Problem with sending to device (custom path)

[autumnmist]

Something weird is going on with my Calibre setup. (It was working back in February and I recently went to load more books onto my Nook Color and now I'm having issues).

I have Calibre set to Send Books to a custom path:
My Files/Books/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

(This worked fine back in February)

Now, when I try to have Calibre send books to my SDcard, the books end up in (note the extra "Books":
/sdcard/My Files/Books/Books/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

If I keep the exact same path but tell Calibre to send the books to Main Memory, the books correctly end up in
/main/My Files/Books/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

So there is a problem only when sending books to the SDcard. In addition, if I send books to the SDcard with the path
Books/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}
the books correctly end up in
/sdcard/Books/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

It's *only* when I add the "My Files" part to the path, and *only* with the SDcard that the books are ending up in the wrong place.

[kovidgoyal]

Dont add My Files to the start of the path. The NC driver does special processing for My Files.

[autumnmist]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Dont add My Files to the start of the path. The NC driver does special processing for My Files.

Yes I thought that might be the case, which is why I also tried it without My Files in the path, but then the books don't end up in the My Files folder:

If I enter the path as
Books/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

the books end up in
/sdcard/Books/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

(in other words not in My Files as I need them to be to be recognized by the NC ereader app)

If I enter the path as
{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}
the books end up in
/sdcard/{author_sort}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

None of these are correct.

[kovidgoyal]

Are you saying your nook is unable to read books not in My Files on the sd card? I fond that hard to believe.

[autumnmist]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Are you saying your nook is unable to read books not in My Files on the sd card? I fond that hard to believe.

That's where Nook books downloaded through the Nook app end up. It's a huge pain to have books scattered in different folders -- it means I can't just open up a different ereader program (FBReader for example) and point it to My Files/Books. I have to keep jumping around the file system to open up different books for reading.

Also because I initially loaded all my books through Calibre in February when it was still correctly loading files into My Files/Books, I have all (100s of) my existing books in My Files/Books/* but now all new books are going to end up somewhere else in the file structure.

[kovidgoyal]

Then use Connect to Folder instead of the nook driver.

[autumnmist]

Ok, but I am confused. Why does the Calibre NC driver use the "correct" location for sending books to internal memory (/main/My Files/Books) but not for sending books to the sdcard?

[kovidgoyal]

To enable news downloads to be recognized correctly by the Nook. For more details, read the source.