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Old 07-15-2013, 05:23 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by LadyKate View Post
I have a library of about 10,000 ebooks some of them from the 90's lol.

The metadata is horrid, but the title contains the series, title and author name.

I would like to transfer my entire library to calibre BUT it is too daunting to have to correct so many books.

I would like to be able to parse the filenames into the various fields but have no idea where to start. Any suggestions?
You set it up it in Preferences->Add Books->The Add Process (see attachment)

Do read the tutorial on Regular Expressions - there are a couple of example expressions in the the Regular Expression field - click the down chevron.

Test out on a few books first and spend some time getting to know calibre

I would add books in batches - I'd start with say 200, see how that goes. Make any adjustments you think worth doing, add another 200, if they are A-OK then add batches of 500. And between each batch backup the library.

BR

psst : I think its better to start your own threads rather jump on the end of another thread.
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