Kindle 3 renaming books when they are loaded. - Page 2

HarryT · 09-19-2011, 08:48 AM

The original poster should investigate the use of Calibre's "plugboards". This lets you automatically append a series name and number to the title of a book when the book is sent to the device. It's a much better solution than incorporating the number into the book's title in the metadata.

renswic · 09-19-2011, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The original poster should investigate the use of Calibre's "plugboards". This lets you automatically append a series name and number to the title of a book when the book is sent to the device. It's a much better solution than incorporating the number into the book's title in the metadata.

I'll look into that.

dwig · 09-19-2011, 09:35 PM

I use both a Plug Board and a Save Template.

In the Pref "Save to Disk" and "Send to Device" I use the following:

{series} {series_index:0>2s} {title} - {authors}

so that the saved filename pre-pends the series name for visibility from a file browser.

The Plug Boards I use do similar to the title field and send author_sort to the author field

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09-19-2011, 08:48 AM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The original poster should investigate the use of Calibre's "plugboards". This lets you automatically append a series name and number to the title of a book when the book is sent to the device. It's a much better solution than incorporating the number into the book's title in the metadata.

09-19-2011, 09:35 PM	#18
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	I use both a Plug Board and a Save Template. In the Pref "Save to Disk" and "Send to Device" I use the following: {series} {series_index:0>2s} {title} - {authors} so that the saved filename pre-pends the series name for visibility from a file browser. The Plug Boards I use do similar to the title field and send author_sort to the author field

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