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Originally Posted by Riva3000
As the topic says.
I have multiple readers and e.g. for plaintext (.txt) each reader supports one different encoding.
It would be nice to be able to have different (sub)versions of the same ebook format under one book record (instead of having to maintain duplicate book records for that).
Is there a way to do this ?
Thanks for advice.
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Riva3000 - Calibre will allow you to store 'strange' file types in its folders, you must add them via
Add Books-> Add files to selected book records (Shift A)
So - maybe you could change the extension of files based on the reader for which they are optimal - eg .txt_irex, txt_iphone etc - they would not be convertible though - except maybe via the ebook_convert command line.
But they would be viewable via the OS file association, and/or via Open With extension.
What I don't know is if there's a way you can change the extension when the file is Sent to a Device. Maybe someone can give some advice on that -
Maybe change extension on send or save would be something to which Kovid would be amenable to doing - if it can't be done already.
Attached is a screen shot of the sort of thing I do - in this case I've added an FLV to a 'book', which is in fact a transcript of a Charlie Rose interview with Jeremy Grantham.
When you add the 'strange' file you'll need to change the file type selector on the Add book dialogue to All Files - in order to see the 'strange' file. Unfortunately you can't drop 'strange files' onto the book details panel - it only accepts 'known' ebook file types.
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