Help Please with saving books first last name

JDS321 · 05-14-2014, 03:12 PM

Hello, Can anyone help me with setting the save feature on calibre so that it saves by first name last name. By default it saves as last name first name and I had many already saved as first name last name and want to continue that way.
I would appreciate any help. Thank You

itimpi · 05-14-2014, 03:22 PM

Are you talking about the name inside the Calibre library, or when exporting books from the library.

The name inside the library is determined by the value you have set for author the field in Caliber. You have no further control over the naming inside the library.

When exporting books the name is determined by the Save-to-Disk template set in preferences.

JDS321 · 05-14-2014, 06:04 PM

thanks for your reply. Yes that is correct on the save to disk template. I am fairly new to calibre and not sure how to change the template for saving to disk with first name last name format. Any guidance on this would be very much appreciated

BetterRed · 05-14-2014, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JDS321

thanks for your reply. Yes that is correct on the save to disk template. I am fairly new to calibre and not sure how to change the template for saving to disk with first name last name format. Any guidance on this would be very much appreciated

@JDS321 - there are a number of preset templates in Preferences->Saving books to disk. See attachment

Maybe one of them will suit your needs, if not then they should be enough to help you get what you want. You could also browse the threads I reference in this post - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...0&postcount=18

BR

JDS321 · 05-14-2014, 10:36 PM

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried every one of those templates in the drop down menu and none did what I was wanting. I tried modifying as best I could with no success. There has to be an easy simple template to save to disk by first name last name. I'm not very familiar with creating my own so if anyone has done this please let me know. I feel like I need to take a programming class to figure this out..LOL

theducks · 05-14-2014, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JDS321

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried every one of those templates in the drop down menu and none did what I was wanting. I tried modifying as best I could with no success. There has to be an easy simple template to save to disk by first name last name. I'm not very familiar with creating my own so if anyone has done this please let me know. I feel like I need to take a programming class to figure this out..LOL

depending on how your Authors column is arranged:

{authors} for what you see
{author_sort} for what the sort is set for (and what show when green in the metadata editor for the author_sort

PeterT · 05-14-2014, 11:10 PM

And you ARE doing the calibre "save to disk" function and not hoping to change the naming standard in use for the actual calibre library itself, right?

JDS321 · 05-14-2014, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

And you ARE doing the calibre "save to disk" function and not hoping to change the naming standard in use for the actual calibre library itself, right?

correct, just on save to disk

JDS321 · 05-14-2014, 11:57 PM

Woohooo I just figured it out! Thank you to all that helped with suggestions

05-14-2014, 03:12 PM	#1
JDS321 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: kindle fire	Help Please with saving books first last name Hello, Can anyone help me with setting the save feature on calibre so that it saves by first name last name. By default it saves as last name first name and I had many already saved as first name last name and want to continue that way. I would appreciate any help. Thank You

05-14-2014, 06:04 PM	#3
JDS321 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: kindle fire	yes , correct on the template thanks for your reply. Yes that is correct on the save to disk template. I am fairly new to calibre and not sure how to change the template for saving to disk with first name last name format. Any guidance on this would be very much appreciated

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05-14-2014, 03:22 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Are you talking about the name inside the Calibre library, or when exporting books from the library. The name inside the library is determined by the value you have set for author the field in Caliber. You have no further control over the naming inside the library. When exporting books the name is determined by the Save-to-Disk template set in preferences.

05-14-2014, 10:36 PM	#5
JDS321 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: kindle fire	Thank you for the suggestion. I tried every one of those templates in the drop down menu and none did what I was wanting. I tried modifying as best I could with no success. There has to be an easy simple template to save to disk by first name last name. I'm not very familiar with creating my own so if anyone has done this please let me know. I feel like I need to take a programming class to figure this out..LOL

05-14-2014, 11:10 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,454 Karma: 74317824 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	And you ARE doing the calibre "save to disk" function and not hoping to change the naming standard in use for the actual calibre library itself, right?

05-14-2014, 11:57 PM	#9
JDS321 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: kindle fire	Woohooo I just figured it out! Thank you to all that helped with suggestions

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