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Originally Posted by starrigger
My initial point was, why when adding similar titles (e.g.., identical titles in different formats) can't we have a dialogue box that gives us a choice of whether to merge into one entry or keep in separate entries?
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Since I wrote it to solve a specific problem I was having, I'll answer.
If you're adding a few books, either drag them into the edit metadata screen for an existing book, or just drag them into the main GUI, tell Calibre to add any duplicate titles it finds and Merge together the duplicate titles you want merged (or don't merge if that's your preference). That's why I wrote Merge.
The option you're asking about (referred to by me as the "autosort/automerge" option due to the long name that's next to that option box <grin>) was designed for when you're adding lots of books, not just a few. In that case, you don't want to have to Merge manually, so you turn the option on.
Similarly, if you're adding lots of books, you don't want to have to answer "a dialogue box that gives us a choice of whether to merge into one entry or keep in separate entries" dozens of times. Turning on the option is the global answer to that question, and turning it off and Merging (or not) is not much more work for just a few books.