copying/moving book to another library

mitch13 · 10-26-2021, 09:48 PM

I am using Calibre 5.30
I have many (what I will call) sub-libraries in the same database. Any books/magazines I download always go to my main Calibre library. From there, if necessary, I then say transfer a magazine from the main Calibre library to a Magazine library. Until very recently I chose right-click > Copy to Library and the the choice to just send a copy to this other library or copy to this other library removing it from the Calibre library. It also advised if the transfer magazine had a duplicate in the recipient library and then the choice not to transfer which I then deleted it from the Calibre library. This has worked for years but something has changed. It may just be an adjustment in Preferences?
Can I get help with this?
It is happening. I proved it by sending a book/magazine to another relative library without the delete option. I then sent it again to this library and it did not find the item already sent.
mitch13

mitch13 · 10-30-2021, 01:41 AM

I had already checked the other posts similar to my query and none of them are relative. Basically I am saying that what I wanted was working before 5.30 so what has changed. Is something changed in Preferences?
Basically when copying to another library it shows two options : 1, to copy alone and have the book/magazine in two libraries (sometimes this is wanted) or 2. Copy to another library and delete from the current library. Both of these choices work except now it does not advise if the one being copied exists in the other library. It means that the item sent could already be in the other library therefore amassing a huge job checking for duplicates later.

kovidgoyal · 10-30-2021, 01:59 AM

Preferences->Adding books->Adding actions

mitch13 · 10-30-2021, 03:04 AM

Many thanks Kovid. Not sure how that would have changed but great to fix it.

Cheers

mitch13

10-26-2021, 09:48 PM	#1
mitch13 Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	copying/moving book to another library I am using Calibre 5.30 I have many (what I will call) sub-libraries in the same database. Any books/magazines I download always go to my main Calibre library. From there, if necessary, I then say transfer a magazine from the main Calibre library to a Magazine library. Until very recently I chose right-click > Copy to Library and the the choice to just send a copy to this other library or copy to this other library removing it from the Calibre library. It also advised if the transfer magazine had a duplicate in the recipient library and then the choice not to transfer which I then deleted it from the Calibre library. This has worked for years but something has changed. It may just be an adjustment in Preferences? Can I get help with this? It is happening. I proved it by sending a book/magazine to another relative library without the delete option. I then sent it again to this library and it did not find the item already sent. mitch13

10-30-2021, 01:41 AM	#2
mitch13 Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	Additional I had already checked the other posts similar to my query and none of them are relative. Basically I am saying that what I wanted was working before 5.30 so what has changed. Is something changed in Preferences? Basically when copying to another library it shows two options : 1, to copy alone and have the book/magazine in two libraries (sometimes this is wanted) or 2. Copy to another library and delete from the current library. Both of these choices work except now it does not advise if the one being copied exists in the other library. It means that the item sent could already be in the other library therefore amassing a huge job checking for duplicates later.

10-30-2021, 03:04 AM	#4
mitch13 Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	Removing duplicates on copy Many thanks Kovid. Not sure how that would have changed but great to fix it. Cheers mitch13

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10-30-2021, 01:59 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Preferences->Adding books->Adding actions

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