Calibre - the Wizard Of Oz Renaming

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 10:32 AM

I'm using Calibre and want to rename books I downloaded form Project Gutenberg.

I downloaded all 14 Wizard of Oz books. Using a page in Wikipedia, I was able to determine the order of the books. In Calibre, I edited the metadata and renamed the title and title sort to "Book 1 -title of Oz book, Book 2, title of Oz book, etc." So, in Calibre, simply by looking, I know that "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" is the fourth book because I renamed it "Book 4 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz."

However, when I send these books via Calibre to my Kindle, some of the titles are not translating. For instance, "Book 1 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" still reads "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." No change. So now I have some titles which are numbered and other titles that are simply the original title.

It's confusing because I want to look at the Kindle directory and know by the title which book is the first second, third, etc.

Does anyone know what else I can do to correct this?

(I'm using Calibre 0.9.15 and a Kindle Keyboard)

JSWolf · 06-27-2013, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by georgetoon

I'm using Calibre and want to rename books I downloaded form Project Gutenberg.

I downloaded all 14 Wizard of Oz books. Using a page in Wikipedia, I was able to determine the order of the books. In Calibre, I edited the metadata and renamed the title and title sort to "Book 1 -title of Oz book, Book 2, title of Oz book, etc." So, in Calibre, simply by looking, I know that "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" is the fourth book because I renamed it "Book 4 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz."

However, when I send these books via Calibre to my Kindle, some of the titles are not translating. For instance, "Book 1 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" still reads "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." No change. So now I have some titles which are numbered and other titles that are simply the original title.

It's confusing because I want to look at the Kindle directory and know by the title which book is the first second, third, etc.

Does anyone know what else I can do to correct this?

(I'm using Calibre 0.9.15 and a Kindle Keyboard)

First, upgrade to the latest version of Calibre.

Then using Polish Books, update the metadata of all the books and you will be good to go.

What you have done is add the metadata to the database, but the books still contain the incorrect metadata and the metadata from the books is what your Reader is reading.

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

First, upgrade to the latest version of Calibre.

Then using Polish Books, update the metadata of all the books and you will be good to go.

What you have done is add the metadata to the database, but the books still contain the incorrect metadata and the metadata from the books is what your Reader is reading.

Thank you.

Polish books? I'm afraid I don'd understand.

ApK · 06-27-2013, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by georgetoon

Thank you.

Polish books? I'm afraid I don'd understand.

See here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=205857

You can also do what you do by doing a like to like (eg mobi to mobi or epub to epub) conversion of the books you want to update. Converting to the same format updates the metadata in the book file.

JSWolf · 06-27-2013, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by georgetoon

Thank you.

Polish books? I'm afraid I don'd understand.

Upgrade to the latest version of Calibre. Yours is a bit behind.

Once you have upgraded, select all of the OZ books and right click on them. Then select (from the menu) Polish Books. Then from the dialog, check "Update metadata in the book files". Then click OK and Calibre will update the metadata in your books.

Next, delete all of the books from your Reader and add them all back on using the newly updated copies.

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 10:52 AM

Guys, thanks for this info!

I'm updating Calibre right now.

I'm excited to try out the fixes.

This program is awesome! A must have for anyone who has an Ereader/Kindle.

Many thanks and Il report back with my results.

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 11:07 AM

Well, I've updated and do not see the Polish books option anywhere. I'm running PCLinuxOS (Linux). My Linux system is fully updated.

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 11:09 AM

Wait..I'm showing yet another update to Calibre. I'm running it now.

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 11:10 AM

Well, I'm now running 0.9.35 and it says I ave the latest and greatest.

I still don't see the Polish books option.

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 11:18 AM

I'm doing a Mobi to Mobi conversion and that seems to be working.

fidvo · 06-27-2013, 11:38 AM

I'm glad you got it working, but may I suggest that there's a better way to do it.

First, use the fields in Calibre as they were intended. Store only the title in the title column, and the series info in the series column. Trust me, any time I've tried to work around Calibre's way of doing things, it's always come back to bite me eventually.

Second, use a plugboard to change the metadata on the fly as you send it to your device. Set up your plugboard template once and never worry about it again, instead of messing with mobi-to-mobi conversions on books you add in the future.

Admittedly, I can't help you with setting up a plugboard template because I don't use plugboards myself, but there are plenty of capable members on this forum that do. I just know that this feature is designed specifically to do exactly what you're asking.

By the way, to get started with plugboards, see here.

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 11:40 AM

Yes! Doing the Mobi to Mobi conversion wrote the new MetaData info to the books.

