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Old 06-04-2016, 06:37 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by MarjaE View Post
Add from list what? If I try to look up "pi" in the help or the manual, I get mathematical references, probably to the number denoted by the letter.

I just tried "Import List."

... It's put a pin where it's found matches. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have overwritten the matches. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have imported the non-matches.

P.S. Was able to select all the non-matches, and use one of the buttons to import them. Now going through removing the matches it didn't recognize.
Import List can create empty books

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This wizard-based plugin allows you to match existing or create empty books in calibre based on lists of books from external sources.
I used it when I added my real books. I think this is how I did it: In Step2 - Match list of Books against your library, select Unmatched (radio button), select the books (they will be red text) and click the Add Books button on the right, viz

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I've never used Import List to update existing books metadata. Until recently I used it to create Reading Lists based on content search results, now I use Drop Search Results.

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Last edited by BetterRed; 06-04-2016 at 06:43 PM.
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