Make library card catalogue PDFs with Python scripts

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This recipe depends on the installation of

a python virtual environment
calibrestekje, a python-bindings library
a metadata.db file as produced by an installation of Calibre
the files readfrompad.py and lessimplelayout.py (as documented below)

Getting started

First, create a python virtual environment on your machine.

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install reportlab calibrestkje

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