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Old 03-30-2012, 03:35 AM   #1
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"Add Books" naming convention peeves

I'm sorry to complain (and with all due respect) since Calibre is free and all but why does it, when confronted with the text:-

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke

1 Spaceguard
2 Intruder
3 Rama and Sita
etc

conclude that the title of the book is "Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke" and that the author is "1 Spaceguard"?

Well, I know why but WHY? Surely Calibre should recognise the "by" and conclude that the title is "Rendevous with Rama" and the author is "Arthur C Clarke"?

Must Calibre assume the first line is the title and the second line is the author?

I have dozens of books like this all incorectly titled by the "Add Books" option.

Maybe special significance should be given to " by " in the parsing logic?

I also have lots of books headed by:-

Book Title
Some Author

The way I assume Calibre likes things so setting an option somewhere is not the way to go

Also

What is it with the titles like:-

file:///D|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry/Desktop/Anthony%20Piers%20-%20Up%20in%20a%20Heaval.html

which came from a pdf file with the following in the front of it

UP IN A
HEAVAL
TOR BOOKS BY PIERS ANTHONY

Calibre got the "Up in a Heaval" and the "Anthony Piers" why not guess this rather than the complex string with the interspaced "%20"s?

I'm sorry if this comes across a bit strong, no disrespect is intended
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