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Old 09-03-2012, 01:49 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
@DelaneyBC - As itimpi suggested you can use the command line, but if you're not comfortable with that, then
  1. do what you want to a book via the GUI - Conversion, Metadata Editing etc, Quality Check etc
  2. use the Click to open in Book Details to open the book folder
  3. copy the files you want to wherever you want them and rename as you wish.
  4. delete the book from Calibre
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This will not achieve the desired result in many cases. If you do not run a conversion as part of step 1) then metadata and/or covers do not actually get embedded into the eBook file held inside Calibre

It is better to
- ensure you have set the save template to the naming format you want.
- drag the files from the main calibre book list to the desired target location. This will cause Calibre to effectively export the file and update its metadata and/or covers. Unfortunately the format exported will only be the one set as the preferred format, but this may be sufficient?
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