exlibris
exlibris is a tool for adding an ex libris to EPUB eBooks, available as a CLI tool, a GUI tool, and Calibre plugin.
- Version: 1.0.19
- Date: 2014-09-02
- Developer: Alberto Pettarin (contact)
- License: the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3), see LICENSE
There are three main usage cases:
- a CLI script, useful for batch processing;
- a GUI tool, useful if you prefer a graphical interface; and
- a plugin for Calibre.
Important updates
- 2014-09-02 Please note that exlibris needs substantial code refactoring. Unfortunately, I no longer have time to develop or maintain exlibris. Please fork and improve. If you are willing to take it over, please let me know.
Main library
Look inside the lib/ directory.
CLI
Look inside the cli/ directory.
To get its usage, run it without arguments:
$ python exlibris-cli.py
GUI
Look inside the gui/ directory.
To run it:
$ python exlibris-gui.py
To get the Italian version:
$ python exlibris-gui.py it
Plugin for Calibre
Look inside the plugin_calibre/ directory.
To compile it locally:
$ bash compile_plugin.sh
Note that you can get this plugin directly using the Plugin manager inside Calibre.
License
exlibris is released under the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3).
Limitations and Missing Features
- Perform real EPUB parsing using an XML parser
- Code clean-up: remove replicated code
- Let the user insert an image as the ex libris (e.g., by building a suitable XHTML page around it)
- Better command line parsing (e.g., by using
argparse) - (Plugin Calibre only) Expose shortcut to the Calibre shortcut manager
- (Plugin Calibre only) When using the "Copy EPUB" function, mark the new EPUB (with the ex libris) to distinguish it from the original one