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Originally Posted by BetterRed
@edeniz - Given there are only 38 books its not much effort to use the facilities that exist to merge a few formats for each book.
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Well, yes, that's true. Such a manual approach was my plan b anyway. But I wasn't sure if I was simply not seeing an already present option for batch merging, or if I was misunderstanding something, so it was better to ask more knowledgeable people first.
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has happened a few times for me that I overlooked an obvious option of calibre and needlessly wasted hours of time. So this time, better safe than sorry.
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An alternative approach I've used, is to move the 'books' you don't want to keep to temporary library, then change the Add books settings so that duplicates get merged, and then move 'em back again.
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Yes, that could work, thanks for the idea. I'd forgotten about that.
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And then spend some time implementing a procedure that prevents the creation of 'duplicate' books. This sub forum (Library Management) has a number of threads where members have documented how they achieve this end. Do a sub forum search for 'duplicates'.
For low volumes its easy to add a format to an existing book, either use the Add Books->Add files to existing books option (Shift+A), or just drag and drop the file into the Book Details panel (Shift+Alt+D will toggle its display).
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for the tips