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pauldadams · 12-22-2009, 08:10 PM

I just started using Calibre. After reading in all of my ebooks and updating the meta data for each one, I copied (since I have a WinMobile device) my Calibre directory to my device. When I opened my library with Mobipocket I saw that I had 2 of every book.

When I looked through my Calibre directory on my XP notebook I found that I had at least 2 and in many cases 3 or 4 copies of the same book. I don't believe this should ever be allowed to happen, let alone for each book!

I took the time to import all books including duplicates back in to Calibre and went through each entry and deleted those copies that I don't want. Calibre warns that this will delete the file from my computer but this is exactly what I wanted.

All of the duplicates are still here. Additionally, the detail view of many books show the wrong book cover although the meta data view shows the correct cover. If I save the meta data the detail image will update to the correct cover until I move away and come back. Then the old, incorrect image appears in the detail view, although the meta data is still correct.

I now have a horrible mess on my hard disk which I will need to go through to delete one by one. I imagine a lot of correct meta data will also be deleted. If I go through to update the meta data, will I gain new duplicates?

This is definitely NOT what I expected to get!

12-22-2009, 08:10 PM	#1
pauldadams Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: WinMobile	Duplicates I just started using Calibre. After reading in all of my ebooks and updating the meta data for each one, I copied (since I have a WinMobile device) my Calibre directory to my device. When I opened my library with Mobipocket I saw that I had 2 of every book. When I looked through my Calibre directory on my XP notebook I found that I had at least 2 and in many cases 3 or 4 copies of the same book. I don't believe this should ever be allowed to happen, let alone for each book! I took the time to import all books including duplicates back in to Calibre and went through each entry and deleted those copies that I don't want. Calibre warns that this will delete the file from my computer but this is exactly what I wanted. All of the duplicates are still here. Additionally, the detail view of many books show the wrong book cover although the meta data view shows the correct cover. If I save the meta data the detail image will update to the correct cover until I move away and come back. Then the old, incorrect image appears in the detail view, although the meta data is still correct. I now have a horrible mess on my hard disk which I will need to go through to delete one by one. I imagine a lot of correct meta data will also be deleted. If I go through to update the meta data, will I gain new duplicates? This is definitely NOT what I expected to get!