Thread: Is there an option for Calibre to not rename Kindle book files?
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Old 03-20-2017, 10:32 PM   #12
davidfor
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Originally Posted by htm View Post
Thanks, gbm, I see in there where I can request features.

But now I've noticed something even weirder.

I had a book called book1.azw3. I imported it into Calibre, who decided to store it in Calibre Library as "book1 - author.azw3". Ok, fine. But when I asked it to send it to my Kindle, it wound up being called "book3 - author.azw3".

I figured Calibre was renaming the file based on a tag in the file. But where is this new name coming from when it is copied to the Kindle?

I understand putting the files in specially-named folders, and I love that. But why all this file renaming? Again, this is only a problem because I wind up losing my notes and highlights unless renaming the .sdr folder works. (I say that with uncertainty, because I just had a case where it *didn't* work, and my highlights are gone.)

Thanks for putting up with what may appear to be annoying, petty questions!
When you add a book to calibre it copies the book to the library directories and names the book based on the books metadata. When you send a book to a device, the destination, directory and name, is set using the "save template". This is set in the preferences. There is a default on the "Sending book to devices" page of the preferences. But, you can configure the driver for the device and configure a template specific to the type of device. Hopefully you will be able to get them to match what is used for the sdr folders.
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