Rename book file names

[quinoche]

Hello!!!
How can I modify book file names template so I get book names in this order 'Surname, Name - Book title' and I can rename the ones that don't fit that template?
Thanks in advance!!!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by quinoche

Hello!!!
How can I modify book file names template so I get book names in this order 'Surname, Name - Book title' and I can rename the ones that don't fit that template?
Thanks in advance!!!

The Quality check Plugin is your best friend. (read all it does in the dedicated thread in the Plugin section of Calibre. It has 2 general tasks: Find exceptions. 2) Fix selected name (exceptions)

BUT first read the sticky https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=119175
( It is not a bad idea to review all Calibre Stickies )
Calibre folders follow how the names appear in the spreadsheet. BUT there is almost ZERO need for the user to look beneath the skirts (inside the Library folder). NEVER edit a file or folder name inside Calibre except by using Calibre to cause it. You will break the linkages

[quinoche]

Calibre has a lot of good plugins but also a lot of configurable options in itself and I am looking for the latter. I guess there must be some way to do it but I get lost among so many options...

[BetterRed]

Did you check this Sticky threat at the top of this subforum ==>> Plugboard, template, and custom composite column recipes

BR

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by quinoche

Calibre has a lot of good plugins but also a lot of configurable options in itself and I am looking for the latter. I guess there must be some way to do it but I get lost among so many options...

I'm going to assume that you are not trying to change the names in the calibre library but rather when sent to your ereader.

I don't have a cervantes ereader but the plugin supports a Save template.

One friend of mine uses the following template for save to disk.

{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title}/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)} - {series:| |}{series_index:0>5.2f| | - }{title}

This creates a directory from the first entry in the author sort, a subdirectory from the book title and then the ebook file with the name as first entry in the author sort, series if present, title.

A couple of examples of the output:

Piper, H. Beam
		Little Fuzzy
			Piper, H. Beam - Little Fuzzy.epub
		Space Viking
			Piper, H. Beam - Space Viking
Flint, Eric
		An Oblique Approach
			Flint, Eric - Belisarius 01.00 - An Oblique Approach.epup
		Portal
			Flint, Eric - Boundary 03.00 - Portal.epub

The reason for the limit to 1 for the author is simply that I ran into issues with several anthologies where every flipping author was listed and calibre truncated to fit the name length limit.

[quinoche]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I'm going to assume that you are not trying to change the names in the calibre library but rather when sent to your ereader.

I'm trying to change the names in the Calibre library

[stumped]

Originally Posted by quinoche

I'm trying to change the names in the Calibre library

you cant. IF you do, you break it.
read FAQ

[theducks]

AGAIN
Quality check plugin

A useful tool
To standardize the entries (almost any. One kind at a time)
The CHECK part only identifies (temporary mark) issues. You use other tools to fix selected entries. Some are part of Calibre (Bulk metadata edit), some others are in the FIX section of this PI. For advanced users, DaltonST has some really deep level tools

SORTING is set in Preferences: TWEAKS
ID: author_sort_copy_method
ID: title_series_sorting
<and there are some more>
After changing any of these settings, you will need to use the QC PI to identify, and the Bulk Metadata Edit to recompute the sorts (there is tick boxes. Tick the one needed. OK. that is all you do)

AND AGAIN
Stop looking 'under the skirts'. It will get you into a deep mess if you touch.
Calibre will deliver books (Send to, Save as)to a device, without ever knowing where IN the Library, they were stored.

[stumped]

Also, save to disc will deliver copies of books with a filename template of your choice.
Don't touch the library names

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by quinoche

I'm trying to change the names in the Calibre library

Check the calibre FAQ. Pay special attention to the section titled Why doesn’t calibre let me store books in my own directory structure?.

Please note the FAQ has a procedure for changing the author name display from FN LN to LN, FN. It's a bit of a pain but it's the only way to change that order without breaking calibre.

When changing from FN LN to LN, FN, it is often the case
that the values in author_sort are already in LN, FN format.
If this is your case, then do the following:

        Set the author_sort_copy_method tweak to copy as described above.
        Restart calibre. Do not change any book metadata before doing the remaining steps.
        Open the Manage authors dialog. Press the copy all author sort values to author button.
        Check through the authors to be sure you are happy. You can still press Cancel to abandon the changes. Once you press OK, there is no undo.
        Press OK, at which point calibre will change the authors in all your books. This can take a while.

As far as manually changing anything in the calibre library, treat the calibre library as a black box and do not go poking behind the curtain.