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eschwartz · 07-24-2015, 06:20 PM

I assume the embedded metadata is not correct?

Preferences ==> Adding books
Uncheck "Read metadata from file contents rather than file name"

Second half of the screen, "Configure metadata from file name", will allow you to use a regular expression to match the metadata.

The default is:

Code:

(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+)

You probably want:

Code:

(?P<author_sort>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+)

EDIT: Arghhhh! Doesn't look like it recognizes "author_sort"...

You may just have to rename the files using a bulk file renamer to swap the "LN, FN" to "FN LN".
Or use the Quality Check plugin to set the author from the author_sort, after importing.

Either way, use the regex:

Code:

(?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+)

07-24-2015, 06:20 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I assume the embedded metadata is not correct? Preferences ==> Adding books Uncheck "Read metadata from file contents rather than file name" Second half of the screen, "Configure metadata from file name", will allow you to use a regular expression to match the metadata. The default is: Code: (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+) You probably want: Code: (?P<author_sort>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+) EDIT: Arghhhh! Doesn't look like it recognizes "author_sort"... You may just have to rename the files using a bulk file renamer to swap the "LN, FN" to "FN LN". Or use the Quality Check plugin to set the author from the author_sort, after importing. Either way, use the regex: Code: (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+) Last edited by eschwartz; 07-24-2015 at 06:25 PM.