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RotAnal · 09-22-2012, 06:33 AM

Dear Users,
I am quite new in Calibre though I got some experience with other databases (e.g. EndNote).
Here is my starting scenario: a bunch of e-book files (mainly pdf and djvu ones) named in a random fashion (some with ISBNs, others with author/titles in a number of different formats, others with nonsense names). In order to quickly and easily find and manage them, I would like to create a CLEAN Calibre library with metadata by also (auto)renaming the files. The ideal thing would be to let calibre get a pointer field to an external HDD (where the files actually are), perhaps each of them being renamed with its ISBN only.
Which relative fast strategy would you suggest me to accomplish this target?
I tried the "Extract ISBN" plugin (the procedure is rather slow and CPU intensive), but still have no clue of which is the best way to achieve the above result in a reasonable time.
Thanks for attention and a possible answer

09-22-2012, 06:33 AM	#1
RotAnal Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 1234 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Onyx Boox M92	Request of suggestions for a strategy to create a CLEAN Calibre library Dear Users, I am quite new in Calibre though I got some experience with other databases (e.g. EndNote). Here is my starting scenario: a bunch of e-book files (mainly pdf and djvu ones) named in a random fashion (some with ISBNs, others with author/titles in a number of different formats, others with nonsense names). In order to quickly and easily find and manage them, I would like to create a CLEAN Calibre library with metadata by also (auto)renaming the files. The ideal thing would be to let calibre get a pointer field to an external HDD (where the files actually are), perhaps each of them being renamed with its ISBN only. Which relative fast strategy would you suggest me to accomplish this target? I tried the "Extract ISBN" plugin (the procedure is rather slow and CPU intensive), but still have no clue of which is the best way to achieve the above result in a reasonable time. Thanks for attention and a possible answer Last edited by RotAnal; 09-22-2012 at 06:53 AM.