Help with CALIBRE please - Page 2

plib · 02-11-2012, 06:04 PM

OK. Thanks. That might be a route to go.

I'm used to seeing the name in the book data as FN LN, but for search/filing purposes as LN, FN. Of the two I think the most useful for me at the moment is the search/filing route, so changing the display name is probably my best shot.

If I change the display in Calibre will that change and rewrite the on-disk folder names for existing library books, or only new books added? Presumably it also has implications for the sort order on the actual ereader?

I know, I know - RTFM! ;-)

Xenophon · 02-13-2012, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plib

I don't want to access a particular file directly. What I'm actually doing at the moment is comparing the Baen CDs to what I have already imported for each author. If I haven't imported it I copy it from the CD folder to an "Import" folder and then I'll do a bulk import. Thanks to Total Commander (the best file manager on the planet) I can do a two pane folder compare and then copy from the CD folder to the "Import" folder tab very easily. TC also allows me to jump between the author folders in the Calibre library by just tapping the first letter of the folder.

So far the slowest, or at least most annoying, step in the process is getting to the author folder in the library. As there are 24 CDs in the collection I was looking for a way to change that. Guess I'm not going to get it. Judging by some of the other threads I've found I'm not the only one who'd like LN, FN library folders. It would be nice to at least have that as a straightforward option rather than awkward workarounds.

Calibre has quite good support for handling merging of multiple versions of a single book. It can also detect duplicates during import -- and you can specify whether to keep old, new, or both as well has how (or whether) to merge the metadata.

So... The easy* way to accomplish what you appear to be doing would be to set up the duplicate merging options, and then simply bulk import the Baen CDs in order. You'll then wind up with one of each book present on any of the CDs. Voilá.

*Easy in human time and attention, but more work for the computer. So what -- that's what they're FOR! (IMHO, of course...)

Xenophon

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02-11-2012, 06:04 PM	#16
plib Guru Posts: 777 Karma: 6356004 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	OK. Thanks. That might be a route to go. I'm used to seeing the name in the book data as FN LN, but for search/filing purposes as LN, FN. Of the two I think the most useful for me at the moment is the search/filing route, so changing the display name is probably my best shot. If I change the display in Calibre will that change and rewrite the on-disk folder names for existing library books, or only new books added? Presumably it also has implications for the sort order on the actual ereader? I know, I know - RTFM! ;-)

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