add numerous PDFs

CEW4 · 09-27-2011, 07:49 PM

Hi,

perhaps someone could share a tip with me:

I'd like to import numerous (about one hundred) PDFs as books into Calibre. The file names are in a defined format

[series_number] - [title].pdf

The PDF info is not (especially the books' titles), but fields like "Author" are usually filled correctly. Cover images appear to be present (or maybe Calibre just shows the first page.) Anyhow, as I see it, I now have two choices:

a) Import by filename only and fill in every single metadata record of every book

or

b) Import by PDF-metadata and correct every book title, as well as re-sorting the books into the correct order.

Naturally, I'm not keen on either workload. Is there another way I might be missing?

Regards,
CEW4

speakingtohe · 09-27-2011, 11:18 PM

well you could always import by filename and download the metadata.

Try one or two books and see what works best.

Helen

09-27-2011, 07:49 PM	#1
CEW4 Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Oyo, Kindle	add numerous PDFs Hi, perhaps someone could share a tip with me: I'd like to import numerous (about one hundred) PDFs as books into Calibre. The file names are in a defined format [series_number] - [title].pdf The PDF info is not (especially the books' titles), but fields like "Author" are usually filled correctly. Cover images appear to be present (or maybe Calibre just shows the first page.) Anyhow, as I see it, I now have two choices: a) Import by filename only and fill in every single metadata record of every book or b) Import by PDF-metadata and correct every book title, as well as re-sorting the books into the correct order. Naturally, I'm not keen on either workload. Is there another way I might be missing? Regards, CEW4

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09-27-2011, 11:18 PM	#2
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	well you could always import by filename and download the metadata. Try one or two books and see what works best. Helen

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