12-16-2012, 12:31 PM | #1 |
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Remove converted books but not delete
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First post so be gentle , I have looked for an answer but didn't find anything. I have a lot of books, most I've gotten in different formats, .mobi, .txt etc so I'll convert them to .epub in Calibre, adding covers, cleaning up titles etc and then put them on my Kobo Glo. After reading, I'll delete them from my KOBO so I don't have a lot of books to wade thru. What I want to do as well as remove them from my reader, is also remove them from Calibre (or at least have them not show up) but not get rid of them. My daughter sometimes reads the same type of book so I want to hang onto the already read books in case she decides to have a look at what I have. What is the safest/easiest way to do this and keep all my changes......Mike |
12-16-2012, 01:16 PM | #2 |
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Since you say you want to keep the books around that implies that you cannot actually delete them.
What might satisfy your requirements is to; - add a tag to identify books to be hidden. - set up a Saved Search to only show books without that tag - set the Saved Search as a restriction so that you normally do not see such books. You can always cancel the restriction if you want to make such books visible again. The only other option would be to save books outside the Calibre library so you can delete Calibre's copy. |
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12-16-2012, 02:20 PM | #3 |
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Or create another Calibre library, call it "Read" or something like that, and "Copy to Library (delete after copy)" those books you don't want in your main list any more. They'll be moved to the new library and deleted from that one.
I have several Calibre libraries for different books. I've never had any trouble switching around when I need to. |
12-16-2012, 03:39 PM | #4 |
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Yours sounds like the solution DuskyRose, thank's....Mike
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