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Old 07-06-2012, 10:07 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by degree6 View Post
and yes I have the latest version. Still no menu, no file names. no export directory. Is this supposed to allow me to find books, convert them, and save/copy them somewhere? Or is it something entirely different?
Calibre is first and foremost an ebook library manager. It maintains your library of ebooks for you. Although it includes conversion facilities, that's not its primary function.

You really shouldn't be worrying about filenames. Filenames don't matter. Books have a title, an author, a publisher, a genre, a publication date, etc. Those are the data that Calibre shows you and allows you to order your books by and search on. When you export the book from Calibre - either to send it to a reading device, or to save it to disk - then and only then will Calibre write the book to a file, and you can decide exactly what the filename will be.

You need to embrace Calibre's philosophy, not try to bend it to yours. That won't work, and you'll just get annoyed trying to do it.
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