"Books with same titles..." when they're not

Deina97 · 01-30-2015, 01:42 AM

I'm trying to import a couple hundred PDF files into a special library in Calibre.

The naming convention is identical for all of them: "manifest yy-mm-dd.pdf", but when I import them it imports them all as "Manifest by Unknown [PDF]" & calls them all dupes.

I tried giving each one a (more) unique name by renaming them to "manifestA yy-mm-dd.pdf", "manifestB yy-mm-dd.pdf", "manifestC yy-mm-dd.pdf", & etc by month, but it didn't make any difference.

The reason I want to import them into Calibre is so I can convert them to RTFs, then import them into SQL.

eschwartz · 01-30-2015, 01:53 AM

They need to have authors as well.

Alternatively, just select the option to import anyway.

BetterRed · 01-30-2015, 02:48 AM

@Deina97 - Alternatively you could convert the pdf,s via the ebook-convert (← click) command, which would create the rtf's without any need for a library.

BR

01-30-2015, 01:42 AM	#1
Deina97 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Samsung Note	"Books with same titles..." when they're not I'm trying to import a couple hundred PDF files into a special library in Calibre. The naming convention is identical for all of them: "manifest yy-mm-dd.pdf", but when I import them it imports them all as "Manifest by Unknown [PDF]" & calls them all dupes. I tried giving each one a (more) unique name by renaming them to "manifestA yy-mm-dd.pdf", "manifestB yy-mm-dd.pdf", "manifestC yy-mm-dd.pdf", & etc by month, but it didn't make any difference. The reason I want to import them into Calibre is so I can convert them to RTFs, then import them into SQL.

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01-30-2015, 01:53 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	They need to have authors as well. Alternatively, just select the option to import anyway.

01-30-2015, 02:48 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,575 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Deina97 - Alternatively you could convert the pdf,s via the ebook-convert (← click) command, which would create the rtf's without any need for a library. BR