Body: <p>I am trying to organize my entire digital library; not just my novels, but RPG manuals, as well as some monographs. I recently started using Calibre (excellent so far), but I am struggling to find a cohesive naming convention for my books when listing them elsewhere, like in Google Drive.</p>
  <p>Currently, I have been using several separate naming conventions.</p>
  <p>Novels: Obviously, this is the default way books are often listing.</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>&quot;[Title] by [Author]&quot;</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Game Manuals: This one can be quite cumbersome as the titles of campaign books can get to be rather long.</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>&quot;[System] - [Title] [Edition]&quot;</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Monographs: These titles can also get rather long because of the subject matter being part of the title.</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>&quot;[Publisher] - [Title] by [Author]&quot;</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Does anyone have any suggestions of what may be better, or a style guide of some kind?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: If this is about filenames, then are you ruling out arranging them into folders/directories?
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Comments.Text: Partly about filenames and partly trying to come up with a universal system that is flexible enough for a variety of material types.
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Title: What's the best naming convention for a digital library?
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ThreadText: # What's the best naming convention for a digital library?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-08-16)
  
  I am trying to organize my entire digital library; not just my novels, but RPG manuals, as well as some monographs. I recently started using Calibre (excellent so far), but I am struggling to find a cohesive naming convention for my books when listing them elsewhere, like in Google Drive.
  
  Currently, I have been using several separate naming conventions.
  
  Novels: Obviously, this is the default way books are often listing.
  
  > "[Title] by [Author]"
  
  Game Manuals: This one can be quite cumbersome as the titles of campaign books can get to be rather long.
  
  > "[System] - [Title] [Edition]"
  
  Monographs: These titles can also get rather long because of the subject matter being part of the title.
  
  > "[Publisher] - [Title] by [Author]"
  
  Does anyone have any suggestions of what may be better, or a style guide of some kind?
  
  **Tags:** library
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: If this is about filenames, then are you ruling out arranging them into folders/directories?  
  > **username_0**: Partly about filenames and partly trying to come up with a universal system that is flexible enough for a variety of material types.  
  
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