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sinusLog · 10-08-2011, 05:19 PM

OS: win xp
My ebooks (epub, pdf, txt, etc) are already named following this pattern:
LastName, FirstName - Title.Extension

- I wish to have calibre read the metadata from the file, while keeping my original file name. I don't mind if extra characters (like '- ') are added to the file name, I know how to get rid of them.

- I also wish to modify the author and title info in the metadata to conform to the info contained in the file name.

How do I do that for many books at a time ?

10-08-2011, 05:19 PM	#1
sinusLog Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Nook Touch	How to use the file name to modify the metadata ? OS: win xp My ebooks (epub, pdf, txt, etc) are already named following this pattern: LastName, FirstName - Title.Extension - I wish to have calibre read the metadata from the file, while keeping my original file name. I don't mind if extra characters (like '- ') are added to the file name, I know how to get rid of them. - I also wish to modify the author and title info in the metadata to conform to the info contained in the file name. How do I do that for many books at a time ? Last edited by sinusLog; 10-08-2011 at 05:24 PM.