Feature Requests for Adding Books

toomuchreading · 03-16-2015, 03:50 PM

I looked for these features and I couldn't find if it existed or not, so I thought I'd ask here to see if such exists, and if not, can it be added in some future release.

I'm adding a lot of books to my library and I'm using the add book function. When adding books, for those that are already in the library, a popup appears when the add is complete that states:
Merged some Books
The following # duplicate...
The buttons then displayed are OK, Copy to Clipboard & Show Details.
When you click on the Show Details button, a list of what books (author & title) where duplicate, and the Show Details button changes to Hide Details.
Feature 1:
Is there a way to always show the details? If not, could an enhancement be made to remember what state (showing or hiding the details) when the OK button is pressed?
For example the last time you added books with duplicates, you showed the details and clicked OK. The next time you use the function, and duplicates happen, the show details is automatically displayed. This time you hide the details, and click OK. The next time you add books, the details are not automatically shown.
When I'm adding books especially in the large lots that I'm doing right now, I like to check on the duplicates, especially if the metadata is crappy, because I could end up with the different books by different authors all having the same "unknown" author, and the same "unknown" title.
Feature 2:
I must admit having a count after the title would be nice to track down how bad these situations are. In the past I have loaded batches of books with really bad metadata, and had to delete everything, and reload getting the metadata from the file names instead. A count would help diagnose how bad my metadata is when loading books. (This is minor compared to displaying the details, if I had to choose between the two.)
Thanks guys for considering this if it's not already there and I missed it.

kovidgoyal · 03-17-2015, 12:17 AM

If you are dealing with book collections that have lots of duplicates you are better off turning off auto-merge and simply adding everything then using the find duplicates plugin to manage the duplicates after adding.

BetterRed · 03-17-2015, 02:10 AM

@toomuchreading - I find life easier if add the 'new' books to a New Books library, then use the Find Duplicates->Library Duplicates (compares 2 libraries) feature to winnow out the duplicates, and then move what left to the Main library.

BR

Terisa de morgan · 03-17-2015, 04:14 AM

I totally agree with BetterRed. It's better not to mesh with the main library (IMHO).

DaltonST · 03-17-2015, 09:15 AM

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I'm adding a lot of books to my library

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the metadata is crappy

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I find life easier if add the 'new' books to a New Books library

The link below is to an add-on that was designed specifically as a response to the identical comments quoted above that I thought to myself when I first started using Calibre:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=247425

DaltonST

BetterRed · 03-17-2015, 03:15 PM

@DaltonST your addon doesn't suit me - its 'geared' towards commercial books (in or out of copyright), my books are public domain documents from institutions.

And if you're going to quote my posts, please use the board's quote facilities so that the reader can read the post you're quoting in its entirety so as to get the full context.

Now you know why I don't use your add-on, perhaps you could refrain from quoting my posts.

BR

03-16-2015, 03:50 PM	#1
toomuchreading Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 1720 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Libre Color	Feature Requests for Adding Books I looked for these features and I couldn't find if it existed or not, so I thought I'd ask here to see if such exists, and if not, can it be added in some future release. I'm adding a lot of books to my library and I'm using the add book function. When adding books, for those that are already in the library, a popup appears when the add is complete that states: Merged some Books The following # duplicate... The buttons then displayed are OK, Copy to Clipboard & Show Details. When you click on the Show Details button, a list of what books (author & title) where duplicate, and the Show Details button changes to Hide Details. Feature 1: Is there a way to always show the details? If not, could an enhancement be made to remember what state (showing or hiding the details) when the OK button is pressed? For example the last time you added books with duplicates, you showed the details and clicked OK. The next time you use the function, and duplicates happen, the show details is automatically displayed. This time you hide the details, and click OK. The next time you add books, the details are not automatically shown. When I'm adding books especially in the large lots that I'm doing right now, I like to check on the duplicates, especially if the metadata is crappy, because I could end up with the different books by different authors all having the same "unknown" author, and the same "unknown" title. Feature 2: I must admit having a count after the title would be nice to track down how bad these situations are. In the past I have loaded batches of books with really bad metadata, and had to delete everything, and reload getting the metadata from the file names instead. A count would help diagnose how bad my metadata is when loading books. (This is minor compared to displaying the details, if I had to choose between the two.) Thanks guys for considering this if it's not already there and I missed it.

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03-17-2015, 12:17 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,221 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you are dealing with book collections that have lots of duplicates you are better off turning off auto-merge and simply adding everything then using the find duplicates plugin to manage the duplicates after adding.

03-17-2015, 02:10 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,642 Karma: 29710510 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@toomuchreading - I find life easier if add the 'new' books to a New Books library, then use the Find Duplicates->Library Duplicates (compares 2 libraries) feature to winnow out the duplicates, and then move what left to the Main library. BR

03-17-2015, 04:14 AM	#4
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,597 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	I totally agree with BetterRed. It's better not to mesh with the main library (IMHO).

03-17-2015, 03:15 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,642 Karma: 29710510 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@DaltonST your addon doesn't suit me - its 'geared' towards commercial books (in or out of copyright), my books are public domain documents from institutions. And if you're going to quote my posts, please use the board's quote facilities so that the reader can read the post you're quoting in its entirety so as to get the full context. Now you know why I don't use your add-on, perhaps you could refrain from quoting my posts. BR

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