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citac · 04-18-2010, 04:13 PM

Hello all, I hope you can help me with a problem I'm having.

I had tried Calibre some time ago for organizing my ebook collection, but finding it was not for me I uninstalled it. I recently discovered that it exists in a portable version, so I thought I should give it another chance and try to learn how to use it efficiently. I ran into a problem when I added a folder containing a large number of files.

The files are txt files titled in the following format:

Series - number - Title.txt

Authors were not in the title, as they weren't important for this collection. When I added the books, the series became the title, the titles became authors, and the "series" column in Calibre was blank.

I read the FAQ and went through several threads here, but all the mentions of command lines, regex, codes in curly brackets are making my head spin. I don't understand any of them, nor do I know anything about any level of programming. What I'm looking for is someone who would be so good to explain to me as they would to a small child, what do I need to do to have Calibre recognize the correct titles.

Thank you in advance.

04-18-2010, 04:13 PM	#1
citac Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1020204 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab 2 (Android)	Sorting a collection Hello all, I hope you can help me with a problem I'm having. I had tried Calibre some time ago for organizing my ebook collection, but finding it was not for me I uninstalled it. I recently discovered that it exists in a portable version, so I thought I should give it another chance and try to learn how to use it efficiently. I ran into a problem when I added a folder containing a large number of files. The files are txt files titled in the following format: Series - number - Title.txt Authors were not in the title, as they weren't important for this collection. When I added the books, the series became the title, the titles became authors, and the "series" column in Calibre was blank. I read the FAQ and went through several threads here, but all the mentions of command lines, regex, codes in curly brackets are making my head spin. I don't understand any of them, nor do I know anything about any level of programming. What I'm looking for is someone who would be so good to explain to me as they would to a small child, what do I need to do to have Calibre recognize the correct titles. Thank you in advance.