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mendhak · 10-07-2013, 03:28 PM

Hello! I have a bit of a situation which I'm hoping you can help with.

I recently lost my Calibre folder (all folders, all ebooks), although I still have the metadata (OPF) that Calibre displays. I also have a separate folder containing the same books that Calibre used to have but not the same structure, no OPF.

So although the books appear in Calibre, I cannot 'use' them. For example double clicking it will bring up this error.

What I would like to do is to restore the files from my 'other' folders back into the Calibre folder structure so that I can restore my book collection and preserve metadata.

What would be the best way to do this? I have roughly 300 books so I am trying to avoid doing this manually. I am familiar with scripting if necessary.

10-07-2013, 03:28 PM	#1
mendhak Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Reimport books from another folder to Calibre folder structure? Hello! I have a bit of a situation which I'm hoping you can help with. I recently lost my Calibre folder (all folders, all ebooks), although I still have the metadata (OPF) that Calibre displays. I also have a separate folder containing the same books that Calibre used to have but not the same structure, no OPF. So although the books appear in Calibre, I cannot 'use' them. For example double clicking it will bring up this error. What I would like to do is to restore the files from my 'other' folders back into the Calibre folder structure so that I can restore my book collection and preserve metadata. What would be the best way to do this? I have roughly 300 books so I am trying to avoid doing this manually. I am familiar with scripting if necessary.