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Heraclit · 12-19-2015, 12:17 AM

Hello all!

New here, and not so experienced with Calibre.

What I want to do: export to a folder part of an existing Calibre library to create a new library.

I did that with the "Save to disk" command (after selecting the relevant books), and all the folders with the books, the covers and the .opf/XML files are there, but I also need the database and .json files for this set of books.

So:
– is there perhaps a more relevant "export" command, which would also create the database?
– or can I recreate said database just from the exported folders?
– or should I, of course working on a copy of the original library, delete the unnecessary books to get the slimmed new Calibre library?

Thanks for your kind help!

And thanks to the Calibre creator!

12-19-2015, 12:17 AM	#1
Heraclit Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Lenovo 10"	Creating sub-library Hello all! New here, and not so experienced with Calibre. What I want to do: export to a folder part of an existing Calibre library to create a new library. I did that with the "Save to disk" command (after selecting the relevant books), and all the folders with the books, the covers and the .opf/XML files are there, but I also need the database and .json files for this set of books. So: – is there perhaps a more relevant "export" command, which would also create the database? – or can I recreate said database just from the exported folders? – or should I, of course working on a copy of the original library, delete the unnecessary books to get the slimmed new Calibre library? Thanks for your kind help! And thanks to the Calibre creator!