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Originally Posted by degree6
I tried to use Calibre last year, but gave up as it was the only piece of software that I had ever worked with that hid the file name, so I had no idea what I was working with other than counting the order of files and comparing it to file order out in Windows folders.
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All folders / file names in calibre's library structure are in the exact same format
Author folder
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Title folder
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Title - Author.epub (.mobi, .pdf, .cbr whatever format you added)
The filename reflects exactly whatever is in the Author and Title columns in calibre. If you alter the info in the Author or Title columns in the GUI the folders and the filename are immediately changed to reflect the data in the GUI.
In reviewing your previous messages I found the below.
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Originally Posted by degree6
I can't tell what book I am working with! The file name shows the book title and author clearly, while the Calibre window for the books shows meaningless garbage such as "Introduction' for a title, "To The" for the author, etc.
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It looks like the Author and Title info were garbage when you added the books to calibre. When you add books to calibre it gets metadata (book info) from the file name of the book you were adding or from the internal metadata of the book. You have to choose which under
Preferences - Adding books.
Learn how to
add your books and everything should be easier.
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Originally Posted by degree6
I was told then to learn to live with having no file names or any indication of what book file I was working with, because that wasn't important
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Not that it isn't important, but as I indicated the filename is created by the items in the Author and Title columns. It can't be any more clear than that.
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Originally Posted by degree6
I'd like to consider using Calibre again, and was wondering if there has been a fix/change or paradigm shift so file names will appear in the listings of books.
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No change or fix needed since the file name is transparent on the surface. You can always select a book and click on the
Click to open item (see attached) in the book details pane to see the exact file associated with that book.