06-29-2019, 10:11 AM | #1 |
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Import books of only certain formats from folders/sub-folders ?
I have a huge collection of various books in various formats such as pdf, epub, mobi, opf, etc. While I import them to Calibre I would like only epub and mobi to be imported. How could I do that ? |
06-29-2019, 05:43 PM | #2 |
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06-29-2019, 08:15 PM | #3 |
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@BetterRed: Would that not require him to add ignore rules for every ebook format that he would not want to add before the default add known ebook formats rule was hit? I had fun trying to create a rule that would match any filetype for the ignore though that may be due to not making enough use of calibre's regex.
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Import them all, select all books with ctrl+a and then use right click the remove books button and delete unwantd formats
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FTR : I would just do a Windows search for e.g. type:epub at the top of the tree where I have the files, select them all, and copy-or-move them to the another folder - perhaps the autoadd folder. Then repeat for type.mobi BR |
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You could also make a batch file to find files of a certain type and then use the calibre command line to add the matching files
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Well the imported books shows all formats (epub, mobi, opf, txt, etc.) but the Delete option only recognizes Epub or generic ebook formats, as you can see it clearly is ignoring the *.opf books. Last edited by BetterRed; 07-05-2019 at 01:57 AM. Reason: fix image |
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