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Originally Posted by Cool Javelin
The expressions method for adding books is a real great idea. It allows for flexibility in setting stuff up like author name, title, series, etc...
But entering the expressions in the "nuts and bolts" format is a real PITA.
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There is a plugin that remembers numerous Regular Expressions and lets you choose the one to use. Quick Preferences.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118776
You still have to supply your expressions, but you only do this once, or when you come across a bunch of books that you need to import that has different naming scheme. Usually you can get away with a complicated RE for parsing
Author Name - optional Series Name [number in a bracket or naked] - Book Title and another for
Book Title - Author Firstname Lastname. When I used to import a bunch of books with Lastname, Firstname format, I used
Edit books in batch dialog and used regular expressions to swap author names post import.
Send me a PM if you want my [small] collection of import REs. I do not have it available at this computer. It has been a long time since I needed to import a bunch of files that did not have decent metadata included in epub or mobi or other ebook format.
Nowadays I usually just let Calibre parse metadata. You usually need import patterns for recognizing file names when it comes to fan-fiction or other types of documents or perhaps a very old archive of *.txt, *.html or *.doc files.