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quantasm · 05-26-2012, 12:20 AM

Hi all, I'm new here.

I've been using Calibre for about two years and I am bit stumped with a problem... I have a collection of ebooks set up in nested folders...

e.g. Library\author - title\title.epub
title.mobi
title.prc

I'd like to just add the epub version and get rid of the rest... How I do this now in Calibre is I just:

1) Add Books->Control the adding of books->Automatic adding
2) Check all file types but .epub
3) Choose which folder to point to (author-title) and click apply and restart.

This is great for single folders but not for nested folders. I can't just add the parent folder (Library) and have Calibre scan all the folders within Library and get the epubs from them.

Is there a way to do this? A plugin, perhaps? I don't think Calibre can process like this I have tried adding just two folder and nothing is scanned or added to the Calibre Library.

Any help would be most appreciated.

05-26-2012, 12:20 AM	#1
quantasm Member Retired Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Nook Simple Touch	Only add one filetype in nested folders? Hi all, I'm new here. I've been using Calibre for about two years and I am bit stumped with a problem... I have a collection of ebooks set up in nested folders... e.g. Library\author - title\title.epub title.mobi title.prc I'd like to just add the epub version and get rid of the rest... How I do this now in Calibre is I just: 1) Add Books->Control the adding of books->Automatic adding 2) Check all file types but .epub 3) Choose which folder to point to (author-title) and click apply and restart. This is great for single folders but not for nested folders. I can't just add the parent folder (Library) and have Calibre scan all the folders within Library and get the epubs from them. Is there a way to do this? A plugin, perhaps? I don't think Calibre can process like this I have tried adding just two folder and nothing is scanned or added to the Calibre Library. Any help would be most appreciated.