Can't See Any Way to Duplicate a Book...

MarjaE · 09-10-2016, 09:47 PM

I think someone discussed a way to do this, but I can't find the post, I can only find posts about detecting duplicates.

If I'm creating empty books for 2 volumes and importing the 3rd, I'm going to want most of the same metadata for all three. If I can duplicate the books, or copy the medtata, it saves the pain of typing it all three times.

Krazykiwi · 09-10-2016, 09:54 PM

Click the book you want to duplicate, then the "Add books" icon. Choose "Add Empty Book (Book Entry with No Formats)" and it'll offer to take details from the currently selected book. Then you can just add the format into the newly created empty book entry.

BetterRed · 09-10-2016, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Krazykiwi

Click the book you want to duplicate, then the "Add books" icon. Choose "Add Empty Book (Book Entry with No Formats)" and it'll offer to take details from the currently selected book. Then you can just add the format into the newly created empty book entry.

Good grief, I add empty books (ctrl+shift+e) several times week and I never noticed that button before.

Added: and already I can think of situations when I might use it

BR

Krazykiwi · 09-11-2016, 10:37 AM

You're welcome, of course. There's so very many features and buttons and options in Calibre, I figure there's tons I don't know about too, so I try to share when I've figured out something neat.

This is super useful to me personally when I've read book 1 of a series and I've decided I'm probably going to read more: I populate the next few books of the series and leave them empty, tag them as "to get" and sync with my to get shelf in GR. Then I can use the GR app view of that shelf as a shopping list when I'm actually at a book store or digging around in the library.

BetterRed · 09-11-2016, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Krazykiwi

You're welcome, of course. There's so very many features and buttons and options in Calibre, I figure there's tons I don't know about too, so I try to share when I've figured out something neat.

Even Kovid has been known to forget things

There are many areas of calibre about which I know diddly-squat.

One of the downsides being keyboard centric is that I only glance at the dialogue windows because I'm not trying to steer a pointer with device.

BR

HarryT · 09-12-2016, 07:06 AM

We all have set ways of doing things. I always forget that there's an "Add Books" menu item in Calibre, because I always add them by dragging books from Windows Explorer onto the Calibre window

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DrChiper · 09-12-2016, 08:35 AM

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[...] I always add them by dragging books from Windows Explorer onto the Calibre window

Good grief! I never knew that one. I always use the button "Add books"

09-10-2016, 09:47 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 937 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Can't See Any Way to Duplicate a Book... I think someone discussed a way to do this, but I can't find the post, I can only find posts about detecting duplicates. If I'm creating empty books for 2 volumes and importing the 3rd, I'm going to want most of the same metadata for all three. If I can duplicate the books, or copy the medtata, it saves the pain of typing it all three times.

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09-10-2016, 09:54 PM	#2
Krazykiwi Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 2156958 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Too many random androids to list	Click the book you want to duplicate, then the "Add books" icon. Choose "Add Empty Book (Book Entry with No Formats)" and it'll offer to take details from the currently selected book. Then you can just add the format into the newly created empty book entry.

09-11-2016, 10:37 AM	#4
Krazykiwi Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 2156958 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Too many random androids to list	You're welcome, of course. There's so very many features and buttons and options in Calibre, I figure there's tons I don't know about too, so I try to share when I've figured out something neat. This is super useful to me personally when I've read book 1 of a series and I've decided I'm probably going to read more: I populate the next few books of the series and leave them empty, tag them as "to get" and sync with my to get shelf in GR. Then I can use the GR app view of that shelf as a shopping list when I'm actually at a book store or digging around in the library.

09-12-2016, 07:06 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	We all have set ways of doing things. I always forget that there's an "Add Books" menu item in Calibre, because I always add them by dragging books from Windows Explorer onto the Calibre window .

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