diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 012ac856d2..b02f92bc17 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-__version__   = '0.6.0b11'
+__version__   = '0.6.0b12'
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"
 
 import re
diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/conversion.py b/src/calibre/customize/conversion.py
index 4d19ba4fad..4f2b279f85 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/conversion.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/conversion.py
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ class InputFormatPlugin(Plugin):
 
         return ret
 
+    def postprocess_book(self, oeb, opts, log):
+        pass
 
 class OutputFormatPlugin(Plugin):
     '''
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py
index 3c52ec2d7b..39170c69b5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryDirectory
 from calibre import extract, walk
 
 def supported_input_formats():
-    from calibre.customize.ui import available_input_formats
     fmts = available_input_formats()
     for x in ('zip', 'rar', 'oebzip'):
         fmts.add(x)
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ OptionRecommendation(name='remove_footer',
         help=_('Use a regular expression to try and remove the footer.'
             )
         ),
-        
+
 OptionRecommendation(name='footer_regex',
         recommended_value='(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\s*<a name=\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\s*)?\d+<br>\s*.*?\s*)|(\s*<a name=\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\s*)?.*?<br>\s*\d+))(?=<br>)',
         level=OptionRecommendation.LOW,
@@ -643,6 +642,7 @@ OptionRecommendation(name='list_recipes',
         if not hasattr(self.oeb, 'manifest'):
             self.oeb = create_oebbook(self.log, self.oeb, self.opts,
                     self.input_plugin)
+        self.input_plugin.postprocess_book(self.oeb, self.opts, self.log)
         pr = CompositeProgressReporter(0.34, 0.67, self.ui_reporter)
         self.flush()
         pr(0., _('Running transforms on ebook...'))
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py
index 3052ffebed..6078efe883 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/input.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class RecipeInput(InputFormatPlugin):
 
         ro = recipe(opts, log, self.report_progress)
         ro.download()
+        self.recipe_object = ro
         for key, val in recipe.conversion_options.items():
             setattr(opts, key, val)
 
@@ -66,6 +67,6 @@ class RecipeInput(InputFormatPlugin):
             if f.endswith('.opf'):
                 return os.path.abspath(f)
 
-
-
+    def postprocess_book(self, oeb, opts, log):
+        self.recipe_object.postprocess_book(oeb, opts, log)
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
index 2bf9d04ca6..6ca0f8318f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
@@ -451,6 +451,15 @@ class BasicNewsRecipe(Recipe):
         '''
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def postprocess_book(self, oeb, opts, log):
+        '''
+        Run any needed post processing on the parsed downloaded e-book.
+
+        :param oeb: An OEBBook object
+        :param opts: Conversion options
+        '''
+        pass
+
     def __init__(self, options, log, progress_reporter):
         '''
         Initialize the recipe.
@@ -959,13 +968,13 @@ class BasicNewsRecipe(Recipe):
         a = request.requestID[1]
 
         article = request.article
-        self.log.debug(_('\nDownloaded article %s from %s')%(article.title, article.url))
+        self.log.debug(_(u'\nDownloaded article %s from %s')%(article.title, article.url))
         article.orig_url = article.url
         article.url = 'article_%d/index.html'%a
         article.downloaded = True
         article.sub_pages  = result[1][1:]
         self.jobs_done += 1
-        self.report_progress(float(self.jobs_done)/len(self.jobs), _('Article downloaded: %s')%article.title)
+        self.report_progress(float(self.jobs_done)/len(self.jobs), _(u'Article downloaded: %s')%article.title)
         if result[2]:
             self.partial_failures.append((request.feed.title, article.title, article.url, result[2]))