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Originally Posted by windom
I will accumulate a modest number of books and then I add them to a temporary library. I work on the metadata in this small setting. I find it much easier than doing it in my main library. After I am satisfied, I copy them (with delete) to the main library. To this end, I would find it handy to find duplicates before adding to the main library. IOW, I would like to compare two libraries for duplicates. Would there be any chance of the plugin being modified to do this?
Is this a boneheaded way to work? Am I missing something about how Calibre should be used? It's worked well for me so far. It allows bulk metadata edits in a manageable setting.
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This is exactly my work-flow as well. Preparing the books in a separate library and then use the "Copy To Library" function to copy them to my main library.
When adding books to a library, Calibre already does a rudimentary duplicate check on the title. I would love to see this one extended to functions like merge with existing etc. I posted on the bugtracker here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/869506
And in addition have it activated in the copy function as well.
As far as I have understood from various other posts, Calibre can only work on one library but having the "Find Duplicates" plug-in extended to work across libraries would be a fantastic alternative.
Kind regards