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Old 01-24-2011, 01:26 AM   #15
DoctorOhh
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What the dialog only tells you is which titles it threw formats away for, not the formats that were duplicated.
True it adds the first x format it finds and rejects the rest. It does make things difficult.

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Basically it is a mess, and yes sticking to only a single format like EPUB as you do avoids it nicely if your EPUB sources are good enough
The only thing that avoids it for me is only adding 1 series or author at a time. I usually do a quick check of quality before I add any format to calibre. I then massage the covers, metadata and convert all the added books to epub. If I find a dud I search my book pile of xxxgigs to find a better source.

For the most part books recommended here are always at the top of my add list. This procedure isn't as ambitious as yours but it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble.
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