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davidfor · 12-12-2015, 07:41 PM

If I understand it, you want to use calibre to fix the metadata (mainly the comments) but store the books in your own file structure with your own file names. And those file names are made up of the metadata for the books such as title, author and series info.

If that is right, you can import the books into calibre. In the preferences, there is an option to read the metadata from the file name. You need to build a regex for this that matches the naming you use.

Then, you download the metadata. As Krazykiwi suggested, you can limit this to just the comments. Personally, I would download them all.

LAstly, use "Save to disk" to export the book. This uses a file name template. You should be able to construct the file name you want.

12-12-2015, 07:41 PM	#10
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	If I understand it, you want to use calibre to fix the metadata (mainly the comments) but store the books in your own file structure with your own file names. And those file names are made up of the metadata for the books such as title, author and series info. If that is right, you can import the books into calibre. In the preferences, there is an option to read the metadata from the file name. You need to build a regex for this that matches the naming you use. Then, you download the metadata. As Krazykiwi suggested, you can limit this to just the comments. Personally, I would download them all. LAstly, use "Save to disk" to export the book. This uses a file name template. You should be able to construct the file name you want.