importing ebooks

iconeo · 05-01-2009, 12:57 AM

I have some ebooks named as follows 'hello.i.am.an.ebook.pdf"

How do I write a search expression under the advanced configuration tab that will translate it into a title? Currently there is (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+)

Thanks in advance!

kovidgoyal · 05-01-2009, 12:47 PM

what parts are title and author in hello.i.am.an.ebook?

iconeo · 05-01-2009, 08:35 PM

Well, usually the author is the last two words in the list. But sometimes there isn't even an author...

Krystian Galaj · 05-02-2009, 05:49 PM

Until programs can understand actual language, I don't think there's a way for the search expression to recognize when there is an author, and when there isn't. At the very least, you'd have to divide your ebooks into two sets: one where two last words are author name and surname, and another with no author.
If sometimes author's name comes first, and sometimes surname comes first, I guess that will also have to be divided by hand into two sets - one with name first, one with surname first.
Then, on each set, different search expression would apply. Not sure which exact expressions those would be though.

fake-name · 05-05-2009, 03:35 AM

I wonder if it would be possible to guess at which is the title, and which is the Author name by doing a dictionary search, based on the assumption that there are more proper nouns in the author name, and the title and author are separated bay a unique character (only one incidence in the title), that isn't a letter or number.

It wouldn't always work, but it would be great for those people who have large and rather random book collections.

Hm... Interesting.

05-01-2009, 12:57 AM	#1
iconeo Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: HTC Touch Pro	importing ebooks I have some ebooks named as follows 'hello.i.am.an.ebook.pdf" How do I write a search expression under the advanced configuration tab that will translate it into a title? Currently there is (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+) Thanks in advance!

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05-01-2009, 12:47 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,196 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	what parts are title and author in hello.i.am.an.ebook?

05-01-2009, 08:35 PM	#3
iconeo Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: HTC Touch Pro	Well, usually the author is the last two words in the list. But sometimes there isn't even an author...

05-02-2009, 05:49 PM	#4
Krystian Galaj Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 11012 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Bookeen Cybook	Until programs can understand actual language, I don't think there's a way for the search expression to recognize when there is an author, and when there isn't. At the very least, you'd have to divide your ebooks into two sets: one where two last words are author name and surname, and another with no author. If sometimes author's name comes first, and sometimes surname comes first, I guess that will also have to be divided by hand into two sets - one with name first, one with surname first. Then, on each set, different search expression would apply. Not sure which exact expressions those would be though.

05-05-2009, 03:35 AM	#5
fake-name Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: PRS-505	I wonder if it would be possible to guess at which is the title, and which is the Author name by doing a dictionary search, based on the assumption that there are more proper nouns in the author name, and the title and author are separated bay a unique character (only one incidence in the title), that isn't a letter or number. It wouldn't always work, but it would be great for those people who have large and rather random book collections. Hm... Interesting.