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Old 07-23-2014, 06:45 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Ferretqueen View Post
Much appreciated all. I will venture into "the merge".

BetterRed,
"@Ferretqueen - use the right click->Copy to library feature to merge existing libraries onto a "New Mega" library. "
I failed.... No idea where I should right mouse click! Would you please give me a little more detail.

A small question. As I am setting up Calibre on a new Computer, is there a way to save all preferences on Computer A, and then transfer them to load into Calibre on Computer B, to save me going through everything again?

My thanks.
I'll answer the small question first

Start calibre on old computer, click Preferences->Miscellaneous->Open Configuration Directory that should open up a folder something like

Code:
C:\Users\BetterRed\AppData\Roaming\calibre
(it will be a bit different of your old computer is XP)

You need to copy the entire contents of that folder into the corresponding location on your new computer, to find out where that is do the same thing. Replace what's there in its entirety.

When you copy the config to the new computer make sure calibre is NOT running.

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Merge Libraries

Create a new library called say 'TestLibrary'

Now Open one of your existing libraries and select say 10-15 books, right click the selected books and you should see a context menu with a Copy to Library-> item, click it and you'll get a flyout menu with two options for each of your other libraries - one which does a copy, and another that does a copy and then a delete - click the one for TestLibrary - ie the one without the delete . See screen shot

If you have any custom columns, it will ask if you want them in the TestLibrary - tick them all - see my previous post for a screen shot. If you now go to the TestLibrary the books will there.

Repeat for the other Libraries.

If you tag the books with with the current library name (ie Main, Fiction, Read etc) before you copy them then in the merged library you can easily create corresponding Virtual Libraries.

The main advantage of a merged library is that you can see all your books and include them all in searches.

Once you decided which libraries you want to merge, I suggest you throw out the TestLibrary and create a fresh library.

BR
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