Extract/Save Ebook ONLY, not folder structure or metadata

ratsima · 03-08-2021, 05:19 AM

Hello, Ive been searching for an answer but I cant even find this question anywhere, so any asssistance would be very helpful.
I have some science textbooks in Calibre that I want to copy for use in a non-Calibre environment. Can I extract or save the ebook files only to my HDD? The Save to Disk function seens to save the book and metadata in a folder and then that folder is located in a author folder. I dont want folders or metadata at all, just the ebook file standalone. Is there any way to do this from Calibre? Thanks...

capink · 03-08-2021, 05:28 AM

three steps:

Preferences > Saving books to disk > change the template to:
Code:
```
{authors} - {title}
```
Save to disk > Save to disk in a single directory.
In your file manager: sort files by type > select and delete all covers and opf (metadata backup) files

ratsima · 03-08-2021, 05:50 AM

Excellent capink, that solves the issue of the folder structure. Thank you. I assume that there is no way to force Calibre to save without the cover and opf files, or you would have mentioned it.

kovidgoyal · 03-08-2021, 06:39 AM

Preferences->Saving to disk has options to control whether the opf and cover are saved or not.

03-08-2021, 05:19 AM	#1
ratsima Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: none	Extract/Save Ebook ONLY, not folder structure or metadata Hello, Ive been searching for an answer but I cant even find this question anywhere, so any asssistance would be very helpful. I have some science textbooks in Calibre that I want to copy for use in a non-Calibre environment. Can I extract or save the ebook files only to my HDD? The Save to Disk function seens to save the book and metadata in a folder and then that folder is located in a author folder. I dont want folders or metadata at all, just the ebook file standalone. Is there any way to do this from Calibre? Thanks...

03-08-2021, 05:28 AM	#2
capink Wizard Posts: 1,090 Karma: 1948136 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle	three steps: Preferences > Saving books to disk > change the template to: Code: {authors} - {title} Save to disk > Save to disk in a single directory. In your file manager: sort files by type > select and delete all covers and opf (metadata backup) files Last edited by capink; 03-08-2021 at 05:31 AM.

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03-08-2021, 05:50 AM	#3
ratsima Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: none	Excellent capink, that solves the issue of the folder structure. Thank you. I assume that there is no way to force Calibre to save without the cover and opf files, or you would have mentioned it.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Preferences->Saving to disk has options to control whether the opf and cover are saved or not.

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