I tried looking for this everywhere, but "rename" and "filename" and such generated a LOT of hits, so if this has been discussed to death before, if you could point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it.
I've been using a Kindle for awhile and have just discovered the joys of Calibre. Awesome program!
I've run into a fairly minor problem. When I import a book into Calibre that I've already been reading on my Kindle, it renames the .azw3 file when it stores it in the bowels of the Calibre Library folder. (Yes, I know not to mess around in there. :) ) The problem is that when the file gets copied back over to my Kindle (in the nice "Last, First Name" folders), all my highlights and notes are lost.
I know that these are stored in the "sidecar" (.sdr) folder. So I move my old sidecar folder into the new Last,First folder and rename it to match the new name that Calibre gives it. You also need to rename at least 2 other files inside the sidecar folder, too. Once I do this, all is well again!
The problem is, this is pretty labor intensive. And I have 100 books to do this to.
All I would have to do is move the sidecar folder into the new location Calibre creates on my Kindle (which is easy enough to do) if only Calibre would leave the name of the original file alone. It's fine that it calls it whatever it wants under "Calibre Library/Last Name, First Name/Book Name - Author", but could there possibly be an option to not rename the original .azw3 on import?
Sorry for the long question, but I wanted to make sure I covered everything.
I'm using Calibre 2.81 on a Mac, and have a fairly new Kindle Paperwhite.
Thanks again for such a great tool!!!!!
I've been using a Kindle for awhile and have just discovered the joys of Calibre. Awesome program!
I've run into a fairly minor problem. When I import a book into Calibre that I've already been reading on my Kindle, it renames the .azw3 file when it stores it in the bowels of the Calibre Library folder. (Yes, I know not to mess around in there. :) ) The problem is that when the file gets copied back over to my Kindle (in the nice "Last, First Name" folders), all my highlights and notes are lost.
I know that these are stored in the "sidecar" (.sdr) folder. So I move my old sidecar folder into the new Last,First folder and rename it to match the new name that Calibre gives it. You also need to rename at least 2 other files inside the sidecar folder, too. Once I do this, all is well again!
The problem is, this is pretty labor intensive. And I have 100 books to do this to.
All I would have to do is move the sidecar folder into the new location Calibre creates on my Kindle (which is easy enough to do) if only Calibre would leave the name of the original file alone. It's fine that it calls it whatever it wants under "Calibre Library/Last Name, First Name/Book Name - Author", but could there possibly be an option to not rename the original .azw3 on import?
Sorry for the long question, but I wanted to make sure I covered everything.
I'm using Calibre 2.81 on a Mac, and have a fairly new Kindle Paperwhite.
Thanks again for such a great tool!!!!!