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BetterRed · 03-09-2013, 07:06 PM

@MelBr, I add batches of 'books' into a library called Review. In there I first decide whether or not I really want the 'book'. If I do then I fix up title, author, metadata etc and use Find Duplicates to check for duplicates with my Main library. As I fix them I move them to my Main library. If I don't want them then I remove them.

When a batch is complete I manually delete the originals, they are always in a folder that has a name indicating source and date of download, so that's easily done.

I find using a separate library makes processing of batches of new 'books' easier - and it keeps my Main library unpolluted by duplicates, author name variants etc.

I don't do any tagging when 'books' are in Review as I haven't worked out a technique to have a controlled vocabulary for an empty library - but nor have I tried very hard

BR

My 'books' are public domain 'papers' from academia, 'reports' from govt agencies, quangos, think tanks etc, 'reprints' from the media etc.

03-09-2013, 07:06 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,781 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@MelBr, I add batches of 'books' into a library called Review. In there I first decide whether or not I really want the 'book'. If I do then I fix up title, author, metadata etc and use Find Duplicates to check for duplicates with my Main library. As I fix them I move them to my Main library. If I don't want them then I remove them. When a batch is complete I manually delete the originals, they are always in a folder that has a name indicating source and date of download, so that's easily done. I find using a separate library makes processing of batches of new 'books' easier - and it keeps my Main library unpolluted by duplicates, author name variants etc. I don't do any tagging when 'books' are in Review as I haven't worked out a technique to have a controlled vocabulary for an empty library - but nor have I tried very hard BR My 'books' are public domain 'papers' from academia, 'reports' from govt agencies, quangos, think tanks etc, 'reprints' from the media etc.