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Originally Posted by agentmick
Hey all, sorry if this question has been answered already - I've looked all over but haven't been able to find something dumbed down enough to meet my needs 
I have over 400 ebooks in my calibre library, and I've decided to start adding "empty" entries for my physical and audiobooks as well, so I can see my whole library at a glance. I'd like to add the format column to the main page so I can tell if the book is indeed an ebook and in what format I have it.
I have not yet added any books other than ebooks to my calibre library, but the format column is still empty for most. |
How are you adding the e-books to the library that have no format files? The 'normal' methods to add an e-book to a library is via adding a format file.
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Originally Posted by agentmick
When I attempt to edit the metadata and input the format, calibre opens a file explorer window and asks me to open... something. What is it I'm trying to open here that will provide the correct format information to the format column?
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The Add button in metadata edit is typically used to add an additional format to an existing book -- so, you need to browse to and select the file you want to Add to the book - e.g. let's say you have already created an entry for Wind in the Willows in your library by Adding an EPUB, and now you want to add a Wind in the Willows CBZ comic format file.
IMO: the simplest way to add a format file to an existing book is to drag/drop it into the book details panel (the left sidebar) and confirm you want to add it.
Drag/drop is also easier of you want to add a non-ebook file. Example: to create a library entry for a paper book you could drag/drop a file called 'dummy.paper' into the book list and then edit the Title and Author via F2. Aside: rather than drag/drop I use Windows File Explorer->Send to->calibre.exe.
I do something similar for Audio books, Example if there's only one audio file I Send the audio file (e.g. MP3) to calibre which creates the book with an MP3 format.
If there are multiple audio files I do the following:
- create a paper book as above - as place holder;
- edit the title and author in the book list;
- open the book's data folder (for me that's Alt+O);
- copy the audio files into the data folder;
- create a playlist for those files;
- add that playlist file (e.g. M3U) to the book (I do a copy in File Explorer followed by a paste in Calibre);
- delete the .PAPER format.
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