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clemens14 · 07-08-2010, 12:46 PM

Hello,

first of all let me say that Calibre seems a really awesome piece of software. It has so many features!
I am writing because there is a thing that leaves me perplexed and probably is due to my not knowing how to use the software well, since I have just started.
I have various folders with various ebooks, that I would like to rename (the fact that Calibre creates its own library with newly renamed files is perfect for me). Anyhow, although the files are imported without problems, the metadata is not fetched automatically, so I have to click on each one individually, then click again on fetch metadata and voilà, I get the information I need. 95% of the time I don't even have to select among various sets of data since the title and author field give enough information not to have ambiguity. Is there a way to do this automatically?
Thank you,

Clemens

07-08-2010, 12:46 PM	#1
clemens14 Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	Why it does not automatically fetch metadata? Hello, first of all let me say that Calibre seems a really awesome piece of software. It has so many features! I am writing because there is a thing that leaves me perplexed and probably is due to my not knowing how to use the software well, since I have just started. I have various folders with various ebooks, that I would like to rename (the fact that Calibre creates its own library with newly renamed files is perfect for me). Anyhow, although the files are imported without problems, the metadata is not fetched automatically, so I have to click on each one individually, then click again on fetch metadata and voilà, I get the information I need. 95% of the time I don't even have to select among various sets of data since the title and author field give enough information not to have ambiguity. Is there a way to do this automatically? Thank you, Clemens