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starrigger · 09-30-2010, 12:16 AM

Sometimes, especially when comparing different versions of the same book, I want the same title to have apparently duplicate entries in my Calibre library. Then I'll change the tags somehow to make them distinctive. This only works if I go into Preferences and uncheck the box for automatically combining similar titles.

If that box is unchecked, then Calibre asks me if I want to import duplicates. So far, so good. The problem is that I can't at that point say:

Yes, combine into one entry; or,
Yes, but import as separate entries; or,
No, don't import duplicates

That's a tweak I would really appreciate having.

In a related vein...

For a while, there was a nice feature, if you had duplicate entries in the library, where you could right-click on a couple of same titles and select an option to merge the entries. The feature seems to have gone away. Has it been removed? Or have I just misplaced it?

09-30-2010, 12:16 AM	#1
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	Combining similar titles when importing Sometimes, especially when comparing different versions of the same book, I want the same title to have apparently duplicate entries in my Calibre library. Then I'll change the tags somehow to make them distinctive. This only works if I go into Preferences and uncheck the box for automatically combining similar titles. If that box is unchecked, then Calibre asks me if I want to import duplicates. So far, so good. The problem is that I can't at that point say: Yes, combine into one entry; or, Yes, but import as separate entries; or, No, don't import duplicates That's a tweak I would really appreciate having. In a related vein... For a while, there was a nice feature, if you had duplicate entries in the library, where you could right-click on a couple of same titles and select an option to merge the entries. The feature seems to have gone away. Has it been removed? Or have I just misplaced it?