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Old 01-30-2014, 03:07 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by madmusic36 View Post
Ok here are the steps I am taking. Other library is in a folder named Library.
1. Click on the Calibre Library, box opens and has a new location box and 3 selections.
Use the existing library at the new location
Create an empty library
Move current Library.
2. I choose use existing library and pointed to the path for the folder named Library.
I now get and error message stating there is no existing library at this path.

So I don't know what I am doing wrong. The folder named Library has all the author folders in it which contain the individual metadata.
Does it contain the actual library, untouched from the old computer? That contains a metadata.db file, and folders organized according to "author/title (id)/" with files "title - author.ebook-type" "metadata.opf" "cover.jpg"?

Or does it have a saved library which contains no database and the folder structure looks different? If so, then you will have to do as I said, and create a new library, then import like I said earlier:

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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
To add books to calibre libraries, there is a button called Add books. Click the arrow next to it and choose the second option in order to add books that were exported from calibre. (This is a special setting to read the metadata files that were saved originally.)

See screenshot.
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