WordDumb
A calibre plugin that generates Word Wise and X-Ray files then sends them to Kindle. Supports KFX, AZW3 and MOBI eBooks.
Languages X-Ray supports: Català, Dansk, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Lietuvių, Nederlands, Norsk bokmål, Polski, Português, Română, Ελληνικά, Русский, 中文, 日本語.
X-Ray doesn't support macOS, because macOS prohibits calibre from loading unsigned library.
How to use
- Install calibre
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macOS: use Homebrew or download from https://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx
$ brew install calibre
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Arch Linux
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pacman -Syu --needed calibre
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Other Linux distros
$ sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sudo sh /dev/stdin
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Install Python 3(pip3)
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macOS
// recommended
$ brew install python// or install outdated pip3 from Apple's developer tools
$ xcode-select --install -
Arch Linux
pip module is installed in the last step.
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Ubuntu
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install python3-pip -
Windows: https://www.python.org/downloads
If you've installed 64-bit calibre, you should install 64-bit Python. If you have 32-bit calibre then download 32-bit Python. Select "Install Now".
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Install WordDumb:
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Install KFX Input plugin for KFX books(optional).
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Set preferences
Enable "search people" option for nonfiction books and novels that have character pages on Wikipedia to add people descriptions in X-Ray.
- Connect Kindle to calibre, select one book or multiple books then click the plugin icon or menu.
- Never add ASIN to your book, that will cause Kindle to replace Word Wise and X-Ray files.
- Don't add soft hyphens, it will cause the plugin to produce a mediocre X-Ray file.
- This plugin requires access to https://files.pythonhosted.org (download dependencies) and https://raw.githubusercontent.com (download NLTK and spaCy model) at first run, and https://wikipedia.org every time if X-Ray is enabled. These domains might be blocked in some countries.
