Calibre - the Wizard Of Oz Renaming

[georgetoon]

Originally Posted by theducks

You need to add the Icon to the menus because Calibre does not change/destroy YOUR custom configured menus of any existing installation

Preferences:toolbars
You should add in at least 2 places:
1)A toolbar (not connected)
2)Context Menu (not connected)

You can add any other place that is valid, but the above is where a New User would see them by default.

Thanks, again. The more I use this program, the more I appreciate all its features. Simply awesome!

[georgetoon]

Originally Posted by fidvo

I'm glad you got it working, but may I suggest that there's a better way to do it.

First, use the fields in Calibre as they were intended. Store only the title in the title column, and the series info in the series column. Trust me, any time I've tried to work around Calibre's way of doing things, it's always come back to bite me eventually.

Second, use a plugboard to change the metadata on the fly as you send it to your device. Set up your plugboard template once and never worry about it again, instead of messing with mobi-to-mobi conversions on books you add in the future.

Admittedly, I can't help you with setting up a plugboard template because I don't use plugboards myself, but there are plenty of capable members on this forum that do. I just know that this feature is designed specifically to do exactly what you're asking.

By the way, to get started with plugboards, see here.

Will this allow me to label the books so I know which is book 1, book 2, etc. and display in my kindle?

If so, I'll do this. Where should I go in the forums to find these discussions?

[eschwartz]

calibre is supposed to update all metadata whenever you send a book to a device -- why isn't it doing that???

And Polish Books only works on AZW3 and EPUB, not MOBI.

[JSWolf]

I was thinking AZW3 and not Mobi when I gave the Polish Books advice.

[fidvo]

Originally Posted by georgetoon

Will this allow me to label the books so I know which is book 1, book 2, etc. and display in my kindle?

If so, I'll do this. Where should I go in the forums to find these discussions?

Assuming my understanding of plugboards is correct (like I said, I don't use them myself) then yes. The right template should be able to merge the series and title fields into the title that gets displayed on the Kindle.

You might find this link helpful. The first example under Kindle/Kobo looks pretty close to what you need.

[georgetoon]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

calibre is supposed to update all metadata whenever you send a book to a device -- why isn't it doing that???

And Polish Books only works on AZW3 and EPUB, not MOBI.

Funnily,I updated and now when I download from Project Gutenberg and import, MetaData does not come up at all.

[georgetoon]

This is wierd. I nthe past, i'd download a file from Project Gutenberg and it would havea file name like pg76.mobi. When I imported into Calibre, it would have title, author, etc....all metadata. Now, nothing. it comes up as pg776.mobi. No metadata.

[BetterRed]

To Polish an epub or azw3 select the books and tap 'P' on the keyboard

Originally Posted by georgetoon

This is wierd. I nthe past, i'd download a file from Project Gutenberg and it would havea file name like pg76.mobi. When I imported into Calibre, it would have title, author, etc....all metadata. Now, nothing. it comes up as pg776.mobi. No metadata.

Did you change the Add Books settings to get Title and Author from file name ?

BR

[georgetoon]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

To Polish an epub or azw3 select the books and tap 'P' on the keyboard



Did you change the Add Books settings to get Title and Author from file name ?

BR

Hoo-boy I better check that. I'll check now and report back. gotta boot it up as it's my notebook system.

[georgetoon]

Yep. That was it. Apologies. I'll go stand in the corner now...but I'm taking my Kindle with me.

[Sabardeyn]

Don't worry, we've all tried tweaking this and that bit of the calibre settings and, in the process, goofed things up. Considering how many features the software supports I sometimes wonder why user initiated confusion isn't worse.