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Originally Posted by WaggaSteve
Thank you Don.
My current thinking is to create folders for each type of file (eg azw vs txt vs rtf) on a separate drive and search the main locations by file type, then move them to the new folders, choosing to not create duplicates as I go.
I would then need to list ALL files in those directories alphabetically (to catch those books which are in more than 1 format and manually review/delete (not a lot of fun but cant think of a better way - open to suggestions btw)
I would then have Calibre create a new Library of the resultant cut down and relatively non duplicative files.
Issues:
No covers - who cares
No OPF - Dont know if this is important or not
What have I missed or is there a smarter way
TIA
Steve
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There is a better way. Since not all of these files will have proper metadata, the best way is to dump them all into one directory (no, it's not a folder), and look at the list of file alphabetically with your file browser (with Windows, that would be Windows Explorer) and then you can see which ones are the same (or similar enough filenames) and deal the ones you don't want.