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compurandom · 11-29-2020, 10:05 AM

I assume you mean the automatic import from a directory setting.

I occasionally have issues with it not importing books that way. I've found the following possible reasons:

Calibre doesn't recognize it as a book (wrong file type? file type not in the supported list?) Might be able to rename the file to the correct extension or change a checkbox in calibre settings somewhere. (can't remember where I saw that off the top of my head)
The file has the wrong permissions; not sure why this is a problem, but it is. It will import the book immediately after you make it world readable.
The file has an old date. In linux, touching the file will cause it to be imported immediately.

11-29-2020, 10:05 AM	#2
compurandom Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 500000 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Rocketbook, kobo aura h2o, kobo forma, kobo libra color	I assume you mean the automatic import from a directory setting. I occasionally have issues with it not importing books that way. I've found the following possible reasons: Calibre doesn't recognize it as a book (wrong file type? file type not in the supported list?) Might be able to rename the file to the correct extension or change a checkbox in calibre settings somewhere. (can't remember where I saw that off the top of my head) The file has the wrong permissions; not sure why this is a problem, but it is. It will import the book immediately after you make it world readable. The file has an old date. In linux, touching the file will cause it to be imported immediately.