04-13-2019, 09:07 AM | #16 |
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The Quality Check plugin can help with inconsistent initials and authors with commas (or without them, if Lastname, Firstname is what you want).
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04-13-2019, 03:32 PM | #17 |
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Whether using the Quality Check or Find Duplicates, you're still going to have to look through each ebook for quality control. Failure to do so means you're very likely to find that you've retained the damaged, less-structured, missing font, damaged/missing image, funky colored, whatever... version of the ebook.
Start with Quality Check and other "fill in" or "match" metadata plugins or processes. Then try Find Duplicates. Open both books, look through them and compare. Check every feature imaginable. But believe me. One of the worse things you can do is remove duplicates too early in the library building process. Too often I've found the "obvious" choice of which file to keep to be the wrong answer. Now how do you get that duplicate you deleted six months ago back? |
04-13-2019, 05:27 PM | #18 | |
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If I'm in no doubt it is a true duplicate I delete from the Intake library, otherwise I tag the Intake copy with Merge or Investigate and move it to a Duplicates library. I process Duplicate books I've tagged with Merge immediately after moving non-duplicates from Intake to Books - note this is a rare event. I switch Calibre to Books and CalibreSpy to Duplicates, and do the 'merging' myself; by editing metadata in the Books library booklist cells, and/or adding/replacing formats in Duplicates to Books via DnD into the Book Detail panel, CalibreSpy has an open book folder function. For Duplicates tagged with Investigate, I tag the 'duplicate' in Books with DupInvest immediately. But I do the 'investigating' as and when necessary or I'm minded. A few books I've tagged as Investigate have been there for years. BR |
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04-14-2019, 08:01 AM | #19 | |
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search identical author, set tag browser with lastname, firstname and rename, i often do "manage author", Lewis, C S Lewis, Clive S Lewis, Clive Staples it's easy to see and standarized. with quality check plugin to standarize this one (JRR, J R R, J. R. R.) |
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duplicates, merge records |
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