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Old 08-29-2014, 03:06 PM   #28
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My 2 cents:
1. Once in Calibre I first edit metadata individually and copy paste series into the series field. Then I download metadata and it overwrites the series info in the title most of the time. I shorten the impossible long titles, and for duplicate titles I add ": author name" to all dups.

2. I do change case when all uppercase but have found the change case won't go directly from uppercase to title case but instead you have to first go lowercase them title case.

For series number when all else has failed I Google search the author and often a hit that includes a reading order (Wickipedia is pretty good for that). If you search for "[Series Name] Reading order" you'll also find hits as if you want to know somebody else has already asked.

BTW: One my my serious gripes is when authors change the series name after 2 or 3 books, or includes 2 or 3 series names in the title. I can't decide if they love us or hate us.
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