Adding empty books

vbussell · 12-10-2009, 02:22 PM

I was very excited to learn that calibre supports adding empty books. I keep a separate excel file with all my books listed along with books that I would like to purchase/find. I was wondering if there was anyway to add several "empty" books (maybe from a command line) so that I can copy and paste a list and have calibre create the "empty" books based on that action. This would certainly be a step forward to eliminating keeping a separate record of books in excel.

For example:

copy
Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks

result 4 empty books
Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks

Thanks in advance!!

V

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2009, 02:45 PM

You can use the calibredb command to interface with the calibre database from the command line

vbussell · 12-10-2009, 04:13 PM

So could you give me an example?

Rootman · 12-10-2009, 04:41 PM

Maybe I'm a dummy but if you created a TEXT file named "Storm Front.txt" and imported it into Calibre woudn't that basically do the same?

Once you got the real ebook, import it and delete the TXT version using the Edit MetaData dialog.

itimpi · 12-10-2009, 05:42 PM

That is what i USED to do. Now it is much easier to use the Calibre facility for creating dummy book entries (initally with title and author set to "unknown") and then edit the title/Author to the value you want. It also avoids having a dummy .txt file around.

12-10-2009, 02:22 PM	#1
vbussell Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony EReader	Adding empty books I was very excited to learn that calibre supports adding empty books. I keep a separate excel file with all my books listed along with books that I would like to purchase/find. I was wondering if there was anyway to add several "empty" books (maybe from a command line) so that I can copy and paste a list and have calibre create the "empty" books based on that action. This would certainly be a step forward to eliminating keeping a separate record of books in excel. For example: copy Storm Front Fool Moon Grave Peril Summer Knight Death Masks result 4 empty books Storm Front Fool Moon Grave Peril Summer Knight Death Masks Thanks in advance!! V

12-10-2009, 02:45 PM	#2
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,503 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can use the calibredb command to interface with the calibre database from the command line __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

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12-10-2009, 04:13 PM	#3
vbussell Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony EReader	So could you give me an example?

12-10-2009, 04:41 PM	#4
Rootman Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 478 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle DX	Maybe I'm a dummy but if you created a TEXT file named "Storm Front.txt" and imported it into Calibre woudn't that basically do the same? Once you got the real ebook, import it and delete the TXT version using the Edit MetaData dialog.

12-10-2009, 05:42 PM	#5
itimpi Wizard Posts: 3,592 Karma: 549131 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (stanza/iBooks/QuickReader)	That is what i USED to do. Now it is much easier to use the Calibre facility for creating dummy book entries (initally with title and author set to "unknown") and then edit the title/Author to the value you want. It also avoids having a dummy .txt file around.


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