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Originally Posted by nynaevelan
Well I tried to re-add the books and although I had the option checked to merge the files automatically it did not link the new file types into the database. So, I deleted all the books and then re-added them.
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The automatic merge relies upon metadata for the new book to match the author and title to an existing record. The author has to match exactly, and the title needs to be close. Calibre can get the metadata 1) from inside the file, 2) from the filename, or 3) from an opf file. You need to select the best source for the metadata if you want the automatic merge option to work well. If it fails, you can always use the manual merge option. Just merge the newer books into the older records.