Sequence of steps-- calibre, editing & formatting

Thalia Helikon · 01-06-2012, 10:00 PM

My question involves the organized sequence of stepa that you experts recommend.

Do I import all my rag-tag, mismatched ebooks into calibre FIRST? OR do I fuss and fiddle with the format and uniformity, title the file properly, and import into calibre AFTERWARDS.

Kind of related-- what happens if I edit a file within a calibre folder? can I save that back into the calibre folder, or should I save in a sandbox and "add" again?

Thank you!!

Jellby · 01-07-2012, 07:47 AM

Calibre saves files into its folder structure with its own naming scheme, so it doesn't matter how the original is named. Actually, once you've imported it, you won't ever know how it was named. That's for filenames, metadata contained in the files is preserved, as calibre keeps its own database. Even if you modify it in calibre, the book files are not modified, unless you explicitly tell it to do so.

As for modifying a file outside calibre, you can do it safely as long as you place it in the same folder, with the same name. If you have modified the metadata in the file, you'll have to tell calibre to re-read the metadata from the file (if you want).

01-06-2012, 10:00 PM	#1
Thalia Helikon Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 110336 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Device: Kindle n-T, Nook Color Tablet, Nexus 6	Sequence of steps-- calibre, editing & formatting My question involves the organized sequence of stepa that you experts recommend. Do I import all my rag-tag, mismatched ebooks into calibre FIRST? OR do I fuss and fiddle with the format and uniformity, title the file properly, and import into calibre AFTERWARDS. Kind of related-- what happens if I edit a file within a calibre folder? can I save that back into the calibre folder, or should I save in a sandbox and "add" again? Thank you!!

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01-07-2012, 07:47 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Calibre saves files into its folder structure with its own naming scheme, so it doesn't matter how the original is named. Actually, once you've imported it, you won't ever know how it was named. That's for filenames, metadata contained in the files is preserved, as calibre keeps its own database. Even if you modify it in calibre, the book files are not modified, unless you explicitly tell it to do so. As for modifying a file outside calibre, you can do it safely as long as you place it in the same folder, with the same name. If you have modified the metadata in the file, you'll have to tell calibre to re-read the metadata from the file (if you want).

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