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yogi62 · 04-30-2017, 02:57 PM

Hi guys,

I have a situation where my folder structure includes folders where the name is the name of an author with a sub folder which is the name of the book - the sub folder contains all the necessary data.

Unfortunately the folder structure also contains folders that are the complete reverse. eg: the main folder is the title of the book and the sub folder is the name of the author, not only that but in some instances there is more than one subfolder each with the authors name but containing the same book in different formats.

Does anyone know of a practical way of automatically changeing the file structure so that Calibre can sort the author / book title so I can make future searches by either the book title or author.

At present imported books show a mixture of author and book title in the authors column.

I don't want to have to rename all the folders/sub folders by hand as the library is close on 2000 books!!

Any and all help appreciated

04-30-2017, 02:57 PM	#1
yogi62 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: Kindle paperwhite	Mixed folder structure - How best to import? Hi guys, I have a situation where my folder structure includes folders where the name is the name of an author with a sub folder which is the name of the book - the sub folder contains all the necessary data. Unfortunately the folder structure also contains folders that are the complete reverse. eg: the main folder is the title of the book and the sub folder is the name of the author, not only that but in some instances there is more than one subfolder each with the authors name but containing the same book in different formats. Does anyone know of a practical way of automatically changeing the file structure so that Calibre can sort the author / book title so I can make future searches by either the book title or author. At present imported books show a mixture of author and book title in the authors column. I don't want to have to rename all the folders/sub folders by hand as the library is close on 2000 books!! Any and all help appreciated