05-30-2011, 02:09 AM | #1 |
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Troubles with encoding (again)
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I have an Amazon Kindle and would like to use Calibre to manage my e-book collection and to move the books to the Kindle. However my books are mainly in Slovak and Czech which means that they include "funny" characters (ž, š, č, ť, ř....) and are using mainly encoding cp1250. Most of the are .pdb files. When I import the book into the library, it doesn't show some of these characters (it just removes the character from the word, no special chars instead). Thanks to this forum I am able now to convert it to mobi so it shows also the corrects letters and in Kindle everything seems to be ok. But I still didn't find out, what do I need to do with the .pdb file so it shows also these missing letters. Are there any preferences for import which I missed? Can I convert it to another .pdb file which will be OK? My second question is about keeping copies of the books. As far as I understood it, Calibre is not only keeping track of the files (like Amarok or another library programs), but it moves the files to a separate directory. Does this mean, that I can delete the source files and just use the Calibre folder from now on? If so, can I change the way how it creates the folders on the hard disk? If I change the metadata after importing, will it change also the folder and files names? My problem is, that the source file names are not allways complete and they cannot be used to get metadata while importing. Thank you very much for your help |
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05-30-2011, 11:56 AM | #3 |
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Thank you very much for your answer. This helps me a lot .
So basicaly, if I import .pdb files, it is better to convert them to another format an open the new one (for example mobi). And the only way how to back up the books in correct folders and with correct filenames based on the metadata is to use the save to disk function of Calibre? If I backup the Calibre library folder, I will still have the wrong names which were created while importing books... Thanks again, now I can start with importing and moving books to Kindle |
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internaly means that the folder name and file name in the Calibre library folder will be changed also? The point is, that if I will have to backup the books and reinstal the system or use them in another computer etc. I woul like to have files with at least author and book title in the filename. If calibre changes this automaticaly according to the metadata info then everything is OK and I am one happy person and can just back up the Calibre library folder. If not, is the best way how to back up the books with correct filenames using the save to disk option?
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that is great, thank you very much for your help and patience
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