PLEASE IGNORE - I FOUND THE ANSWER AS A PULLDOWN OPTION IN THE ADDING BOOKS DIALOG.
Unfortunately I can't delete this post
I'm trying to add a mass of .lit files to an existing library. I have two problems.
1. Some of them have metadata but most of it is a mess. However, the filenames are pretty well controleld. It takes the form
<author_name> - [<series> <series_index> - ]<title>
Dealing with the cases without the optional series section is easy but I can't figure out how to do a regular expression which can cope with an optional middle section.
2. Some of the books appear twice, with and without a metadata TOC. AFAICS the version with the TOC is always better formatted but is not always the largest file. Is there any way of determining the presence of a TOC without actually looking? This problem is less pressing as there are probably not too many cases to do it manually if I have to.
Hints, tips, solutions all welcomed!