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Micron · 01-16-2018, 01:34 AM

I must be a Calibre Cretin. How is it that I can select about 20 books where the author is FirstName-Series-Last
and click Edit Metadata on the toolbar
and choose to edit as a batch
and correct the author name and click OK;
and I get a message like "Updating 3,818 books" or whatever the text was.
More importantly perhaps - how is it that it's not possible to at least confirm this action?? How the H -e double hockey sticks did I get 190 or so extra books??

It seems the only way I can fix this now is to wipe the library and bring in my backup directory. So sad.

01-16-2018, 01:34 AM	#1
Micron Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Batch Author Select Screw Up I must be a Calibre Cretin. How is it that I can select about 20 books where the author is FirstName-Series-Last and click Edit Metadata on the toolbar and choose to edit as a batch and correct the author name and click OK; and I get a message like "Updating 3,818 books" or whatever the text was. More importantly perhaps - how is it that it's not possible to at least confirm this action?? How the H -e double hockey sticks did I get 190 or so extra books?? It seems the only way I can fix this now is to wipe the library and bring in my backup directory. So sad.