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Originally Posted by C.R.
However, calibre should be able to.
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Given enough time and resources you can do anything.
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Originally Posted by C.R.
I have converted mobi to mobi within a single book, resulting in two mobi format files in the same book entry: MOBI, ORIGINAL_MOBI
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That feature is there to preserve the original mobi during a conversion, otherwise it is overwritten and lost forever. If something went wrong with the conversion settings this could be very bad.
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Originally Posted by C.R.
Therefore it is possible, just not allowed when importing from an outside source.
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Anything is possible, but this is not "not allowed" since what you desire is currently not a feature of calibre.
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Originally Posted by C.R.
An additional drop down menu item should be added to the "Automerge added books if they already exist in the calibre library:...(1)Ignore...(2)Overwrite...(3)Create record...'NEW'(4)Add Duplicate Incoming Formats.
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If you have the skills you might want to code something and submit a patch to Kovid. If you don't have the skills maybe this conversation will spark and interest among someone with the needed skillset and s/he will code this and submit a patch to Kovid.
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Originally Posted by C.R.
There have been many occasions where this would have saved me time. I have quite a large collection which I continue to populate with detailed metadata plus custom columns, I would love to be able to add duplicate formats to records until I can get around to dealing with them properly.
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I can see the argument for having this feature, but for me personally I think this is a recipe for ebook pea soup. I think you should sort the wheat from the chaff prior to placing the books in the library but that's just me.