rename multiple ebook

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 04:22 AM

I've downloaded many ebooks and I have imported in Calibre but they all have names with upper case letters and other sensitive. I would rather have only the first letter of the title of the book in uppercase. Can you tell me how to rename them all together?
Thanks

BetterRed · 11-09-2013, 05:17 AM

Select all books (ctrl/a), press 'e', tick the box (see attachment), press enter

BR

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 06:07 AM

nothing is changed

Terisa de morgan · 11-09-2013, 06:10 AM

What are you seeing? "This is the Title of your Book" (example) or something different?

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 06:13 AM

I see everything exactly as before, for example a book called

The Paradox Of The Past

and has remained

The Paradox Of The Past

I want all in lowercase without the first letter, for example

The paradox of the past

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 06:20 AM

sorry I have edit the msg, I mean lowercase. My english is terrible

and, I forgot, does anyone know how to reverse the surname with the name of the author? I want to order my books by surname, and WITHOUT the "," that divide surname from name. For example

Wolfgang Goethe

I want

Goethe Wolfgang

Thanks!

chaley · 11-09-2013, 06:33 AM

You want the phrase to be capitalized, not put in lower case. You do this using bulk metadata edit/search and replace. See the attachment for what to do. Make a backup of your library before running the search and replace, because there is no undo. Because you are changing the title, the search & replace will take a long time.

As for the author name, you need to do three things:

1) Use the quality check plugin to ensure that all your authors are in LN, FN order. They will have the comma.
2) Set the tweak (Author sort name algorithm (ID: author_sort_copy_method)) to "copy"
3) Use bulk metadata edit/search & replace to remove all the commas in author names.

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 07:20 AM

I have installed the quality check plugin , can you tell me exaclty where I must search the option for verify if I have set the LN option (I dont' want the comma)?

chaley · 11-09-2013, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lauraq

can you tell me exaclty where I must search the option for verify if I have set the LN option (I dont' want the comma)?

Preferences -> Tweaks, then search for the tweak "Author sort name algorithm (ID: author_sort_copy_method)"

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 08:06 AM

I used the settings of the image that you have posted and now all the names of the books are accurate, thank you!!!

To reverse the name - surname, I checked and I set
author_sort_copy_method "copy"
a trick that I had already taught but do not understand why when I import the books have the name before surname

One last thing and then I do not break anymore, I do not understand why, if I rename a book in calibre, the changes that I do not even transfer to the physical file in the folder, in fact if re-import the same file, I see the old name. How can I make the changes permanent ?

Adoby · 11-09-2013, 09:22 AM

The metadata, like the name of a book, is stored in many places.

In the calibre database.
In the folder name for the book.
In the filename of the book.
Inside the file that is the book.

When you change the name of the book in calibre, everything but the last is updated. Calibre doesn't update metadata inside the book, unless you explicitly ask it to. This can be done by converting the book to the same format, for example epub to epub. Or you can "Polish" the book or use the plug-in "Update Epub". When the book is saved to disk or sent to device, the insides of the book is also updated.

So the books that are inside the calibre library are usually not updated to reflect what the calibre GUI says about them. That is one reason why it usually is bad to even peek inside the library folders.

The reason is that it is expensive to change the insides of a book, and also it may cause loss of information. This way there is no need to ever change the book in the calibre library. The contents of the book can be kept exactly as it was when it was originally imported.

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 09:35 AM

sorry but my English is not good, I understand some of what you wrote but I did not understand if I can easily do the conversion to the same format safely?

theducks · 11-09-2013, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lauraq

sorry but my English is not good, I understand some of what you wrote but I did not understand if I can easily do the conversion to the same format safely?

Use Polish or Modify EPUB.
Those ONLY change what is set.
Conversion does more

, even if it is not wanted.

Do not use the OS to move books from the Library folder.
Calibre updates the copy AS it Sends. Use Calibre as intended.

BetterRed · 11-09-2013, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lauraq

I see everything exactly as before, for example a book called...

I want all in lowercase without the first letter, for example...

@Lauraq - Sorry I lead you down a dead end. For future reference - the English term for what you wanted is most often called "Sentence Case", in calibre its called "Capitalise".

