boyer411

So I figured out what I needed to do to get each issue to display properly. Each issue needs its own folder under the Magazine top folder. That's the only way to get the program to autocreate a thumbnail for each issue. So for me it looks like. /magazines/Wired_2017-04/2017-04 - Wired.pdf /magazines/Wired_2017-03/2017-04 - Wired.pdf The biggest downside is that it will end up being a huge number of folders with no real folder structure. but the thumbnails all show up properly so i'm happy. I was also able to change Lazy Librarian to auto create my folders this way.

I use Aptalca's RDP-Calibre Docker. It works pretty well and I was able to transition my desktop calibre library over to the docker install without too much difficulty. Because you are accessing through a RDP connection, its not quite as responsive as the desktop app. For the most part, I only access it to update metadata or convert to other ebook formats. Otherwise, i use the built in calibre web server to add books directly to my kindle.

Hmmm. Inside my magazine folder I have a folder for each actual magazine title. No sub folders for each issue. I see a cover for each magazine title but not a new cover for each monthly issue. my folder structure is: /magazines/Wired/aprilissue.pdf /magazines/Wired/mayissue.pdf see attached...

I have been using Linuxserver.io docker of LazyLibrarian to automate download and postprocessing of magazines. Once I got the folder options set up right it works great. If you need more info on how I set this up, let me know. I wouldn't waste any time duplicating the automation already in LazyLibrarian. The viewing part was what I was having trouble with. I couldn't get Calibre configured to work really well with magazines. I love Calibre for books but not magazines. So far in my testing, Magrack has been awesome for magazines. It makes viewing them so easy. My main suggestion is change it so it shows each cover accurately. Right now if I have 3 issues of a magazine, they all get the same cover, and its not necessarily the newest one. Also a way to sort them would be nice. (Name, Issue Date, Date Added) If not that, then do what mgworek said and only show the newest cover for a magazine and then once you select it, it shows each issue for that specific magazine. Thanks for the work you are putting into it! Edit: Just noticed this is almost a year old but hoping development is still happening

I just upgraded from b12 to b14b and after deleting my docker image and re-creating it, my user-defined templates were all blank, as well as the default templates. I ended up deleting out the repository, applying, and adding back the repository. After that, all the templates were populated.