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AlexBell · 04-24-2009, 11:56 PM

The background to this post is that I broke my Cybook ereader yesterday. It will be some time before the new one arrives, so while I am waiting I thought I'd set up a Calibre library and reorganise my backups. I'm also going to remove DRMs with another program.

I keep my working ebooks on the Cybook SD card, and the backups on a flash drive. I'd like to make the folder structure of the SD card and the Calibre library on the flash drive match each other. On the Cybooks SD card I have folders for each author by surname, given names or initials (eg Bujold, Lois McMaster or Tolkien, J.R.R.) so they order alphabetically, and within the folder I rename the actual ebook file names if necessary so that they will order by sequence (eg Chalion1.prc, Chalion2.prc, etc). I very much do not want to have the ebook file name anything like Book Title - Author Name.prc (e.g. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith.prc).

Also, I very much prefer to have the author's name metadata as Given name or initials Surname (e.g. Lois McMaster Bujold or J.R.R. Tolkien) so it shows up that way on the Mobipocket reader screen.

So, is it possible to set up the Calibre library in the way described above? If so, how? I have practiced on a few books, but can't seem to get consistent results when changing the metadata fields.

Other questions
Is it possible to 'open up' an ebook in Mobipocket format to HTML with Calibre so I can correct typos and layout problems and then turn it back to Mobipocket?

I have noticed that some of the books on which I have practiced have multiple copies in the library folder. Is it possible to have each iteration overwrite the previous one?

One of the options in converting a file refers to removing paragraph spaces. Does this mean that I can convert Book.prc which has two or three lines of white space between paragraphs to Book.prc with indented paragraphs but no waste white space?

Is it possible to insert a page break at the end of chapters with Calibre?

Is there a tutorial anywhere where I can read up on questions like these without having to post on the forum?

Regards, Alex

04-24-2009, 11:56 PM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Lots of newbie questions - long post The background to this post is that I broke my Cybook ereader yesterday. It will be some time before the new one arrives, so while I am waiting I thought I'd set up a Calibre library and reorganise my backups. I'm also going to remove DRMs with another program. I keep my working ebooks on the Cybook SD card, and the backups on a flash drive. I'd like to make the folder structure of the SD card and the Calibre library on the flash drive match each other. On the Cybooks SD card I have folders for each author by surname, given names or initials (eg Bujold, Lois McMaster or Tolkien, J.R.R.) so they order alphabetically, and within the folder I rename the actual ebook file names if necessary so that they will order by sequence (eg Chalion1.prc, Chalion2.prc, etc). I very much do not want to have the ebook file name anything like Book Title - Author Name.prc (e.g. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith.prc). Also, I very much prefer to have the author's name metadata as Given name or initials Surname (e.g. Lois McMaster Bujold or J.R.R. Tolkien) so it shows up that way on the Mobipocket reader screen. So, is it possible to set up the Calibre library in the way described above? If so, how? I have practiced on a few books, but can't seem to get consistent results when changing the metadata fields. Other questions Is it possible to 'open up' an ebook in Mobipocket format to HTML with Calibre so I can correct typos and layout problems and then turn it back to Mobipocket? I have noticed that some of the books on which I have practiced have multiple copies in the library folder. Is it possible to have each iteration overwrite the previous one? One of the options in converting a file refers to removing paragraph spaces. Does this mean that I can convert Book.prc which has two or three lines of white space between paragraphs to Book.prc with indented paragraphs but no waste white space? Is it possible to insert a page break at the end of chapters with Calibre? Is there a tutorial anywhere where I can read up on questions like these without having to post on the forum? Regards, Alex