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Originally Posted by Ptaker
Thanks for the quick reply.
1- I have the OLD library on a flash drive and named it "BOB", which is different from the NEW library name.
2- I can sort the NEW library by FORMAT so that I can identify all those books without something in that column.
3- If I move all those books into another library called "NO FORMAT" library, can Calibre then look at each book in the "NO FORMAT" library folder and pick that matching book out of the "BOB" library (from the flash drive) and copy it over, so the process can be automated. I really don't want to try to find 600 bad formatted books by hand, item by item. Any thoughts?
If not, then I would have to create/Switch <path to the BOB library on the flash drive. Select the books: Right click: Copy to NEW library.
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Is there any way we can contact Kovid Goyal and ask him for his input? That would really help us tremendously! |
Why are you making things over complicated with all these shuffles.
No need to sort: Just Search (highlight mode is off: Searches ONLY show results, not blue bars)
Adding actions : Merge determines what happens if the book info exists in The target when you use Copy To Library.
Copy to Library PUSHES books into another Library. It does not query (details) of the target other than a book exists there (actions then prevail)
My main Library contains Empty Books (just the metadata) for books I wish to get.
When I get the book, I start with it in My 'Intake" Library, where I touch it up to my preferences, add missing metadata.
When I am ready: I switch Calibre from my Main to Intake: Select those I have Ready: Copy to Library: <Main> Delete after copy
Because I have Empty books (place holders) , I sometime see a Duplicate warning (I check the Log before continuing) My actions are set to
Merge
As to Kovid, he checks here all the time, but usually allow us helpers to take care of the more basic (not obscure error messages) issues .
You Know, it may be simpler.
MERGE those Libraries, then Use Find Duplicates Plugin to identify more than 1 record for a book.
You resolve each group (pair): Delete one of them, merge into the first selected, or do nothing (you can View either befor deciding)