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kaufman · 07-14-2013, 10:12 PM

I have a series of 47 books. What I would like to do is to add the series number to the title so that they sort correctly on my eReader.

In Calibre, I selected all 47 books and launched "Edit metadata" in bulk.

I then selected the "Search and Replace" tab.

I changed search mode to Regular Expression and selected the title as the search field. I then searched for "^" to match the beginning of the title.

What I want to do now is to insert the series_index into the replacement field.

Is that possible?

07-14-2013, 10:12 PM	#1
kaufman Calibre Companion Fanatic Posts: 873 Karma: 1088610 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kindle Voyage	Want to add the series number to the title of a book I have a series of 47 books. What I would like to do is to add the series number to the title so that they sort correctly on my eReader. In Calibre, I selected all 47 books and launched "Edit metadata" in bulk. I then selected the "Search and Replace" tab. I changed search mode to Regular Expression and selected the title as the search field. I then searched for "^" to match the beginning of the title. What I want to do now is to insert the series_index into the replacement field. Is that possible?