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mike_bike_kite · 06-04-2010, 10:57 AM

All the above worked well but I still notice a few odd things though:

If a file name containing the book title is missing an apostrophe then the book isn't found when looking for meta data - this should be corrected as most folks will remove apostrophes from file names.
If a file is called "Tale of two cities.txt" then the book won't be found. I can understand this with lesser titles but surely it doesn't need an author name to work out which book this is?
Many old classics will appear in the database under lots of different guises ie the original work, the book with commentary, perhaps a graphic version and then perhaps a study version. Rather than choosing none would it be better to choose the original version and grab the meta data and cover for that.
Does Calibre keep the original folder the file was in as meta data anywhere - I'm not sure how to distinguish the books in my science folder with those in my science fiction folder. I wasn't sure but is it put into the tags?
If I enter the meta data and cover for "Tale of two cities.txt" then it would be nice if it automatically updated the meta data for "Tale of two cities.lit".

Calibre's great but periodically it might be worth grabbing someone's library and seeing how easy it is to add all the useful info.

06-04-2010, 10:57 AM	#5
mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	All the above worked well but I still notice a few odd things though: If a file name containing the book title is missing an apostrophe then the book isn't found when looking for meta data - this should be corrected as most folks will remove apostrophes from file names. If a file is called "Tale of two cities.txt" then the book won't be found. I can understand this with lesser titles but surely it doesn't need an author name to work out which book this is? Many old classics will appear in the database under lots of different guises ie the original work, the book with commentary, perhaps a graphic version and then perhaps a study version. Rather than choosing none would it be better to choose the original version and grab the meta data and cover for that. Does Calibre keep the original folder the file was in as meta data anywhere - I'm not sure how to distinguish the books in my science folder with those in my science fiction folder. I wasn't sure but is it put into the tags? If I enter the meta data and cover for "Tale of two cities.txt" then it would be nice if it automatically updated the meta data for "Tale of two cities.lit". Calibre's great but periodically it might be worth grabbing someone's library and seeing how easy it is to add all the useful info.