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hrynkiw · 03-21-2011, 07:08 PM

Oh Experience Calibre Users, I need advice.

I currently have about 50 or 60 books in my Calibre library, and they represent a fairly good cross-section of my e-library in terms of authors, tags and genres.

But I have several hundred additional books waiting in the wings to be added to Calibre. (Okay, more than 500 -- I've been collecting them for a while.)

Should I organize the existing books first (e.g. download/tidy metadata, determine tags, etc) and then slowly and carefully add the remaining books, editing and organizing as I go?

OR

Should I add *all* the books in one fell swoop and then proceed with the organization?

Part of me says "if you load them all at once, you can use the bulk editing tools to fix them all at once". But another part of me is worried that I'll become overwhelmed by the number of entries and I'll end up... well, walking away from the whole task.

What would you do?

(I've been using Calibre for about a year now, but in reading these fora over the past few days, I've discovered that I've hardly scratched the surface as far as using Calibre to its full potential. Any tips you can offer for efficient library organization/management would be welcome.)

03-21-2011, 07:08 PM	#1
hrynkiw Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 154 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, iPhone, iPad	Which first: Organize or Load? Oh Experience Calibre Users, I need advice. I currently have about 50 or 60 books in my Calibre library, and they represent a fairly good cross-section of my e-library in terms of authors, tags and genres. But I have several hundred additional books waiting in the wings to be added to Calibre. (Okay, more than 500 -- I've been collecting them for a while.) Should I organize the existing books first (e.g. download/tidy metadata, determine tags, etc) and then slowly and carefully add the remaining books, editing and organizing as I go? OR Should I add all the books in one fell swoop and then proceed with the organization? Part of me says "if you load them all at once, you can use the bulk editing tools to fix them all at once". But another part of me is worried that I'll become overwhelmed by the number of entries and I'll end up... well, walking away from the whole task. What would you do? (I've been using Calibre for about a year now, but in reading these fora over the past few days, I've discovered that I've hardly scratched the surface as far as using Calibre to its full potential. Any tips you can offer for efficient library organization/management would be welcome.)