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How do I combine Libraries?
I just found my old Calibre library on a backup, having spent most of the day cataloging & trying to reconstruct my current library. I have a lot of duplicate books that have been cataloged and those that haven't been done yet. I also seem to have multiple calibre libraries with different names. Calibre, Calibre Dropbox and Calibre Library. They each seem to have duplicates and original books in them.
If I combine them I would most likely have a lot more. And a lot more duplicates. I'm not worried about that but I would like to combine all my books into one library. I don't have that many that I need more than one... yet. But I don't know how. I'm so confused and really don't know how to handle this. ![]() Also, is there a way, once combined, to delete those duplicates and make sure I only have those books that have already been cataloged with all the metadata I've been including? MikiSunshine Calibre Semi-Newbie Extraordinaire ![]() |
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Use the 'Copy to Library' option. Alternately, Add Books > Add from Folders and Subfolders.
If you use custom columns, make sure they're all the same between libraries or you might lose the information from those. Check out the Find Duplicates plugin. You may also want to check out Virtual Libraries. Last edited by ownedbycats; 06-29-2023 at 04:34 PM. |
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![]() vs Add books, that uses whatever is in the book (Assumes Calibre is NOT configured to use the filename) |
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I believe Find Duplicates also has inter-library checking, in case you want to clean it up first.
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