Library Consistancy

Rellwood · 04-25-2016, 06:51 PM

Is there ANY way that I can keep libraries consistent?

I hate having to create new libraries when my "main" library has new changes or rules that doesn't carry over to the other ones?

This is a big reason why I am trying to keep to all in one library. I know about creating a new library based on the current one, but once that current one gets the slightest bit changed then the others are not following. It's an endless cycle that bugs.

I know that each library is different because the icon bar is different, the plug in settings are different and the virtual libraries are different.

Any quick way to sync them up?

BetterRed · 04-25-2016, 07:44 PM

@Rellwood - AFAIK the short answer is - no, there's no way to synchronise library settings across multiple libraries, even if they started out as clones.

If you want a common set of customisation settings why have separate physical libraries at all, why not one physical library with multiple 'Virtual Libraries', supplemented perhaps by the View Manager PI to get multiple 'Views' showing different column layouts and sort sequences.

BR

theducks · 04-25-2016, 07:52 PM

Cterate a New Empty Library using the structure of the 'Parent-Master'
The Move the books from the stale sibling into the new one.

But if they really are the same... VL's

Rellwood · 04-27-2016, 03:45 PM

I go back and forth between the multiple libraries and the VL. Both have their pluses and negatives, but until i get the whole VL mastered, then I keep shuffling them around. Plus....this shuffling tends to end up with me having ruined libraries that need work.

@BetterRed, I didn't think about the view manager as being able to work with the VLs. But my bigger problem is now, if I want to use VL, standardizing all those books that have been morphed and changed metadata over the past few years.

Since no metadata ever stays the same I am tempted to just erase it all and start fresh (GHM if I do...) the idea of cleaning each book, individually is so daunting. I wish that I could "set" certain metadata so it cannot be changed or accidentally erased or lost in a merge or copy to library that I didn't have set up properly and thus lost data when columns are missing...I spend more time hunting for book add dates, read dates and sources.

@theducks....the whole moving libraries to new libraries is exactly what I have been doing. But the moving pf libraries is sooooooo time consuming.

It takes an average of 45 minutes to an hour to move just ONE of my libraries. This is why I have so many random libraries holding books with different stages of metadata completion. If I could just condense them into one library for cannibalization and one "current" library I would. But then they would be so large I couldn't navigate through them. Too many books makes slow navigation.

I feel like Sisyphus. On the bright side...I have reading material to last until the next decade.

04-25-2016, 06:51 PM	#1
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,268 Karma: 1937891 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	Library Consistancy Is there ANY way that I can keep libraries consistent? I hate having to create new libraries when my "main" library has new changes or rules that doesn't carry over to the other ones? This is a big reason why I am trying to keep to all in one library. I know about creating a new library based on the current one, but once that current one gets the slightest bit changed then the others are not following. It's an endless cycle that bugs. I know that each library is different because the icon bar is different, the plug in settings are different and the virtual libraries are different. Any quick way to sync them up?

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04-25-2016, 07:44 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Rellwood - AFAIK the short answer is - no, there's no way to synchronise library settings across multiple libraries, even if they started out as clones. If you want a common set of customisation settings why have separate physical libraries at all, why not one physical library with multiple 'Virtual Libraries', supplemented perhaps by the View Manager PI to get multiple 'Views' showing different column layouts and sort sequences. BR

04-25-2016, 07:52 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,054 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Cterate a New Empty Library using the structure of the 'Parent-Master' The Move the books from the stale sibling into the new one. But if they really are the same... VL's

04-27-2016, 03:45 PM	#4
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,268 Karma: 1937891 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	I go back and forth between the multiple libraries and the VL. Both have their pluses and negatives, but until i get the whole VL mastered, then I keep shuffling them around. Plus....this shuffling tends to end up with me having ruined libraries that need work. @BetterRed, I didn't think about the view manager as being able to work with the VLs. But my bigger problem is now, if I want to use VL, standardizing all those books that have been morphed and changed metadata over the past few years. Since no metadata ever stays the same I am tempted to just erase it all and start fresh (GHM if I do...) the idea of cleaning each book, individually is so daunting. I wish that I could "set" certain metadata so it cannot be changed or accidentally erased or lost in a merge or copy to library that I didn't have set up properly and thus lost data when columns are missing...I spend more time hunting for book add dates, read dates and sources. @theducks....the whole moving libraries to new libraries is exactly what I have been doing. But the moving pf libraries is sooooooo time consuming. It takes an average of 45 minutes to an hour to move just ONE of my libraries. This is why I have so many random libraries holding books with different stages of metadata completion. If I could just condense them into one library for cannibalization and one "current" library I would. But then they would be so large I couldn't navigate through them. Too many books makes slow navigation. I feel like Sisyphus. On the bright side...I have reading material to last until the next decade.

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