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AngZ · 07-10-2011, 11:55 AM

Firstly I would like to say that I *did* try searching for similar issues but was unsuccessful. I hope somebody can help me.

I've recently imported a VERY large collection of ebooks into my newly installed calibre. After hours of cleaning up and organizing, adding covers, etc I am now ready to transfer it all to my Nook Color.

However, I wanted to also save a copy of my library on my usb drive. When using the save to disk option through calibre I sent the contents of my freshly organized library to a new folder on my desktop. This folder would not transfer to my USB drive. The error I received was " Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file name"

I decided to just grab my Calibre Library folder instead and shift the whole thing to my USB but to my horror, all of the books I had worked to weed out and delete remained in the Library. I even checked within one of the author folders that I was sure to have deleted all books related and sure enough all of the files I had deleted were there.

So while Calibre itself does not show all these authors/books I've removed...the calibre library folder seems reluctant to give them up.

What do I do?

07-10-2011, 11:55 AM	#1
AngZ Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Nook Color	Deleted books still exist in Calibre Library folder? Firstly I would like to say that I did try searching for similar issues but was unsuccessful. I hope somebody can help me. I've recently imported a VERY large collection of ebooks into my newly installed calibre. After hours of cleaning up and organizing, adding covers, etc I am now ready to transfer it all to my Nook Color. However, I wanted to also save a copy of my library on my usb drive. When using the save to disk option through calibre I sent the contents of my freshly organized library to a new folder on my desktop. This folder would not transfer to my USB drive. The error I received was " Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file name" I decided to just grab my Calibre Library folder instead and shift the whole thing to my USB but to my horror, all of the books I had worked to weed out and delete remained in the Library. I even checked within one of the author folders that I was sure to have deleted all books related and sure enough all of the files I had deleted were there. So while Calibre itself does not show all these authors/books I've removed...the calibre library folder seems reluctant to give them up. What do I do?