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mike.katina · 04-12-2020, 11:25 AM

Hello people, well, as the title says, I'm an old vet and this is all rocket science to me.

I bought Alpha and it just doesn't work for me, Calibre is far superior, is my feeling so I guess I'm picky

over the last 40 years, I have amassed a very large book library more over the last twentysomeodds as digital is much easier, prime per example, series of 11 books for $0.99? yeah, I have a lot.

So I've been searching over the last 2 weeks and playing with Calibre and my pc running 24 hours a day have it that when I drop books in, it converts them to epub gets rid of the other format and copies it to the library folder. Love the work btw, Kudos, might not be worth much to you but it's sent with love and thanks.

Lash at me if required but I've not found what I'm looking for but it must be so basic I'm sure it's been done before.

1. as I said Calibre already copies the new entries to the right folder and I'm happy the way it is as it converts them to epub and gets rid of the other formats.

2. what I would like would be that calibre fetch the cover and metadata on its own and then updates the .epub file with the new data and cover while also renaming the .epub file something like this;

Code:

Author - Title.epub

is this possible or am I asking for the moon?

Thank you again for a great product.

04-12-2020, 11:25 AM	#1
mike.katina Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 2135976 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Eastern Canada Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2	Need serious help, I'm old and this is rocket science Hello people, well, as the title says, I'm an old vet and this is all rocket science to me. I bought Alpha and it just doesn't work for me, Calibre is far superior, is my feeling so I guess I'm picky over the last 40 years, I have amassed a very large book library more over the last twentysomeodds as digital is much easier, prime per example, series of 11 books for $0.99? yeah, I have a lot. So I've been searching over the last 2 weeks and playing with Calibre and my pc running 24 hours a day have it that when I drop books in, it converts them to epub gets rid of the other format and copies it to the library folder. Love the work btw, Kudos, might not be worth much to you but it's sent with love and thanks. Lash at me if required but I've not found what I'm looking for but it must be so basic I'm sure it's been done before. 1. as I said Calibre already copies the new entries to the right folder and I'm happy the way it is as it converts them to epub and gets rid of the other formats. 2. what I would like would be that calibre fetch the cover and metadata on its own and then updates the .epub file with the new data and cover while also renaming the .epub file something like this; Code: Author - Title.epub is this possible or am I asking for the moon? Thank you again for a great product.