Lone Wolf Distributors Announces the Release of the Guardian Pistol

Lone Wolf Distributors is a handgun manufacturer who is focused on becoming a “one-stop shop” for all of your training and firearms needs. On their website, you can both order a firearm and schedule training to prepare yourself in these uncertain times. They recently released their Guardian pistol which is a semi-automatic, striker-fired 9mm handgun […] Read More … The post Lone Wolf Distributors Announces the Release of the Guardian Pistol appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, Guardian, Daily News, 9mm, Pistols, Lone Wolf Distributors, Semi-Auto

Looking to Old and Once Obsolete Guns to Beat the Ammo Shortage

Sometimes uncommon calibers are easier to find. IMG Jim Grant U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- I was in a local gun shop the other day, and while I was looking to see if anything odd or unique piqued my interest, one customer after another came in asking for ammunition that of course, was not there on the shelf, or any shelf at any gun shop locally for that matter. They all plead their case, one or two of them said that they only had a few rounds for each of their particular guns and with hunting seaso...
Tags: Guns, David, Gear, Brussels, Death Valley, Winchester, Smith Wesson, LR, Ruger, ACP, Marlin, Enfield, Ithaca, Sheriff s Department, LCR, Makarov

MI Court of Appeals Affirms Slap-Down of Ban on Open Carry as beyond Legal Authority

Open Carry at Vertical Church U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The saga of  Michigan Secretary of State, radical democrat Jocelyn Benson's attempt to ban open carry at the Michigan polling places, without the legal authority to do so, continues. After the edict was declared on 16 October by Benson, Tom Lambert and a number of groups supporting the right to arms filed a lawsuit to stop the illegal usurpation of power on 22 October 2020. Michigan Judge Christopher Murray, of the Michigan Court of Claim...
Tags: Guns, Department Of Defense, Arizona, Michigan, Usc, Benson, State, Legislature, Michigan Supreme Court, George Soros, Dana Nessel, Supreme Court of the United States SCOTUS, Christopher Murray, Michigan Court of Appeals, Weingarten, Gun Rights News

Error getting Calibre 4.23 to recognise Kobo Forma

Over the last week, I have successfully transferred over 3,500 books to my Kobo Forma using the Send to Device function. However, since last night, when I plug it in, I keep getting the error message below, and it won't complete the job of getting the list of books from the device: calibre, version 4.23.0 ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device IOError: disk I/O error Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 90, in run File "site-packag...
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Bang or Bong in New Jersey, Now the Decision is Yours?: Election 2020

Opinion Bang or Bong in New Jersey, Now the Decision is Yours?: Election 2020, img iStock-823603532 New Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- The people of New Jersey have spoken, a ballot initiative was voted on making weed a “right”, that is a state constitutional amendment was made, making Marijuana legal in the green Garden State. Gun owners usually being fans of personal freedoms, should not take issue with this, should they?  After all, maximum rights preservation and expansion are principles that...
Tags: Human Rights, Guns, Obama, Washington, Massachusetts, Marijuana, US, United States, New Jersey, Nra, United State, ATF, Bong, Mary Jane, Gun Rights News, John Petrolino

Colorado: A Message from Your New Congresswoman-Elect Lauren Boebert

Lauren Boebert's official campaign photo. Colorado – -(AmmoLand.com)- Thank you! “It is an incredible honor and privilege to win this election and have the opportunity to be the first mom to serve Colorado's Third Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.” “I am so thankful to everyone who supported my campaign for freedom and prosperity. This is a win for the steelworkers in Pueblo and the ranchers in Craig and the peach farmers in Palisade and it's a win for ever...
Tags: Guns, Congress, Colorado, Washington, America, Gop, United States, House Of Representatives, Craig, Trump, Diane, Jayson, Pueblo, Kevin McCarthy, Cory Gardner, Palisade

76% off The Monster at the End of This Book Hardcover Picture Book {Amazon}

  Start a love for reading early with this fun Sesame Street book! This was a favorite of my boys! You can get 76% off the regular price of The Monster at the End of This Book Hardcover Picture Book at Amazon. Ships free with Prime or orders $25+ Details: Lovable, furry old Grover is... Read More
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Still on the Razor's Edge

I doubt I'll stay awake long enough for a definitive look at the matter before us and a post about winning or losing or waiting. Josie will be here tomorrow and I need my sleep.  So here are some cool cars I saw last week in Marshall.  Update: I did get up at three and look at what was happening. Arrgh!  How can so many people be so misguided? So I went back to bed. When six rolled around--my usual time for getting up on Josie days--I just wanted to pull the covers over my head a...
Tags: Gardening, Josie, Vicki Lane

Libra/Forma eInk color in the near future?

Today, I stumbled on the website below which has a tantalizing picture of eInk and Kobo with a mock-up of a Kobo Libra/Forma kind of device: https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/20...leido-screens/ Is this real and what the near future will offer us mortals? Anybody?
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HOW TO GROW A LEMON TREE FROM SEED - Citrus limon

How to grow a lemon tree from seed The lemon tree is an iconic plant in many parts of the mediterranean. It is a small, evergreen tree with fragrant blooms, but of course it most noted for its tangy, yellow fruits. The history of the lemon is a little hazy but the first cultivated varieties are believed to have been produced from wild plants originating from northeast India, northern Burma, and China. In fact India and China account for a third of the worlds commercial lemon production. ...
Tags: Europe, Gardening, China, India, Burma, John Innes, Simon Eade