diff --git a/recipes/hbr.recipe b/recipes/hbr.recipe
index cd7dcd2061..1152a48784 100644
--- a/recipes/hbr.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hbr.recipe
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 import re
+from datetime import date, timedelta
 
 class HBR(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
@@ -12,13 +13,14 @@ class HBR(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
 
     LOGIN_URL = 'http://hbr.org/login?request_url=/'
-    INDEX = 'http://hbr.org/current'
+    INDEX = 'http://hbr.org/archive-toc/BR'
 
     keep_only_tags = [dict(name='div', id='pageContainer')]
     remove_tags = [dict(id=['mastheadContainer', 'magazineHeadline',
         'articleToolbarTopRD', 'pageRightSubColumn', 'pageRightColumn',
         'todayOnHBRListWidget', 'mostWidget', 'keepUpWithHBR',
         'mailingListTout', 'partnerCenter', 'pageFooter',
+        'superNavHeadContainer', 'hbrDisqus',
         'articleToolbarTop', 'articleToolbarBottom', 'articleToolbarRD']),
         dict(name='iframe')]
     extra_css = '''
@@ -55,9 +57,14 @@ class HBR(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
 
     def hbr_get_toc(self):
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(self.INDEX)
-        url = soup.find('a', text=lambda t:'Full Table of Contents' in t).parent.get('href')
-        return self.index_to_soup('http://hbr.org'+url)
+        today = date.today()
+        future = today + timedelta(days=30)
+        for x in [x.strftime('%y%m') for x in (future, today)]:
+            url = self.INDEX + x
+            soup = self.index_to_soup(url)
+            if not soup.find(text='Issue Not Found'):
+                return soup
+        raise Exception('Could not find current issue')
 
     def hbr_parse_section(self, container, feeds):
         current_section = None
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.py
index 2ec4ed83ea..186821b0c3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.py
@@ -474,20 +474,13 @@ def serialize_user_metadata(metadata_elem, all_user_metadata, tail='\n'+(' '*8))
         metadata_elem.append(meta)
 
 
-def dump_user_categories(cats):
+def dump_dict(cats):
     if not cats:
         cats = {}
     from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.json_codec import object_to_unicode
     return json.dumps(object_to_unicode(cats), ensure_ascii=False,
             skipkeys=True)
 
-def dump_author_links(links):
-    if not links:
-        links = {}
-    from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.json_codec import object_to_unicode
-    return json.dumps(object_to_unicode(links), ensure_ascii=False,
-            skipkeys=True)
-
 class OPF(object): # {{{
 
     MIMETYPE         = 'application/oebps-package+xml'
@@ -544,9 +537,9 @@ class OPF(object): # {{{
                                     formatter=parse_date, renderer=isoformat)
     user_categories = MetadataField('user_categories', is_dc=False,
                                     formatter=json.loads,
-                                    renderer=dump_user_categories)
+                                    renderer=dump_dict)
     author_link_map = MetadataField('author_link_map', is_dc=False,
-                                formatter=json.loads, renderer=dump_author_links)
+                                formatter=json.loads, renderer=dump_dict)
 
     def __init__(self, stream, basedir=os.getcwdu(), unquote_urls=True,
             populate_spine=True):
@@ -1345,7 +1338,7 @@ def metadata_to_opf(mi, as_string=True):
             factory(DC('subject'), tag)
     meta = lambda n, c: factory('meta', name='calibre:'+n, content=c)
     if getattr(mi, 'author_link_map', None) is not None:
-        meta('author_link_map', dump_author_links(mi.author_link_map))
+        meta('author_link_map', dump_dict(mi.author_link_map))
     if mi.series:
         meta('series', mi.series)
     if mi.series_index is not None:
@@ -1359,7 +1352,7 @@ def metadata_to_opf(mi, as_string=True):
     if mi.title_sort:
         meta('title_sort', mi.title_sort)
     if mi.user_categories:
-        meta('user_categories', dump_user_categories(mi.user_categories))
+        meta('user_categories', dump_dict(mi.user_categories))
 
     serialize_user_metadata(metadata, mi.get_all_user_metadata(False))
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 88c5653ee7..c9550dd01e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@ gprefs.defaults['tags_browser_partition_method'] = 'first letter'
 gprefs.defaults['tags_browser_collapse_at'] = 100
 gprefs.defaults['edit_metadata_single_layout'] = 'default'
 gprefs.defaults['book_display_fields'] = [
-        ('title', False), ('authors', False), ('formats', True),
+        ('title', False), ('authors', True), ('formats', True),
         ('series', True), ('identifiers', True), ('tags', True),
         ('path', True), ('publisher', False), ('rating', False),
         ('author_sort', False), ('sort', False), ('timestamp', False),
         ('uuid', False), ('comments', True), ('id', False), ('pubdate', False),
         ('last_modified', False), ('size', False),
         ]
+gprefs.defaults['default_author_link'] = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search={author}'
 
