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tilia · 01-20-2015, 02:48 AM

That sounds weird. I don't understand why you got three different results, but are you sure you added the template correctly?

You make a custom column of the type "Text, column shown in the tag browser" with the lookup name file. The column heading can be whatever you like.

In this column you put the original filename as it is on the kindle when downloaded from Amazon, minus the file extension. It's different on my Kindle 3 from what eschwartz mensions, so I would download a book to the kindle from Amazon, and check exactly how it is written.

Connect the kindle, under the device icon you'll find configure this device. Copy in the template in the Save template box.
Code:
```
program: 
ifempty(
	field('#file'),
	template(
		'{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}'
	)
)
```

If this is done correctly, when you send books from calibre the filename should be like the original. (If you don't put anything in #file, the book will be put in a folder on the kindle named after the author, and the file name will be author-title.) Make sure you delete books that are already on the kindle before you resend them from calibre.

01-20-2015, 02:48 AM	#23
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	That sounds weird. I don't understand why you got three different results, but are you sure you added the template correctly? You make a custom column of the type "Text, column shown in the tag browser" with the lookup name file. The column heading can be whatever you like. In this column you put the original filename as it is on the kindle when downloaded from Amazon, minus the file extension. It's different on my Kindle 3 from what eschwartz mensions, so I would download a book to the kindle from Amazon, and check exactly how it is written. Connect the kindle, under the device icon you'll find configure this device. Copy in the template in the Save template box. Code: program: ifempty( field('#file'), template( '{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}' ) ) If this is done correctly, when you send books from calibre the filename should be like the original. (If you don't put anything in #file, the book will be put in a folder on the kindle named after the author, and the file name will be author-title.) Make sure you delete books that are already on the kindle before you resend them from calibre. Last edited by tilia; 01-20-2015 at 02:52 AM.