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Old 01-03-2022, 11:20 AM   #1
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Hi All,

At the moment, after importing epubs into calibre, all the books are stored sorted by author (when looking in windows file explorer)
e.g:
[Calibre] - [Authors] - [Title] - [title-author]

Is it possible to change this behaviour, for example sort it by series as you might do in an actual bookcase (I don't sort all authors alphabetically, I sort them on topic/series, Aviation, History, Philosophy, Cooking etc.
e.g.
[Calibre] - [Series] - [Authors] - [Title] - [title-author]
[Calibre] - [Series] - [Title] - [title-author]

I've been staring at the settings, but can not find anything like it.
I know we can manage and sort all of it in a proper way within Calibre, but it annoys me everytime I open the lot in file explorer
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Old 01-03-2022, 11:54 AM   #2
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No, it's not possible and never will be. A calibre library is meant to be used via the calibre GUI, not via the file explorer.
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Using any file tools other than calibre on a calibre library is a good way to force you to learn about recovering a damaged calibre library.
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I leave the real Calibre database alone (mostly) and use CALIBREDB.EXE's --export option to copy books to a working folder using a template to name them the way that works best to side load to my Kindle

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...db.html#export

Sample file template. The template language is very flexible so that if a book is not part of a series, that part of the generated file name is empty (e.g. The Martian)

AUTHOR-SERIES+NUMBER-TITLE

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Andy Weir-Martian, The.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Rama[01]-Rendezvous With Rama.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Rama[02]-Rama Revisited.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Rama[03]-Garden of Rama, The.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Rama[04]-Rama Revealed.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Space_Odyssey[01]-2001_ A Space Odyssey.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Space_Odyssey[02]-2010_ Odyssey Two.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Space_Odyssey[03]-2061_ Odyssey Three.epub
Arthur C. Clarke-Space_Odyssey[04]-3001_ The Final Odyssey.epub
Bill Bryson-Short History of Nearly Everything, A.epub
Bill Fawcett-100 Mistakes That Changed History.epub
Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard-Killing England-The Brutal Struggle for American Independence.epub
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I've been staring at the settings, but can not find anything like it.

I know we can manage and sort all of it in a proper way within Calibre, but it annoys me everytime I open the lot in file explorer
Please read this section of the User Manual ==>> Why doesn’t calibre let me store books in my own folder structure?

And this sticky thread at the top of this sub-forum ==>> Want to change folder structure or file names in the Calibre library?

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Hi All,

At the moment, after importing epubs into calibre, all the books are stored sorted by author (when looking in windows file explorer)
e.g:
[Calibre] - [Authors] - [Title] - [title-author]

Is it possible to change this behaviour, for example sort it by series as you might do in an actual bookcase (I don't sort all authors alphabetically, I sort them on topic/series, Aviation, History, Philosophy, Cooking etc.
e.g.
[Calibre] - [Series] - [Authors] - [Title] - [title-author]
[Calibre] - [Series] - [Title] - [title-author]

I've been staring at the settings, but can not find anything like it.
I know we can manage and sort all of it in a proper way within Calibre, but it annoys me everytime I open the lot in file explorer
Why do you want to change the layout when th3e GUI works very well?
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