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krussell · 08-02-2011, 02:21 PM

Relatively new to Calibre (about a year and I now finally have time to dig into it). Currently own a Nook (original). I have imported 566 books into Calibre (all in ePub with about 1/2 coming from Sony (prior reader) and 1/2 from various online bookstores & BN). I have read the Calibre search & replace instructions and am still not certain it can do what I need

1. Remove all series information from all books.

2. All other changes to be made in Title field:
Current title field format:
BOOK TITLE (BOOK SERIES NAME then #_)

Some of my series are going beyond #9 and #10 and after do not sort properly in this format. I would like to do the following (in this order). I have tested this change and it then does sort properly and display properly on the unit:

a. Move everything between the () to before the BOOK TITLE
b. Remove all ()
c. Search and replace: "space#" with "_[underscore]"

This allows the series numbers above 9 to sort properly (instead of 1,10,11 etc)

I have started manually making these changes in each book's metadata but would like to avoid making 566 individual changes. Any help would be much appreciated!

08-02-2011, 02:21 PM	#1
krussell Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wisconsin Device: Nook (original - software version 1.7.0	Search & Replace :help: Relatively new to Calibre (about a year and I now finally have time to dig into it). Currently own a Nook (original). I have imported 566 books into Calibre (all in ePub with about 1/2 coming from Sony (prior reader) and 1/2 from various online bookstores & BN). I have read the Calibre search & replace instructions and am still not certain it can do what I need 1. Remove all series information from all books. 2. All other changes to be made in Title field: Current title field format: BOOK TITLE (BOOK SERIES NAME then #_) Some of my series are going beyond #9 and #10 and after do not sort properly in this format. I would like to do the following (in this order). I have tested this change and it then does sort properly and display properly on the unit: a. Move everything between the () to before the BOOK TITLE b. Remove all () c. Search and replace: "space#" with "_[underscore]" This allows the series numbers above 9 to sort properly (instead of 1,10,11 etc) I have started manually making these changes in each book's metadata but would like to avoid making 566 individual changes. Any help would be much appreciated!