EPUB file renamer

[olm]

Over the time I have collected quite a few ebooks mostly in EPUB format. I like to have my collection as files as we are a family using different devices and thus do not want to tie them up to a single application.

As the time went by the desired books was harder and harder to find due to inconsistent naming and also there was a lot of duplicates.

To solve this problem I wanted to be able to name the files by author, then title just the same way my physical books are organised on the shelf (and my records, and my mp3 files). To accomplish this I wrote a small program that does exactly that and I would like to share it with you here https://github.com/SeniorWizard/ebook-renamer

WARNING: This tool is not for use on an actual calibre library, use on a calibre library will damage your library

As is the tool works great for me and my needs, I have tested it on various platforms and use it myself on a weekly basis. It may not suit your needs though, but feel free to suggest changes or improvements if you like it or find it useful.

[BetterRed]

Maybe the utility could be useful to rename just downloaded files prior to adding them to a calibre library with any fine grained manual adjustments in between

Imagine download name is A23XY75-R566.EPUB. This utility could be used to expose the title, author, series etc in the file name, one could then massage it so that it conforms with the calibre Add books 'Extract metadata from my file name' template.

BR

[phossler]

I use calibredb export (run via VBS script) to copy books from the real caliber library's multi-folders to a different single folder with names like

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-Sherlock_Holmes[01]-Scandal in Bohemia, A.epub