Again for future reference - you can change the 'case' of the title for an individual book via the context (right click) menu of the Title field in the single book version of Edit Metadata to one of the following

UPPER CASE,
lower case,
sWAP cASE,
Title Case
Capital case (Capitalise)

Bulk Metadata Edit only offers Title Case, which you could argue demonstrates a bias towards the Anglosphere - but that's true of most internetty stuff. It's something others are expected to tolerate, along with various Anglospherical misdeeds

BR

Lauraq · 11-09-2013, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Use Polish or Modify EPUB.
Those ONLY change what is set.
Conversion does more

, even if it is not wanted.

Do not use the OS to move books from the Library folder.
Calibre updates the copy AS it Sends. Use Calibre as intended.

ehmmmm what is Polish?

I haven't find that word in the conversion option.

I have lots of books in various formats, there is a step by step procedure on some site or you are kind enough to guide me?

Or, I always have an idea, you can import books by title and not by the internal tag? This would solve all the problems

11-09-2013, 04:22 AM	#1
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	rename multiple ebook I've downloaded many ebooks and I have imported in Calibre but they all have names with upper case letters and other sensitive. I would rather have only the first letter of the title of the book in uppercase. Can you tell me how to rename them all together? Thanks

11-09-2013, 05:17 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Select all books (ctrl/a), press 'e', tick the box (see attachment), press enter BR Attached Thumbnails

11-09-2013, 06:13 AM	#5
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	I see everything exactly as before, for example a book called The Paradox Of The Past and has remained The Paradox Of The Past I want all in lowercase without the first letter, for example The paradox of the past Last edited by Lauraq; 11-09-2013 at 06:19 AM.

11-09-2013, 06:20 AM	#6
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	sorry I have edit the msg, I mean lowercase. My english is terrible and, I forgot, does anyone know how to reverse the surname with the name of the author? I want to order my books by surname, and WITHOUT the "," that divide surname from name. For example Wolfgang Goethe I want Goethe Wolfgang Thanks! Last edited by Lauraq; 11-09-2013 at 06:25 AM.

11-09-2013, 06:33 AM	#7
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,447 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	You want the phrase to be capitalized, not put in lower case. You do this using bulk metadata edit/search and replace. See the attachment for what to do. Make a backup of your library before running the search and replace, because there is no undo. Because you are changing the title, the search & replace will take a long time. As for the author name, you need to do three things: 1) Use the quality check plugin to ensure that all your authors are in LN, FN order. They will have the comma. 2) Set the tweak (Author sort name algorithm (ID: author_sort_copy_method)) to "copy" 3) Use bulk metadata edit/search & replace to remove all the commas in author names. Attached Thumbnails

11-09-2013, 06:07 AM	#3
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	nothing is changed

11-09-2013, 06:10 AM	#4
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,628 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	What are you seeing? "This is the Title of your Book" (example) or something different?

11-09-2013, 07:20 AM	#8
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	I have installed the quality check plugin , can you tell me exaclty where I must search the option for verify if I have set the LN option (I dont' want the comma)?

11-09-2013, 08:06 AM	#10
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	I used the settings of the image that you have posted and now all the names of the books are accurate, thank you!!! To reverse the name - surname, I checked and I set author_sort_copy_method "copy" a trick that I had already taught but do not understand why when I import the books have the name before surname One last thing and then I do not break anymore, I do not understand why, if I rename a book in calibre, the changes that I do not even transfer to the physical file in the folder, in fact if re-import the same file, I see the old name. How can I make the changes permanent ? Last edited by Lauraq; 11-09-2013 at 08:23 AM.

11-09-2013, 09:22 AM	#11
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,737 Karma: 26785684 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra	The metadata, like the name of a book, is stored in many places. In the calibre database. In the folder name for the book. In the filename of the book. Inside the file that is the book. When you change the name of the book in calibre, everything but the last is updated. Calibre doesn't update metadata inside the book, unless you explicitly ask it to. This can be done by converting the book to the same format, for example epub to epub. Or you can "Polish" the book or use the plug-in "Update Epub". When the book is saved to disk or sent to device, the insides of the book is also updated. So the books that are inside the calibre library are usually not updated to reflect what the calibre GUI says about them. That is one reason why it usually is bad to even peek inside the library folders. The reason is that it is expensive to change the insides of a book, and also it may cause loss of information. This way there is no need to ever change the book in the calibre library. The contents of the book can be kept exactly as it was when it was originally imported. Last edited by Adoby; 11-09-2013 at 09:24 AM.

11-09-2013, 09:35 AM	#12
Lauraq Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: not one	sorry but my English is not good, I understand some of what you wrote but I did not understand if I can easily do the conversion to the same format safely?

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