diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
index 59047c92dd..813cd1f48b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
@@ -1155,16 +1155,8 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
                 self.library_view.selectionModel().selectedRows()]
         jobs, changed, bad = convert_single_ebook(self, self.library_view.model().db, book_ids, True, format)
         if jobs == []: return
-        for func, args, desc, fmt, id, temp_files in jobs:
-            if id not in bad:
-                job = self.job_manager.run_job(Dispatcher(self.book_auto_converted),
-                                        func, args=args, description=desc)
-                self.conversion_jobs[job] = (temp_files, fmt, id, on_card)
-
-        if changed:
-            self.library_view.model().refresh_rows(rows)
-            current = self.library_view.currentIndex()
-            self.library_view.model().current_changed(current, previous)
+        self.queue_convert_jobs(jobs, changed, bad, rows, previous,
+                self.book_auto_converted, extra_job_args=[on_card])
 
     def auto_convert_mail(self, to, fmts, delete_from_library, book_ids, format):
         previous = self.library_view.currentIndex()
@@ -1172,17 +1164,9 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
                 self.library_view.selectionModel().selectedRows()]
         jobs, changed, bad = convert_single_ebook(self, self.library_view.model().db, book_ids, True, format)
         if jobs == []: return
-        for func, args, desc, fmt, id, temp_files in jobs:
-            if id not in bad:
-                job = self.job_manager.run_job(Dispatcher(self.book_auto_converted_mail),
-                                        func, args=args, description=desc)
-                self.conversion_jobs[job] = (temp_files, fmt, id,
-                        delete_from_library, to, fmts)
-
-        if changed:
-            self.library_view.model().refresh_rows(rows)
-            current = self.library_view.currentIndex()
-            self.library_view.model().current_changed(current, previous)
+        self.queue_convert_jobs(jobs, changed, bad, rows, previous,
+                self.book_auto_converted_mail,
+                extra_job_args=[delete_from_library, to, fmts])
 
     def auto_convert_news(self, book_ids, format):
         previous = self.library_view.currentIndex()
@@ -1190,17 +1174,8 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
                 self.library_view.selectionModel().selectedRows()]
         jobs, changed, bad = convert_single_ebook(self, self.library_view.model().db, book_ids, True, format)
         if jobs == []: return
-        for func, args, desc, fmt, id, temp_files in jobs:
-            if id not in bad:
-                job = self.job_manager.run_job(Dispatcher(self.book_auto_converted_news),
-                                        func, args=args, description=desc)
-                self.conversion_jobs[job] = (temp_files, fmt, id)
-
-        if changed:
-            self.library_view.model().refresh_rows(rows)
-            current = self.library_view.currentIndex()
-            self.library_view.model().current_changed(current, previous)
-
+        self.queue_convert_jobs(jobs, changed, bad, rows, previous,
+                self.book_auto_converted_news)
 
     def get_books_for_conversion(self):
         rows = [r.row() for r in \
@@ -1219,16 +1194,24 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
         rows = [x.row() for x in \
                 self.library_view.selectionModel().selectedRows()]
         if bulk or (bulk is None and len(book_ids) > 1):
-            jobs, changed, bad = convert_bulk_ebook(self,
-                self.library_view.model().db, book_ids, out_format=prefs['output_format'])
+            self.__bulk_queue = convert_bulk_ebook(self, self.queue_convert_jobs,
+                self.library_view.model().db, book_ids,
+                out_format=prefs['output_format'], args=(rows, previous,
+                    self.book_converted))
         else:
             jobs, changed, bad = convert_single_ebook(self,
                 self.library_view.model().db, book_ids, out_format=prefs['output_format'])
+            self.queue_convert_jobs(jobs, changed, bad, rows, previous,
+                    self.book_converted)
+
+    def queue_convert_jobs(self, jobs, changed, bad, rows, previous,
+            converted_func, extra_job_args=[]):
         for func, args, desc, fmt, id, temp_files in jobs:
             if id not in bad:
-                job = self.job_manager.run_job(Dispatcher(self.book_converted),
+                job = self.job_manager.run_job(Dispatcher(converted_func),
                                             func, args=args, description=desc)
-                self.conversion_jobs[job] = (temp_files, fmt, id)
+                args = [temp_files, fmt, id]+extra_job_args
+                self.conversion_jobs[job] = tuple(args)
 
