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Old 07-02-2011, 08:47 AM   #1
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Moving books between Libraries

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I would like to know if there is a way to move books between multiple Libraries. I have a large amount of books, wome for work, some for Uni as well as a vast range of other books. I would like to seperate them into seperate Libraries, but would like to just move them into their new custom Library from my current library.

If this is possible I would like my current library to be just a gateway for adding and sorting any new books I get.

Is this just a pipe dream, or can it be done?
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Old 07-02-2011, 10:19 AM   #2
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Once you have your libraries created in Calibre, right clicking on a book will give the Copy to library option and from that you can select copy, or delete after copy
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Thanks PeterT, I'll try that out.

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Old 07-02-2011, 03:51 PM   #4
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Its a great feature, I use it all the time, at present, while I'm sorting out my library.

I have one main library, one for stuff I don't really need at present, and one for items I'm working on.

Then its just a case of selecting and R'clicking to move books over to the correct place.
I find it better/safer to move, then switch library's to make sure, and check dups and then go back and delete the old copies.

Have a look in options for this, if you need it.
"Set this to True to ensure that tags in 'Tags to add when adding
a book' are added when copying books to another library"
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Before creating a bunch of libraries, you should check if you can do what you want with search restrictions (the box in the upper-left corner). Restrictions give you virtual sub-libraries within a library.

If you want different library custom column configurations, then restrictions are not the answer.
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PeterT's suggestion was perfect for me. My library's just too large to use the virtual option. I'ves started to re-organise and already it's much more easier to manage than the one huge library.

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