diff --git a/src/calibre/__init__.py b/src/calibre/__init__.py
index 737fa0b383..e44f8d8ec6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/__init__.py
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ def prints(*args, **kwargs):
                             raise
                         arg = repr(arg)
 
-        file.write(arg)
+        try:
+            file.write(arg)
+        except:
+            file.write(repr(arg))
         if i != len(args)-1:
             file.write(sep)
     file.write(end)
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
index f4d1889d64..a0057d8ec9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ from calibre import prints, guess_type
 from calibre.devices.errors import DeviceError
 from calibre.constants import DEBUG
 from calibre.ebooks.chardet import xml_to_unicode
-from calibre.ebooks.metadata import string_to_authors, authors_to_string
+from calibre.ebooks.metadata import string_to_authors, authors_to_string, \
+    title_sort
 
 # Utility functions {{{
 EMPTY_CARD_CACHE = '''\
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ class XMLCache(object):
                 if record is None:
                     record = self.create_text_record(root, i, book.lpath)
                 self.update_text_record(record, book, path, i)
+
             bl_pmap = playlist_map[i]
             self.update_playlists(i, root, booklist, bl_pmap,
                     collections_attributes)
@@ -339,15 +341,12 @@ class XMLCache(object):
             collections_attributes):
         collections = booklist.get_collections(collections_attributes)
         for category, books in collections.items():
-            for b in books:
-                if self.book_by_lpath(b.lpath, root) is None:
-                    print b.lpath
             records = [self.book_by_lpath(b.lpath, root) for b in books]
             # Remove any books that were not found, although this
             # *should* never happen
             if DEBUG and None in records:
                 prints('WARNING: Some elements in the JSON cache were not'
-                        'found in the XML cache')
+                        ' found in the XML cache')
             records = [x for x in records if x is not None]
             for rec in records:
                 if rec.get('id', None) is None:
@@ -416,6 +415,10 @@ class XMLCache(object):
             record.set('date', date)
         record.set('size', str(os.stat(path).st_size))
         record.set('title', book.title)
+        ts = book.title_sort
+        if not ts:
+            ts = title_sort(book.title)
+        record.set('titleSorter', ts)
         record.set('author', authors_to_string(book.authors))
         ext = os.path.splitext(path)[1]
         if ext:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py
index e5c6ffd5f7..d2c3839466 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 import os
 from functools import partial
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QTableView, Qt, QAbstractItemView, QMenu, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt4.Qt import QTableView, Qt, QAbstractItemView, QMenu, pyqtSignal, \
+    QModelIndex
 
 from calibre.gui2.library.delegates import RatingDelegate, PubDateDelegate, \
     TextDelegate, DateDelegate, TagsDelegate, CcTextDelegate, \
@@ -110,17 +111,21 @@ class BooksView(QTableView): # {{{
                 ac = a if self._model.sorted_on[1] == Qt.AscendingOrder else d
                 ac.setCheckable(True)
                 ac.setChecked(True)
-            m = self.column_header_context_menu.addMenu(
-                    _('Change text alignment for %s') % name)
-            al = self._model.alignment_map.get(col, 'left')
-            for x, t in (('left', _('Left')), ('right', _('Right')), ('center',
-                _('Center'))):
-                    a = m.addAction(t,
-                        partial(self.column_header_context_handler,
-                        action='align_'+x, column=col))
-                    if al == x:
-                        a.setCheckable(True)
-                        a.setChecked(True)
+            if col not in ('ondevice', 'rating', 'inlibrary') and \
+                    (not self.model().is_custom_column(col) or \
+                    self.model().custom_columns[col]['datatype'] not in ('bool',
+                        'rating')):
+                m = self.column_header_context_menu.addMenu(
+                        _('Change text alignment for %s') % name)
+                al = self._model.alignment_map.get(col, 'left')
+                for x, t in (('left', _('Left')), ('right', _('Right')), ('center',
+                    _('Center'))):
+                        a = m.addAction(t,
+                            partial(self.column_header_context_handler,
+                            action='align_'+x, column=col))
+                        if al == x:
+                            a.setCheckable(True)
+                            a.setChecked(True)
 
 
 
@@ -288,6 +293,12 @@ class BooksView(QTableView): # {{{
             old_state['sort_history'] = tweaks['sort_columns_at_startup']
 
         self.apply_state(old_state)
+
+        # Resize all rows to have the correct height
+        if self.model().rowCount(QModelIndex()) > 0:
+            self.resizeRowToContents(0)
+            self.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(self.rowHeight(0))
+
         self.was_restored = True
 
     # }}}
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index 8f30e5a9c4..6ed51d3eff 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -636,16 +636,9 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
                 self.download_scheduled_recipe, Qt.QueuedConnection)
         self.library_view.verticalHeader().sectionClicked.connect(self.view_specific_book)
 
-        if self.library_view.model().rowCount(None) > 1:
-            self.library_view.resizeRowToContents(0)
-            height = self.library_view.rowHeight(0)
-        else:
-            height = None
         for view in ('library', 'memory', 'card_a', 'card_b'):
             view = getattr(self, view+'_view')
             view.verticalHeader().sectionDoubleClicked.connect(self.view_specific_book)
-            if height is not None:
-                view.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(height)
 
         self.location_view.setCurrentIndex(self.location_view.model().index(0))