Thread: tried to move library and lost it
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Old 03-02-2016, 08:06 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by fritzmom View Post
Thanks for the quick reply.

OK, last night when I did this, I kept everything the same, just moved the complete folder to another folder.

Now,
I opened Calibre, right-clicked on Calibre Library ... did as you instructed. What showed up was a 'Blank Book Cover' on the right-hand side where an ebook cover would normally be. There are also more options under the Calibre Library now. But still no books are showing. Everything is empty.

There are 2 files in my Calibre folder: metadata.db and metadata_db_prefs_backup.json

I'm assuming those files should be there.

Am I missing some step?
Those are just the Starting point of every Empty Library.
A populated Library also has Authors folders. 1 for each Author
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