         if changed:
             self.library_view.model().refresh_rows(rows)
@@ -1236,77 +1219,22 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, DeviceGUI):
             self.library_view.model().current_changed(current, previous)
 
     def book_auto_converted(self, job):
-        temp_files, fmt, book_id, on_card = self.conversion_jobs.pop(job)
-        try:
-            if job.failed:
-                return self.job_exception(job)
-            data = open(temp_files[-1].name, 'rb')
-            self.library_view.model().db.add_format(book_id, fmt, data, index_is_id=True)
-            data.close()
-            self.status_bar.showMessage(job.description + (' completed'), 2000)
-        finally:
-            for f in temp_files:
-                try:
-                    if os.path.exists(f.name):
-                        os.remove(f.name)
-                except:
-                    pass
-        self.tags_view.recount()
-        if self.current_view() is self.library_view:
-            current = self.library_view.currentIndex()
-            self.library_view.model().current_changed(current, QModelIndex())
-
+        temp_files, fmt, book_id, on_card = self.conversion_jobs[job]
+        self.book_converted(job)
         self.sync_to_device(on_card, False, specific_format=fmt, send_ids=[book_id], do_auto_convert=False)
 
     def book_auto_converted_mail(self, job):
-        temp_files, fmt, book_id, delete_from_library, to, fmts = self.conversion_jobs.pop(job)
-        try:
-            if job.failed:
-                self.job_exception(job)
-                return
-            data = open(temp_files[-1].name, 'rb')
-            self.library_view.model().db.add_format(book_id, fmt, data, index_is_id=True)
-            data.close()
-            self.status_bar.showMessage(job.description + (' completed'), 2000)
-        finally:
-            for f in temp_files:
-                try:
-                    if os.path.exists(f.name):
-                        os.remove(f.name)
-                except:
-                    pass
-        self.tags_view.recount()
-        if self.current_view() is self.library_view:
-            current = self.library_view.currentIndex()
-            self.library_view.model().current_changed(current, QModelIndex())
-
+        temp_files, fmt, book_id, delete_from_library, to, fmts = self.conversion_jobs[job]
+        self.book_converted(job)
         self.send_by_mail(to, fmts, delete_from_library, specific_format=fmt, send_ids=[book_id], do_auto_convert=False)
 
     def book_auto_converted_news(self, job):
-        temp_files, fmt, book_id = self.conversion_jobs.pop(job)
-        try:
-            if job.failed:
-                return self.job_exception(job)
-            data = open(temp_files[-1].name, 'rb')
-            self.library_view.model().db.add_format(book_id, fmt, data, index_is_id=True)
-            data.close()
-            self.status_bar.showMessage(job.description + (' completed'), 2000)
-        finally:
-            for f in temp_files:
-                try:
-                    if os.path.exists(f.name):
-                        os.remove(f.name)
-                except:
-                    pass
-        self.tags_view.recount()
-        if self.current_view() is self.library_view:
-            current = self.library_view.currentIndex()
-            self.library_view.model().current_changed(current, QModelIndex())
-
+        temp_files, fmt, book_id = self.conversion_jobs[job]
+        self.book_converted(job)
         self.sync_news(send_ids=[book_id], do_auto_convert=False)
 
     def book_converted(self, job):
-        temp_files, fmt, book_id = self.conversion_jobs.pop(job)
+        temp_files, fmt, book_id = self.conversion_jobs.pop(job)[:3]
         try:
             if job.failed:
                 self.job_exception(job)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py
index 76c57d676c..8ffaceaa64 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Logic for setting up conversion jobs
 
 import cPickle
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QDialog
+from PyQt4.Qt import QDialog, QProgressDialog, QString, QTimer, SIGNAL
 
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.gui2 import warning_dialog, question_dialog
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def convert_single_ebook(parent, db, book_ids, auto_conversion=False, out_format
 
     return jobs, changed, bad
 
-def convert_bulk_ebook(parent, db, book_ids, out_format=None):
+def convert_bulk_ebook(parent, queue, db, book_ids, out_format=None, args=[]):
     changed = False
     jobs = []
     bad = []
@@ -112,32 +112,55 @@ def convert_bulk_ebook(parent, db, book_ids, out_format=None):
     user_recs = cPickle.loads(d.recommendations)
 
