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paulrw · 07-23-2010, 04:37 PM

I am new to calibre, having discovered it through stanza. First reaction was how good it was, obviously written by someone who actually uses ebooks, and going a long way to encouraging me to get a dedicated reader - I have always used a smart phone up to now, but suffered from incompatible formats that made me have to use multiple applications to read the different file types. Calibre offered me a way of consolidating and converting my ebooks which means I can buy a reader on merit rather than supported format. I have spent many hours this week importing books and setting up metadata, so imagine my happiness to find Calibre freezing, and then responding with about 120 books missing.
most, but not all of the missing books are in the waste basket. I have tried restoring them and running "check database integrity", but it doesn't see them. Obviously I can re-import them, but I really want to recover the metadata which I have spent hours over. Any suggestions?
On an associated note, how about a backup facility?

07-23-2010, 04:37 PM	#1
paulrw Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Liverpool, England Device: Kindle keyboard, Kindle Oasis, iPhone, iPad, PC	Lost books I am new to calibre, having discovered it through stanza. First reaction was how good it was, obviously written by someone who actually uses ebooks, and going a long way to encouraging me to get a dedicated reader - I have always used a smart phone up to now, but suffered from incompatible formats that made me have to use multiple applications to read the different file types. Calibre offered me a way of consolidating and converting my ebooks which means I can buy a reader on merit rather than supported format. I have spent many hours this week importing books and setting up metadata, so imagine my happiness to find Calibre freezing, and then responding with about 120 books missing. most, but not all of the missing books are in the waste basket. I have tried restoring them and running "check database integrity", but it doesn't see them. Obviously I can re-import them, but I really want to recover the metadata which I have spent hours over. Any suggestions? On an associated note, how about a backup facility?