Split Titles - 2 Fields

oldbwl · 02-05-2013, 10:44 AM

Many of the books I have contain a sub-Title.

A made up example:
"I am happy: And this book contains all the reasons why you should be pleased"

I know I could create a custom column for the sub-title. This means under my naming convention, the (Save to Disk) file names at least could be much shorter which is a plus, but would I be able to use the full data somehow in Metadata download searches.

If not, it would be a nice feature for a future version of Calibre, possibly?

theducks · 02-05-2013, 10:56 AM

Worms
Big can of

Parsing terrors

Your example is what you want.

what happens when the title (very common) appears in the download metadata as Series: Title?
Forgotten Realms: Time of the Twins
Man-Kizin Wars: Choosing Names

fidvo · 02-05-2013, 11:32 AM

I suggest creating a second column, but instead of going with Title and Subtitle, go with Title and Short Title (or something like that).

So using your example, the Title would be:

I am happy: And this book contains all the reasons why you should be pleased

and the Short Title would be:

I am happy

Redundant information? Sure. But it gives you a short title for saving to disk while preserving the ability to download metadata with the full title.

oldbwl · 02-05-2013, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fidvo

... it gives you a short title for saving to disk while preserving the ability to download metadata with the full title.

That is a really good idea, thanks for that.

02-05-2013, 10:44 AM	#1
oldbwl Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 164 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Old Ynysybwl Device: Sony PRS-300	Split Titles - 2 Fields Many of the books I have contain a sub-Title. A made up example: "I am happy: And this book contains all the reasons why you should be pleased" I know I could create a custom column for the sub-title. This means under my naming convention, the (Save to Disk) file names at least could be much shorter which is a plus, but would I be able to use the full data somehow in Metadata download searches. If not, it would be a nice feature for a future version of Calibre, possibly?

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02-05-2013, 10:56 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,802 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Worms Big can of Parsing terrors Your example is what you want. what happens when the title (very common) appears in the download metadata as Series: Title? Forgotten Realms: Time of the Twins Man-Kizin Wars: Choosing Names

02-05-2013, 11:32 AM	#3
fidvo Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1599870 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: none	I suggest creating a second column, but instead of going with Title and Subtitle, go with Title and Short Title (or something like that). So using your example, the Title would be: I am happy: And this book contains all the reasons why you should be pleased and the Short Title would be: I am happy Redundant information? Sure. But it gives you a short title for saving to disk while preserving the ability to download metadata with the full title.

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