Renaming books a problem??

petercreasey · 01-30-2010, 05:24 PM

Some books when they are downloaded have a very non-descriptive title e.g. numbers or weird name.

Is there a problem with renaming the downloaded book as it is being saved into the Calibre file or after it has been saved in the Calibre file...in other words, renaming it before Calibre is used to add the book and send it to the eReader?

itimpi · 01-30-2010, 05:37 PM

There is no problem with renaming a book BEFORE it is added to Calibre.

However unless you are taking the metadata from the filename there is not much point as you would almost certainly want to correct the metadata in Calibre, and if that includes the author and/or title then Calibre will rename it automatically.

01-30-2010, 05:24 PM	#1
petercreasey Wizard Posts: 1,187 Karma: 1119516 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony: PRS 950 & T1, Kobo: Aura One & Forma	Renaming books a problem?? Some books when they are downloaded have a very non-descriptive title e.g. numbers or weird name. Is there a problem with renaming the downloaded book as it is being saved into the Calibre file or after it has been saved in the Calibre file...in other words, renaming it before Calibre is used to add the book and send it to the eReader?

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01-30-2010, 05:37 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	There is no problem with renaming a book BEFORE it is added to Calibre. However unless you are taking the metadata from the filename there is not much point as you would almost certainly want to correct the metadata in Calibre, and if that includes the author and/or title then Calibre will rename it automatically.

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