     book_ids = convert_existing(parent, db, book_ids, output_format)
-    for i, book_id in enumerate(book_ids):
+    return QueueBulk(parent, book_ids, output_format, queue, db, user_recs, args)
+
+class QueueBulk(QProgressDialog):
+
+    def __init__(self, parent, book_ids, output_format, queue, db, user_recs, args):
+        QProgressDialog.__init__(self, '',
+                QString(), 0, len(book_ids), parent)
+        self.setWindowTitle(_('Queueing books for bulk conversion'))
+        self.book_ids, self.output_format, self.queue, self.db, self.args, self.user_recs = \
+                book_ids, output_format, queue, db, args, user_recs
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.i, self.bad, self.jobs, self.changed = 0, [], [], False
+        self.timer = QTimer(self)
+        self.connect(self.timer, SIGNAL('timeout()'), self.do_book)
+        self.timer.start()
+        self.exec_()
+
+    def do_book(self):
+        if self.i >= len(self.book_ids):
+            self.timer.stop()
+            return self.do_queue()
+        book_id = self.book_ids[self.i]
+        self.i += 1
+
         temp_files = []
-        input_format = get_input_format_for_book(db, book_id, None)[0]
 
         try:
-            mi, opf_file = create_opf_file(db, book_id)
-            in_file = db.format_abspath(book_id, input_format, True)
+            input_format = get_input_format_for_book(self.db, book_id, None)[0]
+            mi, opf_file = create_opf_file(self.db, book_id)
+            in_file = self.db.format_abspath(book_id, input_format, True)
 
-            out_file = PersistentTemporaryFile('.' + output_format)
-            out_file.write(output_format)
+            out_file = PersistentTemporaryFile('.' + self.output_format)
+            out_file.write(self.output_format)
             out_file.close()
             temp_files = []
 
             combined_recs = GuiRecommendations()
             default_recs = load_defaults('%s_input' % input_format)
-            specific_recs = load_specifics(db, book_id)
+            specific_recs = load_specifics(self.db, book_id)
             for key in default_recs:
                 combined_recs[key] = default_recs[key]
             for key in specific_recs:
                 combined_recs[key] = specific_recs[key]
-            for item in user_recs:
+            for item in self.user_recs:
                 combined_recs[item[0]] = item[1]
-            save_specifics(db, book_id, combined_recs)
+            save_specifics(self.db, book_id, combined_recs)
             lrecs = list(combined_recs.to_recommendations())
 
-            cover_file = create_cover_file(db, book_id)
+            cover_file = create_cover_file(self.db, book_id)
 
             if opf_file is not None:
                 lrecs.append(('read_metadata_from_opf', opf_file.name,
@@ -156,30 +179,34 @@ def convert_bulk_ebook(parent, db, book_ids, out_format=None):
                 dtitle = unicode(mi.title)
             except:
                 dtitle = repr(mi.title)
-            desc = _('Convert book %d of %d (%s)') % (i + 1, total, dtitle)
+            self.setLabelText(_('Queueing ')+dtitle)
+            desc = _('Convert book %d of %d (%s)') % (self.i, len(self.book_ids), dtitle)
 
             args = [in_file, out_file.name, lrecs]
             temp_files.append(out_file)
-            jobs.append(('gui_convert', args, desc, output_format.upper(), book_id, temp_files))
+            self.jobs.append(('gui_convert', args, desc, self.output_format.upper(), book_id, temp_files))
 
-            changed = True
+            self.changed = True
+            self.setValue(self.i)
         except NoSupportedInputFormats:
-            bad.append(book_id)
+            self.bad.append(book_id)
 
-    if bad != []:
-        res = []
-        for id in bad:
-            title = db.title(id, True)
-            res.append('%s'%title)
+    def do_queue(self):
+        self.hide()
+        if self.bad != []:
+            res = []
+            for id in self.bad:
+                title = self.db.title(id, True)
+                res.append('%s'%title)
 
