version 8.7.0

Changelog.txt

@@ -23,6 +23,37 @@
 # - title by author
 # }}}
 
+{{{ 8.7.0 2025-07-18
+
+:: new features
+
+- Kindle driver: Add support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP based Kindles
+
+- [2116804] When finding similar books by author ignore "et al." suffix on author names
+
+:: bug fixes
+
+- [2116864] Fix a regression in the previous release that broke configuring Sending of books to device
+
+- [2117113] Kobo driver: Fix a regression that caused ancient, pre-Touch kobo devices to no longer work with calibre
+
+- MTP driver: Workaround for LibMTP no longer returning device serial numbers on some systems
+
+- Edit book: Fix the next/previous buttons in the Text search tool not working
+
+- [2116065] Fix series and publisher mapping rules not handling commas correctly when downloading metadata one book at a time
+
+- Edit metadata dialog: When there are only a few cusotm comments like fields stretch them vertically to take up unused psace
+
+:: improved recipes
+- New York Magazine
+- World Archaeology
+- Minerva Magazine
+- Military History
+- Ancient Egypt
+
+}}}
+
 {{{ 8.6.0 2025-07-10
 
 :: new features

src/calibre/constants.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 from polyglot.builtins import environ_item, hasenv
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (8, 6, 0)
+numeric_version = (8, 7, 0)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(str, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = 'Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'