Catalog text files

SnapSilken · 10-03-2023, 12:21 PM

Is there a way to add books in text format to Caliber and have it automatically catalog them?

The titles of the books are made up of <Author> - <Title>.txt

theducks · 10-03-2023, 04:44 PM

Preferences Adding books.
The template governs the fields

Code:

(?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+)

(FWIW I just reversed the default Calibre comes with)

You may need to remove the tick from Read from file contents

BetterRed · 10-03-2023, 06:01 PM

You can add any type of file to calibre to create a 'book' item.

The only file type I've ever had problems with is Windows shortcut files (.lnk) when running calibre under Windows.

File types that don't have embedded e-book metadata (e.g .txt, .mp4) will use the template specified in Preferences->Add books->Reading metadata to set the metadata -- see @theducks post #2 above.

BR

SnapSilken · 10-04-2023, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Preferences Adding books.
The template governs the fields

Code:

(?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+)

(FWIW I just reversed the default Calibre comes with)

You may need to remove the tick from Read from file contents

It works wonderfully!! Thank you very much.

10-03-2023, 12:21 PM	#1
SnapSilken Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2023 Device: None	Catalog text files Is there a way to add books in text format to Caliber and have it automatically catalog them? The titles of the books are made up of <Author> - <Title>.txt

10-03-2023, 06:01 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,616 Karma: 29710338 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	You can add any type of file to calibre to create a 'book' item. The only file type I've ever had problems with is Windows shortcut files (.lnk) when running calibre under Windows. File types that don't have embedded e-book metadata (e.g .txt, .mp4) will use the template specified in Preferences->Add books->Reading metadata to set the metadata -- see @theducks post #2 above. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 10-03-2023 at 06:04 PM.

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10-03-2023, 04:44 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,897 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Preferences Adding books. The template governs the fields Code: (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+) (FWIW I just reversed the default Calibre comes with) You may need to remove the tick from Read from file contents