Calibre Save to Disk Template Editor Question

pjmpjm · 11-10-2022, 05:56 AM

Sorry for this newbie plea for help . . . but in all my many years of using our wonderful Calibre, I've never once employed the 'Save to Disk' function to export multiple books from Calibre. I've always just removed books one at a time and arranged the title as I wanted.

Now I want to export numerous books from Calibre to a specific folder in my hard drive, all in the format: Author's Name - Title of Book.

Do I change the Template Editor to do this? And what do I put in place instead of the default {author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors}? That's my question!

For example: The Purple Pony was written by John Smith. I want it exported to my hard drive folder as John Smith - The Purple Pony.

Thanks so much!

theducks · 11-10-2022, 06:08 AM

REMEMBER You can not affect how Calibre stores the Library copy

{authors} - {title}
for the actual file name (in the target folder)
You use the dialog that appears to navigate to Where to put that

did you know that you can create a NEW folder within that location IN THE dialog?
Yep! Right click in the window:New. You can even rename, then select as the target:OK

pjmpjm · 11-10-2022, 06:41 AM

Thanks very much!

11-10-2022, 05:56 AM	#1
pjmpjm Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 48334 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Australia Device: Fire HD 10	Calibre Save to Disk Template Editor Question Sorry for this newbie plea for help . . . but in all my many years of using our wonderful Calibre, I've never once employed the 'Save to Disk' function to export multiple books from Calibre. I've always just removed books one at a time and arranged the title as I wanted. Now I want to export numerous books from Calibre to a specific folder in my hard drive, all in the format: Author's Name - Title of Book. Do I change the Template Editor to do this? And what do I put in place instead of the default {author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors}? That's my question! For example: The Purple Pony was written by John Smith. I want it exported to my hard drive folder as John Smith - The Purple Pony. Thanks so much! Last edited by pjmpjm; 11-10-2022 at 05:59 AM.

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11-10-2022, 06:08 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,273 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	REMEMBER You can not affect how Calibre stores the Library copy {authors} - {title} for the actual file name (in the target folder) You use the dialog that appears to navigate to Where to put that did you know that you can create a NEW folder within that location IN THE dialog? Yep! Right click in the window:New. You can even rename, then select as the target:OK

11-10-2022, 06:41 AM	#3
pjmpjm Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 48334 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Australia Device: Fire HD 10	Thanks very much!

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