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Raddatzjos · 01-13-2013, 01:14 AM

I have a series of books (nearly 60 of them!) that I went through and did a batch file rename of on my MacBook to make them easier to sort on my Nook Simple Touch, my thought being I'll start book 1's title with 01, book 2's with 02, and so forth all the way to 60, thus arranging them in the order they're meant to be read. To my dismay, this is not the case due to the Nook displaying not the file name, but rather the metadata in the file, something my batch rename tool doesn't do and a detail I didn't realize until I was finished.

Is there a way to use Calibre to batch edit the metadata of all the books so their file name becomes the title my Nook displays so my device sorts them correctly? I have the patience to read, but not to rename files one by one, especially if I discover the need to attempt this again.

01-13-2013, 01:14 AM	#1
Raddatzjos Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Nook Simple Touch	File name as book title? I have a series of books (nearly 60 of them!) that I went through and did a batch file rename of on my MacBook to make them easier to sort on my Nook Simple Touch, my thought being I'll start book 1's title with 01, book 2's with 02, and so forth all the way to 60, thus arranging them in the order they're meant to be read. To my dismay, this is not the case due to the Nook displaying not the file name, but rather the metadata in the file, something my batch rename tool doesn't do and a detail I didn't realize until I was finished. Is there a way to use Calibre to batch edit the metadata of all the books so their file name becomes the title my Nook displays so my device sorts them correctly? I have the patience to read, but not to rename files one by one, especially if I discover the need to attempt this again.