How to "+" (add) different edition?

IPol · 07-09-2019, 11:13 PM

How to "+" (add) different edition of a book in the same format, say, EPUB, to the same author? When I try to add the same book, but different edition, and I change a title by adding "2E" to it, Calibre will add it, but it will remove the existing item ...
Is the only way of keeping 2 (or more editions) as separate items?

BetterRed · 07-10-2019, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by IPol

How to "+" (add) different edition of a book in the same format, say, EPUB, to the same author? When I try to add the same book, but different edition, and I change a title by adding "2E" to it, Calibre will add it, but it will remove the existing item ...
Is the only way of keeping 2 (or more editions) as separate items?

What do you have in Preferences->Add books->Reading metadata and Adding actions - what you describe suggests you don't have the right settings for what you want to do

You will need to get metadata from file name - because every edition of say Gulliver's Travels by Thomas Swift will have those values in the metadata

I would add the first one and edit the title to: Gulliver's Travels (1757), then add the second one and edit its title to: Gulliver's Travels (2017)

BR

IPol · 07-10-2019, 12:57 AM

Thanks BR,
Perhaps I was a little bit ambiguous about "+" ADD ...
I'm within "edit metadata" and here we have "+" to add different format, pdf, epub, AZW etc. All what is possible there is to add a single book of the same format; I can have one PDF, one epub, one AZW, but I cant add second epub, or second pdf (different edition or version) ...

BetterRed · 07-10-2019, 01:28 AM

A book in a calibre library - i.e. a line on the book list -- can only have one file of any format - i.e one EPUB, plus one PDF, plus one AZW3, etc etc. But not two of anything. That's not going to change any time soon - if ever.

I had completely forgotten, or more likely never even noticed that the Metadata edit screen had that Add format button, I add formats with cut and paste into the book list

BR

Bookstooge · 07-10-2019, 04:34 PM

Yep, you'll have to add the file as a second book. Might be worth creating a custom column with the edition name.

07-09-2019, 11:13 PM	#1
IPol Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: PC	How to "+" (add) different edition? How to "+" (add) different edition of a book in the same format, say, EPUB, to the same author? When I try to add the same book, but different edition, and I change a title by adding "2E" to it, Calibre will add it, but it will remove the existing item ... Is the only way of keeping 2 (or more editions) as separate items?

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07-10-2019, 12:57 AM	#3
IPol Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: PC	Thanks BR, Perhaps I was a little bit ambiguous about "+" ADD ... I'm within "edit metadata" and here we have "+" to add different format, pdf, epub, AZW etc. All what is possible there is to add a single book of the same format; I can have one PDF, one epub, one AZW, but I cant add second epub, or second pdf (different edition or version) ...

07-10-2019, 01:28 AM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,730 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	A book in a calibre library - i.e. a line on the book list -- can only have one file of any format - i.e one EPUB, plus one PDF, plus one AZW3, etc etc. But not two of anything. That's not going to change any time soon - if ever. I had completely forgotten, or more likely never even noticed that the Metadata edit screen had that Add format button, I add formats with cut and paste into the book list BR

07-10-2019, 04:34 PM	#5
Bookstooge Member Retired Posts: 805 Karma: 2091358 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Kindle Oasis 1st Gen, PB Era	Yep, you'll have to add the file as a second book. Might be worth creating a custom column with the edition name.

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