bulk metadata editing question

bliblo · 07-29-2018, 02:42 PM

I want to change the title of a series of ebooks, basically i just need to add a string to the title. Now the titles are "Vol.xx Chapter xxx", I want them to change in "Title Vol.xx Chapter xxx", i tried in search and replace but i wasn't able to do it. So how do i do it? Is there a jolly character like *?

theducks · 07-29-2018, 03:47 PM

I assume these are Magazines or Journals and you are correcting the Metadata and NOT just wanting to transfer to your device with the additional info (Use the template for send to device for that)

In the MDE, there is a MODE pull down: Prepend or append depending on the fields yo have started with

I use REGEX search mode: The capture of the full field would be (.+)

you would use \1 in the replace to place the first capture (in this case, the only capture)
REGEX is confusing to start out, but once you have the basics. There are a few tutorials around MR. Try the wiki

bliblo · 07-29-2018, 04:48 PM

Awesome i solved, thanks!

07-29-2018, 02:42 PM	#1
bliblo Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2018 Device: kindle	bulk metadata editing question I want to change the title of a series of ebooks, basically i just need to add a string to the title. Now the titles are "Vol.xx Chapter xxx", I want them to change in "Title Vol.xx Chapter xxx", i tried in search and replace but i wasn't able to do it. So how do i do it? Is there a jolly character like *?

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07-29-2018, 03:47 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,801 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I assume these are Magazines or Journals and you are correcting the Metadata and NOT just wanting to transfer to your device with the additional info (Use the template for send to device for that) In the MDE, there is a MODE pull down: Prepend or append depending on the fields yo have started with I use REGEX search mode: The capture of the full field would be (.+) you would use \1 in the replace to place the first capture (in this case, the only capture) REGEX is confusing to start out, but once you have the basics. There are a few tutorials around MR. Try the wiki

07-29-2018, 04:48 PM	#3
bliblo Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2018 Device: kindle	Awesome i solved, thanks!

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