By name: ebook-naming description: "Rename epub files to match Paul's personal ebook naming convention. Use when asked to rename, organize, or clean up ebook files (epub or pdf). The convention for naming is: Title - Subtitle. LastName, FirstInitial. Year.ext (omit subtitle if none). No publisher, no hash IDs, no Anna's Archive labels."
Ebook Naming
Convention
Format ebook files as:
Title - Subtitle. LastName, FirstInitial. Year.epub
Rules
- Title: Capitalize normally (preserve original casing). No trailing punctuation.
- Subtitle: After
-(space-hyphen-space) if present. No trailing period in the subtitle (the period after subtitle belongs to the author block). - Author block: After a period and space:
LastName, FirstInitial.(initial with period). For multiple authors:LastName, FirstInitial., & LastName, FirstInitial. Year.ext - Year: After another period and space: four-digit year.
- Extension:
.epub(or.pdfetc.) - No extras: Strip publisher names, edition strings, hash IDs, "Anna's Archive", download site labels.
Examples
| Before | After |
|---|---|
The Anxious Generation_ How the Great Rewiring of Childhood -- Haidt, Jonathan -- 2024 -- Penguin Publishing Group -- 82bb43d19e4384510bae3c9ca77f4807 -- Anna's Archive.epub |
The Anxious Generation - How the Great Rewiring of Childhood. Haidt, J. 2024.epub |
Designing Data-Intensive Applications - The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems. Kleppmann, M. 2017.epub |
Already correct |
The Daily Stoic - 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. Holiday, R., & Hanselman, S. 2016.epub |
Already correct |
Taiwan Travelogue. Yáng, S. 2024.epub |
Already correct |
Figuring. Popova, M. 2019.epub |
Already correct |