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Old 04-21-2010, 02:56 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by mhguda View Post
Hello,
I'm using calibre on two different computers, and I have different libraries on both, but there is some overlap. On one computer I tried to merge the two libraries by combining the folders and files in my calibre library folder, but I did not copy over the metadata.db file from the second computer. When I open calibre, it only sees the books from the one library, not those that I added. How do I merge the two libraries, so that both are complete?
Is there a way to merge the two metadata files? When I tried to check it for correctness in the preferences|tools like it says in the manual, this process exited with an error. I've tried external db editors but I'm having no luck. Can anyone here help me out?
Save to disk all your files from your smallest library. (I assume you haven't changed options on the Prefs|Add/Save|Saving Books. If you have, turn on the two options that start with "Save") Then use the Add Books option to add those files to your larger library. Calibre only knows about the books in the metadata.db file.
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