-        msg = '%s' % '\n'.join(res)
-        warning_dialog(parent, _('Could not convert some books'),
-            _('Could not convert %d of %d books, because no suitable '
-            'source format was found.') % (len(res), total),
-            msg).exec_()
-
-    jobs.reverse()
-    return jobs, changed, bad
+            msg = '%s' % '\n'.join(res)
+            warning_dialog(self.parent, _('Could not convert some books'),
+                _('Could not convert %d of %d books, because no suitable '
+                'source format was found.') % (len(res), len(self.book_ids)),
+                msg).exec_()
+        self.parent = None
+        self.jobs.reverse()
+        self.queue(self.jobs, self.changed, self.bad, *self.args)
 
 def fetch_scheduled_recipe(recipe, script):
     from calibre.gui2.dialogs.scheduler import config
diff --git a/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot b/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot
index a33e94cdb2..50c5852ac0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot
+++ b/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: calibre 0.6.12\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-09-11 15:00+MDT\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2009-09-11 15:00+MDT\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-09-13 10:26+MDT\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2009-09-13 10:26+MDT\n"
 "Last-Translator: Automatically generated\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/comic/input.py:403
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/input.py:65
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/input.py:67
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py:317
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py:320
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py:318
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py:321
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py:1895
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py:1897
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/output.py:24
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ msgstr ""
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/add.py:111
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/add.py:118
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/__init__.py:21
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:81
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:106
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:108
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:99
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:124
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:126
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/device.py:539
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/device.py:548
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/device.py:765
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ msgid "Normally this input plugin re-arranges all the input files into a standar
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py:266
-msgid "Average line length for line breaking if the HTML is from a previous partial conversion of a PDF file. Default is %default."
+msgid "Average line length for line breaking if the HTML is from a previous partial conversion of a PDF file. Default is %default which disables this."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/from_any.py:47
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ msgid "Bulk Convert"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/bulk.py:73
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/single.py:153
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/single.py:177
 msgid "Options specific to the output format."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2339,43 +2339,43 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "&Monospaced font family:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:23
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:41
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py:145
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main_ui.py:169
 msgid "Metadata"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:25
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:43
 msgid "Set the metadata. The output file will contain as much of this metadata as possible."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:134
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:152
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py:95
 msgid "Choose cover for "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:141
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:159
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py:102
 msgid "Cannot read"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:142
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:160
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py:103
 msgid "You do not have permission to read the file: "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:150
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:157
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:168
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:175
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py:111
 msgid "Error reading file"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:151
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:169
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py:112
 msgid "<p>There was an error reading from file: <br /><b>"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:158
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py:176
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py:120
 msgid " is not a valid picture"
 msgstr ""
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ msgid "RB Output"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/regex_builder.py:76
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1385
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1313
 msgid "Choose the format to view"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2603,11 +2603,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Regex:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/single.py:139
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/single.py:163
 msgid "Convert"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/single.py:164
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/convert/single.py:188
 msgid "Options specific to the input format."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ msgid "<p>For example, to match all h2 tags that have class=\"chapter\", set tag
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/device.py:39
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:129
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:130
 msgid "No details available."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config/__init__.py:788
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:140
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1004
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:52
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:53
 msgid "Error"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3712,18 +3712,22 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Details of job"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs_ui.py:41
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs_ui.py:44
 msgid "Active Jobs"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs_ui.py:42
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs_ui.py:45
 msgid "&Stop selected job"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs_ui.py:43
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs_ui.py:46
 msgid "Show job &details"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/jobs_ui.py:47
+msgid "Stop &all jobs"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk_ui.py:133
 msgid "Edit Meta information"
 msgstr ""
@@ -4474,11 +4478,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Job has already run"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py:215
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py:221
 msgid "Unavailable"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py:226
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py:232
 msgid " - Jobs"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -4673,7 +4677,7 @@ msgid "Save to disk in a single directory"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:280
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1487
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1415
 msgid "Save only %s format to disk"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -4713,7 +4717,7 @@ msgid "Calibre Library"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:437
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1630
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1558
 msgid "Choose a location for your ebook library."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -4817,7 +4821,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1015
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1048
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1073
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1210
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1185
 msgid "No books selected"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -4883,162 +4887,162 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid " fetched."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1209
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1184
 msgid "Cannot convert"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1379
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1398
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1307
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1326
 msgid "No book selected"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1379
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1429
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1307
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1357
 msgid "Cannot view"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1397
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1325
 msgid "Cannot open folder"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1414
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1342
 msgid "Multiple Books Selected"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1415
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1343
 msgid "You are attempting to open %d books. Opening too many books at once can be slow and have a negative effect on the responsiveness of your computer. Once started the process cannot be stopped until complete. Do you wish to continue?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1430
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1358
 msgid "%s has no available formats."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1471
