[MattOnTheNet]

I have a vast number of books (over 1000) that I want to add to the database of Calibre. The database is still empty. There are 2 problems that I encounter:

1. When using cmd+A (yes, I'm using an Apple book), nothing is selected when I have to enter a selection in the window "Select books". Normally a cmd+A (or in Windows cntr+A (I think)), yields into the selection off all files in a given directory. Now, I just keep the shift down and manually select al files by pressing the "down" arrow key.

2. At first, the first 200 books are added at an acceptable speed. Later the addition takes more time the next book title is added; later on more than 15 seconds for each title upon 30 to 45 seconds per title. I suspect that each time a title is added, Calibre checks if the title is already available. On the other hand, I never pressed the "Open" button so the database should still be un-updated.

Can somebody inform me if this is normal behavior?

Matt