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CarlCon · 07-30-2016, 02:26 PM

Hi,

I have a problem with Calibre. I have imported ebooks and the metadata were taken from the file name. In most cases the file name was author - title.epub. All went well, the metadata were imported correctly to Calibre.

The problem is: For books which are part of a series, Calibre added the title of the book to the series coloumn whereas the name of the series is in the title coloumn. (Therefore searching for metadata e.g. comments on the net is not working because Calibre does not know that the title is found in the series coloumn.)

Example: Author: Agatha Christie - Series: Hercule Poirot Mystery - Title: Death on the Nile. "Death on the nile" would be in the series coloumn, "Hercule Poirot Mystery" in the title coloumn.

Is there a one-click solution to switch the title and series coloumns for several books? Or is there a specific setting that has to be used during the metadata downloading process that tells Calibre that the book title is in the series coloumn?

Thanks a lot, Carl

P.S.: Reimporting the books is not an option for me for I don't have the files anymore.

07-30-2016, 02:26 PM	#1
CarlCon Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2016 Device: Kobo Glo HD	Calibre - switching title and series coloumn Hi, I have a problem with Calibre. I have imported ebooks and the metadata were taken from the file name. In most cases the file name was author - title.epub. All went well, the metadata were imported correctly to Calibre. The problem is: For books which are part of a series, Calibre added the title of the book to the series coloumn whereas the name of the series is in the title coloumn. (Therefore searching for metadata e.g. comments on the net is not working because Calibre does not know that the title is found in the series coloumn.) Example: Author: Agatha Christie - Series: Hercule Poirot Mystery - Title: Death on the Nile. "Death on the nile" would be in the series coloumn, "Hercule Poirot Mystery" in the title coloumn. Is there a one-click solution to switch the title and series coloumns for several books? Or is there a specific setting that has to be used during the metadata downloading process that tells Calibre that the book title is in the series coloumn? Thanks a lot, Carl P.S.: Reimporting the books is not an option for me for I don't have the files anymore.