Wanting calibre to export a certain way

deadman36g · 04-10-2013, 03:28 PM

Currently my calibre exports all books to a single directory.

I am curious if I can tweak calibre to export my books to this directory but also a subdirectory for the author then yet another subdirectory for the book

Example.

Book A, Book B, Book C.

Currently calbire would export the following way

ebooks/Book A.epub
ebooks/Book B.epub
ebooks/Book C.epub

I want this way though

ebooks/author A/Book A/Book A.epub
ebooks/author B/Book B/Book B.epub
ebooks/author C/Book C/Book C.epub

ParadiseLost · 04-10-2013, 04:00 PM

From all i know the default behavior of putting files into calibre should lead to directories just as you listed, although it does add a unique identifier (number) to the book's folder. Perhaps another can tell you a reason why it might act differently. That being said "looking under the hood" of how calibre puts the files is a big no no! :P Good luck.

itimpi · 04-10-2013, 06:16 PM

Look at the Save to Disk template under preferences, and set it the way you want. I think that the default template would give what you say you want, so if you are not getting that then it appears you must have changed it at one point.

04-10-2013, 03:28 PM	#1
deadman36g Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: iPad	Wanting calibre to export a certain way Currently my calibre exports all books to a single directory. I am curious if I can tweak calibre to export my books to this directory but also a subdirectory for the author then yet another subdirectory for the book Example. Book A, Book B, Book C. Currently calbire would export the following way ebooks/Book A.epub ebooks/Book B.epub ebooks/Book C.epub I want this way though ebooks/author A/Book A/Book A.epub ebooks/author B/Book B/Book B.epub ebooks/author C/Book C/Book C.epub

04-10-2013, 04:00 PM	#2
ParadiseLost Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 20364 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: None	From all i know the default behavior of putting files into calibre should lead to directories just as you listed, although it does add a unique identifier (number) to the book's folder. Perhaps another can tell you a reason why it might act differently. That being said "looking under the hood" of how calibre puts the files is a big no no! :P Good luck. Last edited by ParadiseLost; 04-10-2013 at 04:05 PM.

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04-10-2013, 06:16 PM	#3
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Look at the Save to Disk template under preferences, and set it the way you want. I think that the default template would give what you say you want, so if you are not getting that then it appears you must have changed it at one point.

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