Adding text files and movies

Ariel212 · 06-15-2018, 11:15 AM

Hi,
I love how calibre handles my books on my mac. Sometimes I write notes in separate text files, mostly in pages, or have interviews with the authors from youtube or pictures, that I want to store with the book.
Just opening that books folder and dragging that stuff in there seems to work fine, but I am a bit uneasy about it. Is this something I can do, or do I create problems that will bite me in the back some day?
Anyone knows?

itimpi · 06-15-2018, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ariel212

Hi,
I love how calibre handles my books on my mac. Sometimes I write notes in separate text files, mostly in pages, or have interviews with the authors from youtube or pictures, that I want to store with the book.
Just opening that books folder and dragging that stuff in there seems to work fine, but I am a bit uneasy about it. Is this something I can do, or do I create problems that will bite me in the back some day?
Anyone knows?

If you are just adding them directly to the folder, bypassing Calibre, then they could get lost if you ever change the author of title in any way as Calibre does not have them as a record in the metadata database.

However if you add them as entries via the Calibre GUI then they will get recorded in the Calibre database and kept with the ebook files if you change the author/title. Note that Calibre will allow for any file type to be added, but only one of any given type (i.e. given extension).

BetterRed · 06-15-2018, 06:58 PM

↑ ↑ ↑

You can drag-drop any 'extra' files into Book Details panel where the cover is shown.

For the books where you've added the files into the book folders, just open the book folder and drag-drop the 'extra' files into Book Details panel, that will record their existence in the database..

FWIW I keep a pro-forma notes file on my desktop, when I want to create some notes for a book I drag-drop it into the Book Details panel. I use a .ONE file which I edit with OneNote.

BR

06-15-2018, 11:15 AM	#1
Ariel212 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: MacBook	Adding text files and movies Hi, I love how calibre handles my books on my mac. Sometimes I write notes in separate text files, mostly in pages, or have interviews with the authors from youtube or pictures, that I want to store with the book. Just opening that books folder and dragging that stuff in there seems to work fine, but I am a bit uneasy about it. Is this something I can do, or do I create problems that will bite me in the back some day? Anyone knows?

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06-15-2018, 06:58 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,572 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	↑ ↑ ↑ You can drag-drop any 'extra' files into Book Details panel where the cover is shown. For the books where you've added the files into the book folders, just open the book folder and drag-drop the 'extra' files into Book Details panel, that will record their existence in the database.. FWIW I keep a pro-forma notes file on my desktop, when I want to create some notes for a book I drag-drop it into the Book Details panel. I use a .ONE file which I edit with OneNote. BR

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