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Originally Posted by Starson17
Correct. I often look through my Calibre Library (I know I'm not supposed to peek "under her skirts", but I do) to see if I have any author names that are "similar" but not correct, like an author with a middle name and the same author with only a middle initial. I then fix it in the GUI and watch the two merge together, leaving only a single folder for that author.
BTW, ignore any posts here that imply you made some kind of mistake. It really doesn't make any difference one way or the other. All that matters is whether you understand now how Calibre is supposed to work and whether it's actually working that way now.
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Thanks. And, this is why I was so confused when I posted what did about what I see when I peek: I get multiple folders for authors in in my calibre database, with multiple books stored inside those folders, despite the fact that my calibre library had been changed/updated/standardized using the GUI such that there should only have been one folder which held two copies (one epub, one lit) of each work within that single author folder.
When I make changes using the GUI, what is reflected inside my calibre file structure is not consistent with the changes I have made. And, even if the changes to the metadata within the GUI can still, after closign out that record, be seen by opening up that record within the GUI again, it does not necessarily reflect in how things sort.
To reiterate: something is amiss in denmark?
So I'm guessing what I need to do next is backup my calibre library as it stands now, then completely delete everything calibre but the backup. and then perform a clean install. and then delete the newly created calibre file structure and replace it with the backedup one. And hope for the best?