I appreciate your kind help and thank you eschwartz,
I'm kind of relieved that I could continue to drag and drop the new items
I have also installed the FreeFileSync now.
It's a great suggestion.
On the other hand, I have a question on copying through Calibre:
After I copy the latest entries in calibre and copy through calibre interface,
I seem to get "cleaner" Lib2
ie: Less number of folders (Perhaps all the empty folders are left in Lib1
So the total byte size of the Lib1 and Lib2 are exactly the same after copying although I could see less number of folders etc in Lib2
does that mean copying items from Lib1 to Lib2 gives a cleaner library all
together if done through calibre interface?
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
1-book-per-directory is meant to only import one book per folder.  No wonder it adds only one book.
If you have multiple books per folder, don't use that option.
The primary use of that option is for books that have been in a calibre library before, and are already grouped with OPF/cover/multiple formats.
For new books yo can just drag-and-drop -- unless they are currently organized in folders already.
Do note: You can select a folder full of folders, for the one-book-per-directory option.
For backup, I would suggest using something like FreeFileSync/Synctoy to sync the library folder to your backup drive. |