They now list as "Book 01 Oz Title, Book 02 Oz Title, etc." Now I know the sequence to read the books.

Again, still don't see the polish books option. I see that in the lower right, it says anew upgrade to 0.9.36 is available, but Caibre upgrade tells me I've got the latest. Perhaps polsih books is not in 0.9.35 for Linux?

AnemicOak · 06-27-2013, 11:46 AM

Perhaps try going to Preferences-->Toolbar-->Main Toolbar and then see if Polish Books is listed as something you can add to your toolbar?

georgetoon · 06-27-2013, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Perhaps try going to Preferences-->Toolbar-->Main Toolbar and then see if Polish Books is listed as something you can add to your toolbar?

Yes, that's it.

So sorry that I did't see that earlier.

Thank you so much.

And thanks to all.

Problem solved.

Calibre is terrific!

theducks · 06-27-2013, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by georgetoon

Well, I'm now running 0.9.35 and it says I ave the latest and greatest.

I still don't see the Polish books option.

You need to add the Icon to the menus because Calibre does not change/destroy YOUR custom configured menus of any existing installation

Preferences:toolbars
You should add in at least 2 places:
1)A toolbar (not connected)
2)Context Menu (not connected)

You can add any other place that is valid, but the above is where a New User would see them by default.

06-27-2013, 10:32 AM	#1
georgetoon Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Calibre - the Wizard Of Oz Renaming I'm using Calibre and want to rename books I downloaded form Project Gutenberg. I downloaded all 14 Wizard of Oz books. Using a page in Wikipedia, I was able to determine the order of the books. In Calibre, I edited the metadata and renamed the title and title sort to "Book 1 -title of Oz book, Book 2, title of Oz book, etc." So, in Calibre, simply by looking, I know that "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" is the fourth book because I renamed it "Book 4 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz." However, when I send these books via Calibre to my Kindle, some of the titles are not translating. For instance, "Book 1 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" still reads "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." No change. So now I have some titles which are numbered and other titles that are simply the original title. It's confusing because I want to look at the Kindle directory and know by the title which book is the first second, third, etc. Does anyone know what else I can do to correct this? (I'm using Calibre 0.9.15 and a Kindle Keyboard)

06-27-2013, 11:38 AM	#11
fidvo Addict Posts: 309 Karma: 1645952 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: none	I'm glad you got it working, but may I suggest that there's a better way to do it. First, use the fields in Calibre as they were intended. Store only the title in the title column, and the series info in the series column. Trust me, any time I've tried to work around Calibre's way of doing things, it's always come back to bite me eventually. Second, use a plugboard to change the metadata on the fly as you send it to your device. Set up your plugboard template once and never worry about it again, instead of messing with mobi-to-mobi conversions on books you add in the future. Admittedly, I can't help you with setting up a plugboard template because I don't use plugboards myself, but there are plenty of capable members on this forum that do. I just know that this feature is designed specifically to do exactly what you're asking. By the way, to get started with plugboards, see here. Last edited by fidvo; 06-27-2013 at 11:40 AM.

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06-27-2013, 10:52 AM	#6
georgetoon Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Guys, thanks for this info! I'm updating Calibre right now. I'm excited to try out the fixes. This program is awesome! A must have for anyone who has an Ereader/Kindle. Many thanks and Il report back with my results.

06-27-2013, 11:07 AM	#7
georgetoon Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Well, I've updated and do not see the Polish books option anywhere. I'm running PCLinuxOS (Linux). My Linux system is fully updated.

06-27-2013, 11:09 AM	#8
georgetoon Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Wait..I'm showing yet another update to Calibre. I'm running it now.

06-27-2013, 11:10 AM	#9
georgetoon Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Well, I'm now running 0.9.35 and it says I ave the latest and greatest. I still don't see the Polish books option.

06-27-2013, 11:18 AM	#10
georgetoon Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	I'm doing a Mobi to Mobi conversion and that seems to be working.

06-27-2013, 11:40 AM	#12
georgetoon Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Yes! Doing the Mobi to Mobi conversion wrote the new MetaData info to the books. They now list as "Book 01 Oz Title, Book 02 Oz Title, etc." Now I know the sequence to read the books. Again, still don't see the polish books option. I see that in the lower right, it says anew upgrade to 0.9.36 is available, but Caibre upgrade tells me I've got the latest. Perhaps polsih books is not in 0.9.35 for Linux?

06-27-2013, 11:46 AM	#13
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Perhaps try going to Preferences-->Toolbar-->Main Toolbar and then see if Polish Books is listed as something you can add to your toolbar?

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