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jemsoo7 - I solve the sort of issues you raise by adding the books to an Intake Library, and then using the
Find Duplicates optional plugin :
- Firstly to ensure I have not created any duplicates in the Intake Library.
- Secondly to compare the metadata of the books in the Intake Library with books in the Main Library, using the Find Duplicates->Find library duplicates option. Books that are not duplicates get moved to the Main Library using calibre's Copy to library (delete after copy) feature. Books that are duplicates get moved to the Duplicates library.
- The plugin can match on title, author or both, and it has several degrees of matching, from exact to fuzzy.
Later, I will determine if I want to replace or augment the formats I have in the Main library with what I have put in Duplicates. Because this invariably means skim reading the format files, I access the Duplicates library via calibre's content server and the Main library via calibre's library manager.
I don't get many duplicates.
BR