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ballast · 08-15-2010, 01:50 AM

When I add multiple books to Calibre for an author, they frequently come with title & author reversed and the author in last,first format. I can use the "swap title and author" button and I can enter the author in correct format for bulk updating.....

The problem is, Calibre apparently applies the author correction before the swap correction. Is it possible to get this changed so it applies the swap first (thus getting title in the correct spot) and THEN apply the mass change to author. Seems like this would be the logical order to do it???

[I know I can futz with the definitions for getting data from the file names, but I would have to swap them around constantly]

08-15-2010, 01:50 AM	#1
ballast Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook	Editing Metadata in Bulk When I add multiple books to Calibre for an author, they frequently come with title & author reversed and the author in last,first format. I can use the "swap title and author" button and I can enter the author in correct format for bulk updating..... The problem is, Calibre apparently applies the author correction before the swap correction. Is it possible to get this changed so it applies the swap first (thus getting title in the correct spot) and THEN apply the mass change to author. Seems like this would be the logical order to do it??? [I know I can futz with the definitions for getting data from the file names, but I would have to swap them around constantly]