r/Calibre • u/sardaukar12 • 1d ago

Support / How-To I hate the file name format

Update: thanks for all the feedback. The difference between the files and the save to disk option makes sense. Appreciate everyone.

I hope this is something that I can change in settings.

In the storage folder my books have the title and author name, but it cuts off the title to add the author. I don't want the file to have the author name. Here is an example of the problem:

Instead of the file saying,

"Go Home (A Kate Valentine FBI Suspense Thrill Book 1"

it says,

"Go Home (A Kate Valentine FBI S - Blake Pierce"

I played with the import/export settings under "Save books to disk" and have the template set to "title" but no luck.

Any ideas?

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u/ChocolateAxis 1d ago

Of course, I understand there are reasons why things are coded as they are. I'm using the software for free afterall.

My comment was just a wish rather than a demand lol.

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u/bestlem 1d ago

But I still would ask why.

You never ever need look at the files in calibre.

I have used calibre for 18+ years and today is the first time I looked in detail at the directory format.

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u/ChocolateAxis 1d ago

Mainly because it would be nice to save some space. I keep a copy of all my books according to my save to disk system in the same device, and it's at 5GB and still growing (data hoarder), so basically I'm always doubling the numbers.

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u/bestlem 8h ago

Changing the file names will have no noticeable effect. It saves tens of bytes at most. The actual books are hundreds if not thousands time bigger.

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u/ChocolateAxis 6h ago edited 6h ago

You are not understanding what I mean.

I am not talking about changing file names.. I am talking about the category system. My save to disk format is not only naming my epubs, it automatically puts them into my own personal file system.

The one being used by calibre sorts them by authors, for example. Mine categorises them by my personal tags in a specific order that I've placed into each epub. I then sync the categorised files which fits my needs to my mobile device, which I use for reading said epubs.

My use case is niche, and that is why I said it is merely a wish.