Adding books with same name, different language

magphil · 11-22-2011, 11:47 AM

Hi,

I have books in French and English in my library.

What should I do to import a book in french that I have already in english when author,title,serie are the same ?

Calibre will ignore the new book by default, as it is duplicate.

What will happen if book title is different, but serie is the same ?

Is there a way to force the language tag on import, so that it calibre would consider it as a totally different book ?

Thanks

Magphil

itimpi · 11-22-2011, 12:27 PM

Calibre is quite ahppy to store multiple records for the same book (the internal ID will be different). It will only be ignoring the duplicate bwhile adding the book ecause that is what you have set under Preferences->Adding Books.

You could change that setting and then get books added as new ones every time.

An alternative would be to add an empty book record via the drop-down on the Add Books menu icon; set up the metadata appropriately and then add the book format via the Edit Metadata dialog.

theducks · 11-22-2011, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magphil

Hi,

I have books in French and English in my library.

What should I do to import a book in french that I have already in english when author,title,serie are the same ?

Calibre will ignore the new book by default, as it is duplicate.

What will happen if book title is different, but serie is the same ?

Is there a way to force the language tag on import, so that it calibre would consider it as a totally different book ?

Thanks

Magphil

Change the Preference for what to do when adding (supposed) "duplicates"
You can always merge real ones later.
Note (optional) the Tag To Add section that is also available when adding.

11-22-2011, 11:47 AM	#1
magphil Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 5090 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Gen3, Kobo glow	Adding books with same name, different language Hi, I have books in French and English in my library. What should I do to import a book in french that I have already in english when author,title,serie are the same ? Calibre will ignore the new book by default, as it is duplicate. What will happen if book title is different, but serie is the same ? Is there a way to force the language tag on import, so that it calibre would consider it as a totally different book ? Thanks Magphil

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11-22-2011, 12:27 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Calibre is quite ahppy to store multiple records for the same book (the internal ID will be different). It will only be ignoring the duplicate bwhile adding the book ecause that is what you have set under Preferences->Adding Books. You could change that setting and then get books added as new ones every time. An alternative would be to add an empty book record via the drop-down on the Add Books menu icon; set up the metadata appropriately and then add the book format via the Edit Metadata dialog.

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