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Old 03-27-2010, 11:47 PM   #7
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As far as backing up, I do. But when the backup is a week old and you have added about a hundred books in the interim it is easy to miss some of the books you added.
I find the best way to back up the library is to create a directory called, for example, Calibre_Library_Backup then select all books and select save to disk and choose this backup directory.

Now as long as "save cover separately" and "save metadata in opf file" are checked in the preferences - Add/Save - Saving Books tab you will have a backup that will import back into Calibre flawlessly with all metadata in tact.

To keep this up to date anytime you add or update books just highlight those new adds or changes and save to disk to the backup directory again.

Relatively simple backup and it can be tested easy enough without screwing up your current library.

I do have one question, does this happen often?
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