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1399
 msgid "Cannot configure"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1472
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1400
 msgid "Cannot configure while there are running jobs."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1515
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1443
 msgid "No detailed info available"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1516
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1444
 msgid "No detailed information is available for books on the device."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1568
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1496
 msgid "Error talking to device"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1569
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1497
 msgid "There was a temporary error talking to the device. Please unplug and reconnect the device and or reboot."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1592
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1610
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1520
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1538
 msgid "Conversion Error"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1593
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1521
 msgid "<p>Could not convert: %s<p>It is a <a href=\"%s\">DRM</a>ed book. You must first remove the DRM using third party tools."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1611
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1539
 msgid "<b>Failed</b>"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1639
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1567
 msgid "Invalid library location"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1640
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1568
 msgid "Could not access %s. Using %s as the library."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1687
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1615
 msgid "is the result of the efforts of many volunteers from all over the world. If you find it useful, please consider donating to support its development."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1711
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1639
 msgid "There are active jobs. Are you sure you want to quit?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1714
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1642
 msgid ""
 " is communicating with the device!<br>\n"
 "                      Quitting may cause corruption on the device.<br>\n"
 "                      Are you sure you want to quit?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1718
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1646
 msgid "WARNING: Active jobs"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1769
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1697
 msgid "will keep running in the system tray. To close it, choose <b>Quit</b> in the context menu of the system tray."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1788
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1716
 msgid "<span style=\"color:red; font-weight:bold\">Latest version: <a href=\"%s\">%s</a></span>"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1796
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1724
 msgid "Update available"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1797
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1725
 msgid "%s has been updated to version %s. See the <a href=\"http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/wiki/Changelog\">new features</a>. Visit the download page?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1815
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1743
 msgid "Use the library located at the specified path."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1817
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1745
 msgid "Start minimized to system tray."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1819
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1747
 msgid "Log debugging information to console"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1821
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1749
 msgid "Do not check for updates"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1869
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1797
 msgid "If you are sure it is not running"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1871
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1799
 msgid "Cannot Start "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1872
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1800
 msgid "%s is already running."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1875
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1803
 msgid "may be running in the system tray, in the"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1877
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1805
 msgid "upper right region of the screen."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1879
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1807
 msgid "lower right region of the screen."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1882
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1810
 msgid "try rebooting your computer."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1884
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1896
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1812
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/main.py:1824
 msgid "try deleting the file"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -5224,39 +5228,47 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Publishers"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:32
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:103
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:34
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:105
 msgid "Starting conversion of %d books"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:62
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:153
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:64
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:183
 msgid "Convert book %d of %d (%s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:88
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:170
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:90
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:203
 msgid "Could not convert some books"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:89
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:171
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:91
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:204
 msgid "Could not convert %d of %d books, because no suitable source format was found."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:202
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:122
+msgid "Queueing books for bulk conversion"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:182
+msgid "Queueing "
+msgstr ""
+
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:236
 msgid "You must set a username and password for %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:207
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:241
 msgid "Fetch news from "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:218
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:252
 msgid "Convert existing"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:219
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py:253
 msgid "The following books have already been converted to %s format. Do you wish to reconvert them?"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -6235,72 +6247,72 @@ msgid ""
 "Start the calibre content server."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:43
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:45
 msgid ""
 "%sUsage%s: %s\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:87
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:89
 msgid "Created by "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:88
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:90
 msgid "Whenever you pass arguments to %prog that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:551
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:553
 msgid "Path to the database in which books are stored"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:553
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:555
 msgid "Pattern to guess metadata from filenames"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:555
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:557
 msgid "Access key for isbndb.com"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:557
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:559
 msgid "Default timeout for network operations (seconds)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:559
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:561
 msgid "Path to directory in which your library of books is stored"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:561
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:563
 msgid "The language in which to display the user interface"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:563
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:565
 msgid "The default output format for ebook conversions."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:567
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:569
 msgid "Ordered list of formats to prefer for input."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:569
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:571
 msgid "Read metadata from files"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:571
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/config.py:573
 msgid "The priority of worker processes"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:42
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:43
 msgid "Waiting..."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:50
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:51
 msgid "Stopped"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:52
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:53
 msgid "Finished"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:69
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/utils/ipc/job.py:70
 msgid "Working..."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -6471,12 +6483,12 @@ msgid "sr-Latn-RS"
 msgstr ""
 
 #:
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_le_monde.py:81
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_le_monde.py:108
 msgid "Skipping duplicated article: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
 #:
-#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_le_monde.py:86
+#: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_le_monde.py:113
 msgid "Skipping filtered article: %s"
 msgstr ""