Calibre Web v0.6.8 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-06-03 // over 4 years ago
  • New features:

    • Cover view in lists selection
    • โšก๏ธ Updated comic api (using now also unrar instead of unrarlib) -> needs manual update via pip
    • ๐Ÿ“‡ Updated comic api now also extracts metadata from cbt files
    • .png and webp pictures are extracted as cover pictures from comic books
    • Config option for limiting email size
    • Config option for changing upload formats
    • โž• Added Epub to Kepub conversion using kepubify
    • Automatic .kepub.epub ending if downloading books using kobo reader
    • ๐Ÿšš Fimally removed KindleGen
    • Autodetect calibre converter, unrar binary and kepubify on first startup
    • โž• Add "asin" to recognized identifiers
    • โž• Added config option for automatic username during registration
    • ๐Ÿ”„ Changed supported audio files
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved error handling for cover upload from url
    • ๐Ÿ“‡ Metadata.db is now automatically removed of database location string
    • ๐Ÿ”— linked readstatus to calibre custom column is now excluded automatically from view
    • Prevent empty series_index field
    • Deactived Archived books in sidebar, deactivate all archived books functions

    ๐Ÿ› Bug Fixes:

    • Upload books with python2 is possible again
    • ๐ŸŒ Spanish translation no longer crashs the app in config settings
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed covers for archived books not shown
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixes for readonly metadata.db
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved debug output on send emails
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for private shelfs are listed twice in "add to shelf" dropdown menu in search results
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for importing ldap users with whitespaces in the name
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for tags with "&" in the name can't be removed from visibility restrictions
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for kobo sync errors out if read/unread books had been present in app.db during initial database migration
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix error 500 on reset password in debug mode
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for Kobo sync not working if series is given, but no series_index
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for saving settings with enabled gdrive metadata watch led to crash
    • โž• Added missing float custom column to search form
    • ๐Ÿ‘ Better detection of localhost for kobo sync
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix XML parsing error when using OPDS feeds
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for >1000 read books lead to error 500 in read menu
    • ๐ŸŒฒ Fix for failed recovery of config_logfile and config access_log, in case folder of logfiles is not present anymore