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Old 10-20-2025, 04:43 AM   #9
msavazzi
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
On Windows… not sure about MacOS and Linux.

Change the file type selector in the Add books->Add books from a single folder->Select Books dialogue to All files (*.*).

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I have paperback and hardback file types (they're just text files), which I've set to open in Notepad (via Windows-File Explorer->Open with).

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As can be seen I name the files with a <title> - <author> template

When View these books from calibre Notepad will pop:

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I will move this thread to Library Management.

BR
This is very nice I was doing something similar with the .pbook files and it works.
I was trying to use the:
Add Books -> Add from folders and sub-folders

but I understood it works only if the file format is recognized by calibre as an official "ebook".
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