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Originally Posted by deback

I use the F2 button to manually rename single files. If I have lots of files to rename, then I use the Ant Renamer software, which is great to quickly rename files.

I just use the Renamer program.
But that is not at play here, as most of the ebook files either have non-descript file names or partial ones.

Originally Posted by deback

Then after I've dragged the files into Calibre ...........

I don't know if any of the above will answer any of your questions, but this is what I do, and the results are fantastic.

Thanks for that info, and it is always interesting to hear how others do things, and though not relevant in my case, I do any editing required, using Sigil, and sometimes some of my own companion programs I have created for specific things.

In this instance, like my story in first post indicates, I am just doing some pretty quick basic things, and avoiding having to go to too much trouble, as I do this most days, and the quicker the better, as it is a chore enough.

And all is done for backup purposes really, or just for the day I decide to change to a device that needs a specific file type.

As my database in calibre grows bigger and bigger, I like to keep it well managed, and part of that is how titles and names etc look. I like to know at a glance that it is a title, extraneous text removed.