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Old 10-26-2018, 11:22 AM   #1
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Update folder structure after updating metadata
Say, I have a folder, Notes from Underground > Notes from Underground.epub in the Calibre library, because I have "Notes from Underground" as the book's author. And say I then correct the metadata to the right author. How do I apply the changes to the folders now so that it's Fyodor Dostoevsky > Notes from Underground.epub?
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Old 10-26-2018, 11:36 AM   #2
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Say, I have a folder, Notes from Underground > Notes from Underground.epub in the Calibre library, because I have "Notes from Underground" as the book's author. And say I then correct the metadata to the right author. How do I apply the changes to the folders now so that it's Fyodor Dostoevsky > Notes from Underground.epub?
Calibre does that automatically although its internal structure is:

Fyodor Dostoevsky > Notes from Underground (123) > Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky.epub
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Old 10-27-2018, 06:05 PM   #3
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Oh, you're right! The reason I didn't see it happening is I had title as author and vice versa. Thanks.

Any chance I can modify the structure? I'd like to remove the (132) and just have the book title as the .epub name. Something else I noticed is it replaced ":" as "_" in the folder name for another book, since ":" is an invalid character for a folder title. Any way I can modify what character it chooses for this?

Also, what does the parenthesis stuff stand for?
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Any chance I can modify the structure?
No, not in your calibre library. See here for more details.

If you want your own custom file structure you need to use calibre's Save-to-Disk with your own Save Template to export/copy books to somewhere else on your disk.

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Also, what does the parenthesis stuff stand for?
The number is the unique id of that book in that calibre library. It's fundamental to everything calibre does.
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Old 10-27-2018, 06:27 PM   #5
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Old 10-28-2018, 04:27 PM   #6
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Alright then, thanks again guys!
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