 # }}}
 
@@ -181,14 +182,6 @@ def _config(): # {{{
             help=_('Show the average rating per item indication in the tag browser'))
     c.add_opt('disable_animations', default=False,
             help=_('Disable UI animations'))
-    c.add_opt('default_author_link',
-              default='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search={author}',
-              help='<p>' +
-                _('Enter a template to be used to create a link for'
-                  'an author in the books information dialog. This template will '
-                  'be used when no link has been provided for the author using '
-                  'Manage Authors. You can use the values {author} and '
-                  '{author_sort}, and any template function.') + '</p>')
 
     # This option is no longer used. It remains for compatibility with upgrades
     # so the value can be migrated
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py b/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py
index 1927b1448e..2d7b3b1479 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ def render_data(mi, use_roman_numbers=True, all_fields=False):
             for aut in mi.authors:
                 if mi.author_link_map[aut]:
                     link = mi.author_link_map[aut]
-                elif config.get('default_author_link'):
+                elif gprefs.get('default_author_link'):
                     vals = {'author': aut}
                     try:
                         vals['author_sort'] =  mi.author_sort_map[aut]
                     except:
                         vals['author_sort'] = aut
                     link = formatter.safe_format(
-                            config.get('default_author_link'), vals, '', vals)
+                            gprefs.get('default_author_link'), vals, '', vals)
                 if link:
                     authors.append(u'<a href="%s">%s</a>'%(urllib2.quote(link), aut))
                 else:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
index b3cba27bc9..8cbc2e1979 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel): # {{{
         self.ids_to_highlight_set = set()
         self.current_highlighted_idx = None
         self.highlight_only = False
-        self.current_row = -1
         self.colors = frozenset([unicode(c) for c in QColor.colorNames()])
         self.formatter = SafeFormat()
         self.read_config()
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel): # {{{
         self.color_cache = defaultdict(dict)
         for row in rows:
             if row == current_row:
-                self.current_row = row
                 self.new_bookdisplay_data.emit(
                           self.get_book_display_info(row))
             self.dataChanged.emit(self.index(row, 0), self.index(row,
@@ -332,8 +330,6 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel): # {{{
     def refresh(self, reset=True):
         self.db.refresh(field=None)
         self.resort(reset=reset)
-        if self.current_row >= 0:
-            self.new_bookdisplay_data.emit(self.get_book_display_info(self.current_row))
 
     def reset(self):
         self.color_cache = defaultdict(dict)
@@ -373,14 +369,12 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel): # {{{
 
     def current_changed(self, current, previous, emit_signal=True):
         if current.isValid():
-            self.current_row = idx = current.row()
+            idx = current.row()
             data = self.get_book_display_info(idx)
             if emit_signal:
                 self.new_bookdisplay_data.emit(data)
             else:
                 return data
-        else:
-            self.current_row = -1
 
     def get_book_info(self, index):
         if isinstance(index, int):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py
index 841193373b..a0f4953c9a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class ConfigWidget(ConfigWidgetBase, Ui_Form):
                    (_('Partitioned'), 'partition')]
         r('tags_browser_partition_method', gprefs, choices=choices)
         r('tags_browser_collapse_at', gprefs)
-        r('default_author_link', config)
+        r('default_author_link', gprefs)
 
         choices = set([k for k in db.field_metadata.all_field_keys()
                 if db.field_metadata[k]['is_category'] and
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
index f8dc9dc782..07d533fdef 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
        <item row="0" column="0">
         <layout class="QHBoxLayout">
          <item>
-          <widget class="QLabel">
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Default author link template:</string>
            </property>
@@ -256,7 +256,15 @@
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item>
-          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="opt_default_author_link"/>
+          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="opt_default_author_link">
+           <property name="toolTip">
+            <string>&lt;p&gt;Enter a template to be used to create a link for
+an author in the books information dialog. This template will 
+be used when no link has been provided for the author using 
+Manage Authors. You can use the values {author} and 
+{author_sort}, and any template function.</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
          </item>
         </layout>
        </item>