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Originally Posted by chaley
CC does not automatically add books added by methods outside of CC. The main reason is that the metadata in the book is totally untrustworthy, perhaps not coming from calibre at all and perhaps simply not there (think mobi and txt). Additionally there is no guarantee that the books end up in the correct directories defined in CC's settings.
CC can (and by default will) scan for new books when you connect as a wireless device because it can ask calibre for correct metadata including covers. If calibre doesn't match then the book shows in CC in a very strange way, without cover thumbs, correct author and title info, and showing other strange things. If CC tried to auto-add books as a matter of course then these problems would become "normal", something that would lead to no end of problems for us. I would very much rather not be required to deal with the ensuing support fallout. For example I recently had to fix a crash that killed CC at startup caused by ratings that did not conform to calibre rules.
This FAQ answer provides some ways to get books onto CC if for some reason you can't use the wireless device connection. |
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this and I understand your reticence for
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