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Old 12-13-2010, 12:59 PM   #8
kacir
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Merging into an existing record will only happen if the autosort/automerge option is turned on
Yes, this is exactly what I had in mind.
Using one of my Regular Expression "Add books" filters would identify those two books as identical

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(I'm not sure what you call "autodetection" - if it's detecting internal metadata, I agree it's better not to use that for many books.
Yes, that is what I had in mind.
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You should have used it 9 months ago.
I have been using Calibre from the very beginning - it was called LibPRS500 back then. And it was a lifesaver! I could use my brand-new new-fangled e-ink thingy - Sony Reader PRS-500 with my Linux PC.
I just haven't used it for serious library management. I started to play with library management functionality only a few months ago, when Calibre got UI overhaul (it is still not my cup of coffee, but Who Am I to complain? ;-) ) and when custom columns and serious Regular Expression support were implemented.

My book import RE is at the moment:
(?P<author>[^-]+)( - [[(]?(?P<series>[^-]+)[[( ]+(?P<series_index>[0-9]+)?[])]?)? - (?P<title>.+)
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