Dumping large amounts of books and sorting?

Pher · 04-19-2011, 03:50 PM

So, I've been downloading large amounts of ebooks for a few weeks now. Just packages of hundreds to thousands of books.
I tried putting them in calibre, but I got repeats due to the fact that I had copies of the same book. So I was wondering, how I could just dump thousands of ebooks into calibre and have it sort them, with no repeats or anything. Is that possible?

Lady Fitzgerald · 04-19-2011, 04:00 PM

Forgive me for being curious but how will you find time to read all those books?

user_none · 04-19-2011, 04:46 PM

That is not possible. Duplicates can be different books but have incorrect metadata. "Unknown" for instance. Also, if the books are the same format which should calibre use. The only way to tell which one is the better version is to look at them and vsiually compare.

Pher · 04-19-2011, 05:35 PM

Is there a way to get rid of content without messing up calibre?

Pher · 04-19-2011, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald

Forgive me for being curious but how will you find time to read all those books?

That's just how they came, it'll also save me the trouble of trying to find them later.

Worldwalker · 04-21-2011, 01:43 AM

Torrents.

theducks · 04-21-2011, 06:31 AM

GIGO on a Silver Platter :^)

04-19-2011, 03:50 PM	#1
Pher Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Dumping large amounts of books and sorting? So, I've been downloading large amounts of ebooks for a few weeks now. Just packages of hundreds to thousands of books. I tried putting them in calibre, but I got repeats due to the fact that I had copies of the same book. So I was wondering, how I could just dump thousands of ebooks into calibre and have it sort them, with no repeats or anything. Is that possible?

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04-19-2011, 04:00 PM	#2
Lady Fitzgerald Wizard Posts: 2,013 Karma: 251649 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth Device: JetBook Lite (away from home) + 1 spare, 32" TV (at home)	Forgive me for being curious but how will you find time to read all those books?

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user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	That is not possible. Duplicates can be different books but have incorrect metadata. "Unknown" for instance. Also, if the books are the same format which should calibre use. The only way to tell which one is the better version is to look at them and vsiually compare.

04-19-2011, 05:35 PM	#4
Pher Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Is there a way to get rid of content without messing up calibre?

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04-21-2011, 06:31 AM	#7
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,775 Karma: 54401244 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	GIGO on a Silver Platter :^)

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