Added file name of eBook

mfm-ca · Today, 05:44 AM

My apologies if this has been asked or explained before. I use Calibre primarily for file conversions and file editing (EPUBs). Actually, a lot of it. When adding a file to Calibre, I have a file name I would like to retain.

For example, here is the name of a file I am adding to Calibre and what Calibre renames it to in its folder structure:

Original file name: Once Upon a Halloween (2021).epub

Calibre file name: Once Upon a Halloween_ A wicked - Patti Larsen.epub

When performing file conversions, I tend to use the command line option with Calibre, where I can control the output file names within a batch or script file. But for editing, I seem to be at the mercy of how Calibre names the physical files.

Is there any way to retain the original file name?

chaley · Today, 06:10 AM

No, there isn't. However, the GetFileName plugin lets you store the original name in a custom column, which might help.

mfm-ca · Today, 06:33 AM

Thanks for the help. I will check the plugin to see if it can address my preference. If not, I will continue the process of manually renaming files after they have been edited or, in some cases, converted.

chaley · Today, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mfm-ca

But for editing, I seem to be at the mercy of how Calibre names the physical files.

I don't understand this. The command line tool ebook-edit takes arbitrary file names. The files don't need to be in a calibre library or named using the calibre scheme. How does this differ from using the conversion command line tools?

mfm-ca · Today, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by chaley

I don't understand this. The command line tool ebook-edit takes arbitrary file names. The files don't need to be in a calibre library or named using the calibre scheme. How does this differ from using the conversion command line tools?

I honestly had no idea Calibre's edit function could be accessed via the command line.

I just created a shortcut in my SendTo folder for ebook-edit and tried it out on an EPUB. Works great.

Thanks a bunch for this suggestion.

BetterRed · Today, 08:56 AM

If you click the Edit Book icon, or press 'T' in the GUI, and the current book has an EPUB (or AZW3), the ebook-editor will open that file.

BR

mfm-ca · Today, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If you click the Edit Book icon, or press 'T' in the GUI, and the current book has an EPUB (or AZW3), the ebook-editor will open that file.

That's how I had been editing the files in Calibre:

Add file to Calibre
Edit file in Calibre
Open file folder under Calibre Library
Copy edited file to my eBook folder structure
Rename file back to its original file name

With a backup of the EPUB (or AZW3) to be edited, which I always do, the command line option via a SendTo shortcut bypasses Steps 1 and 3-5. There is also the option of adding an Edit item to the context menu.

BetterRed · Today, 10:20 AM

You could probably replace steps 3,4 and 5 with a Save to Disk if you installed the GetFileName plugin, and used the filename/path it stores in the Save to Disk template.

After adding a book to a library, I move the file I added into the book's 'data' subdirectory, where it will retain it's original file name.

BR

Today, 05:44 AM	#1
mfm-ca Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: PC	Added file name of eBook My apologies if this has been asked or explained before. I use Calibre primarily for file conversions and file editing (EPUBs). Actually, a lot of it. When adding a file to Calibre, I have a file name I would like to retain. For example, here is the name of a file I am adding to Calibre and what Calibre renames it to in its folder structure: Original file name: Once Upon a Halloween (2021).epub Calibre file name: Once Upon a Halloween_ A wicked - Patti Larsen.epub When performing file conversions, I tend to use the command line option with Calibre, where I can control the output file names within a batch or script file. But for editing, I seem to be at the mercy of how Calibre names the physical files. Is there any way to retain the original file name?

Today, 10:20 AM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,802 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	You could probably replace steps 3,4 and 5 with a Save to Disk if you installed the GetFileName plugin, and used the filename/path it stores in the Save to Disk template. After adding a book to a library, I move the file I added into the book's 'data' subdirectory, where it will retain it's original file name. BR Last edited by BetterRed; Today at 10:27 AM.

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Today, 06:10 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,475 Karma: 8025702 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	No, there isn't. However, the GetFileName plugin lets you store the original name in a custom column, which might help.

Today, 06:33 AM	#3
mfm-ca Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: PC	Thanks for the help. I will check the plugin to see if it can address my preference. If not, I will continue the process of manually renaming files after they have been edited or, in some cases, converted.

Today, 08:56 AM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,802 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	If you click the Edit Book icon, or press 'T' in the GUI, and the current book has an EPUB (or AZW3), the ebook-editor will open that file. BR

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