Thread: How to Keep Calibre from Appending Numbers to Each Book in a Series
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Old 05-25-2016, 07:49 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by fidvo View Post
As for how to do this, it depends upon how you're adding the number. If you're typing in the series manually, it will always find the last number in the series and increment by 1. If you're editing the metadata in bulk, assigning an incrementing series number is optional.
There is a tweak to change this. "series_index_auto_increment" has a few different options. The default is "next" to the next highest. But, it can be a constant or one the options to fill in the gap.

And, of course, you can always enter whatever number you desire.
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