Save to Options??

[crich70]

Is there a way to save all the books by a given author in just 1 folder rather than having them all under that name but in seperate sub folders?
For example is there a way to set things up in Calibre so that all the books by A.C. Doyle go into the folder with his name on it, but they don't each end up with their own separate folder within the A. C. Doyle folder?

[kacir]

Originally Posted by crich70

Is there a way to save all the books by a given author in just 1 folder rather than having them all under that name but in seperate sub folders?
For example is there a way to set things up in Calibre so that all the books by A.C. Doyle go into the folder with his name on it, but they don't each end up with their own separate folder within the A. C. Doyle folder?

Preferences -> Import/Export -> Saving books to disk -> Save Template.
Instead of default {author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors} try something like this:
{authors}/{series}/{series_index:0>3s|| - }{title} - {authors}

For explanation see
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...60#post2664960
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...72#post2207272

[itimpi]

You cannot change how Calibre names And organises book files it stores within its own library, but you can change the names used when exporting books from the library as mentioned in the previous post.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by kacir

Preferences -> Import/Export -> Saving books to disk -> Save Template.
Instead of default {author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors} try something like this:
{authors}/{series}/{series_index:0>3s|| - }{title} - {authors}

For explanation see
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...60#post2664960
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...72#post2207272

Thanks. Still has one subfolder within which the authors are stored but better one sub folder for the authors (with their books all in one folder) than 5 or more separate ones under the same author.

[itimpi]

Originally Posted by crich70

Thanks. Still has one subfolder within which the authors are stored but better one sub folder for the authors (with their books all in one folder) than 5 or more separate ones under the same author.

The template can be 'intelligent', so if you say what you are getting; the template you are using; and what you would like to see, then you are likely to get some suggestions as to how to set the template up to achieve the desired result.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by itimpi

The template can be 'intelligent', so if you say what you are getting; the template you are using; and what you would like to see, then you are likely to get some suggestions as to how to set the template up to achieve the desired result.

Basically what I wanted was to save to disk in such a way that there would be just a folder for the author name and the books would be in that folder.

Doyle, Arthur C.

list of books

instead of having every book in a separate folder within the folder with the author's name. The template that kacir mentioned seems to do that fairly well. The only difference is that it's

1) authors name
2) unlabeled folder
3) list of books

instead of:

1) authors name
2) list of books

With the default template it was:

1) authors name
2)folder for book 1
2a) book

3) folder for book 2
3a) book

etc.

[BetterRed]

crich70 - try this as the template

{authors}/{title}

BR

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

crich70 - try this as the template

{authors}/{title}

BR

Personally, I would use

{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

so in the off chance that one of the books has 20 authors (think: anthology) you don't overload the max filename size.

Also, having the author name in the ebook file wasn't explicitly mentioned as a problem, so I'd leave it in. I would just modify the default template to suit.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by crich70

Basically what I wanted was to save to disk in such a way that there would be just a folder for the author name and the books would be in that folder.

This is exactly what my template provides.
If the author has no series, then all the books are inside one folder with author name. If there are series, there is exactly one subfolder for each series and the books inside that folder are numbered.

I was hoping you would take time to read comment in the two links that I provided and modify the template to suit your exact needs.
You can go wild and construct any directory and file naming structure using this template language. You can have all books dumped in a single directory, like so:

{authors|| - }{series|| }{series_index:0>3s|| - }{title}

[crich70]

Originally Posted by kacir

This is exactly what my template provides.
If the author has no series, then all the books are inside one folder with author name. If there are series, there is exactly one subfolder for each series and the books inside that folder are numbered.

I was hoping you would take time to read comment in the two links that I provided and modify the template to suit your exact needs.
You can go wild and construct any directory and file naming structure using this template language. You can have all books dumped in a single directory, like so:

{authors|| - }{series|| }{series_index:0>3s|| - }{title}

I realize that is what the template changes you listed do and I do appreciate the help. I haven't been online much the last day or so but i do plan to look at the links you included. Thanks again.