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Worldwalker · 06-26-2010, 11:21 AM

I'm not sure how this would work on the Mac, but here's what I do PC-wise:

I have a folder (creatively named ebooks) with subfolders for the various sources I get my ebooks from. Any ebooks I download, I direct into the proper subfolder -- mobileread, for instance. Then, when I'm ready to import them into calibre, I switch the open file dialog to list view, sort it by date, and import the ones downloaded today. So if I pick up a bunch of stuff off Manybooks today, for example, I'd just import everything with a file date of 6/26, and not even care about the names or anything else.

I'd certainly like an auto-scan feature (preferably one that can handle subfolders, so I can just point it at \ebooks and it can monitor \ebooks\gutenberg, \ebooks\mobileread, etc.) but the way I'm doing it works, and there are things I want much, much more, like something that can scan my preferred ebook sources for books I don't have.

06-26-2010, 11:21 AM	#4
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	I'm not sure how this would work on the Mac, but here's what I do PC-wise: I have a folder (creatively named ebooks) with subfolders for the various sources I get my ebooks from. Any ebooks I download, I direct into the proper subfolder -- mobileread, for instance. Then, when I'm ready to import them into calibre, I switch the open file dialog to list view, sort it by date, and import the ones downloaded today. So if I pick up a bunch of stuff off Manybooks today, for example, I'd just import everything with a file date of 6/26, and not even care about the names or anything else. I'd certainly like an auto-scan feature (preferably one that can handle subfolders, so I can just point it at \ebooks and it can monitor \ebooks\gutenberg, \ebooks\mobileread, etc.) but the way I'm doing it works, and there are things I want much, much more, like something that can scan my preferred ebook sources for books I don't have.