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kirk8677 · 10-26-2020, 12:30 PM

SCENARIO:
Add a bunch of books; let's see both a .MOBI and an .EPUB of the SAME book are in the files to be added

CALIBRE BEHAVIOR:
Calibre will present both books as a duplicate, even though in fact only one is a duplicate.

If one is adding many books, this can be hard to see. Unfortunately, when Calibre presents the list of duplicates, it's not in alpha order. So one could easily uncheck both "duplicates" and the book wouldn't be added at all!

RECOMMENDATION:
First, I think the it would be more user friendly if Calibre sorted duplicate list in alpha order.

But second, Calibre should identify the putative duplicate as coming from the CURRENT import, not something that is in fact already in the library!

10-26-2020, 12:30 PM	#1
kirk8677 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle	Odd issue in the way Calibre handles duplicates added to library SCENARIO: Add a bunch of books; let's see both a .MOBI and an .EPUB of the SAME book are in the files to be added CALIBRE BEHAVIOR: Calibre will present both books as a duplicate, even though in fact only one is a duplicate. If one is adding many books, this can be hard to see. Unfortunately, when Calibre presents the list of duplicates, it's not in alpha order. So one could easily uncheck both "duplicates" and the book wouldn't be added at all! RECOMMENDATION: First, I think the it would be more user friendly if Calibre sorted duplicate list in alpha order. But second, Calibre should identify the putative duplicate as coming from the CURRENT import, not something that is in fact already in the library!