Extra titles/authors in library

Rellwood · 10-04-2019, 10:24 PM

How can I add those "extra" titles/authors that are in the database? - Is it possible? Not interested in deleting the books, but I have 4 books that got added after a recent reset that I want to add.

Long story short, I messed up and deleted a bunch of desired metadata in a library I haven't updated in a while, so I swapped out the .db file from a couple of days ago (previous version), and while the missing metadata was fixed, I realized I had added a couple of books from another library today that now show as being "extra". Since the books were a move/delete from previous library, I don't want to delete them.

Other than finding them in the files using my file manager and moving them, then re-adding them, is there a ways of making them "add" to the library?

theducks · 10-04-2019, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rellwood

How can I add those "extra" titles/authors that are in the database? - Is it possible? Not interested in deleting the books, but I have 4 books that got added after a recent reset that I want to add.

Long story short, I messed up and deleted a bunch of desired metadata in a library I haven't updated in a while, so I swapped out the .db file from a couple of days ago (previous version), and while the missing metadata was fixed, I realized I had added a couple of books from another library today that now show as being "extra". Since the books were a move/delete from previous library, I don't want to delete them.

Other than finding them in the files using my file manager and moving them, then re-adding them, is there a ways of making them "add" to the library?

For books Found that are NOT known to Calibre. Move those Out (title folder and all carefully

using the OS (If that was the only title for the Author, remove the author folder after moving the book)

Then add just like they were new (they are to calibre)

Rellwood · 10-05-2019, 12:28 AM

Yeah, that's what I did. There was only a few, but I wanted to know if there was a way besides manually removing them that they could be added to the database. I guess not.

Thanks!

10-04-2019, 10:24 PM	#1
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,301 Karma: 1937893 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	Extra titles/authors in library How can I add those "extra" titles/authors that are in the database? - Is it possible? Not interested in deleting the books, but I have 4 books that got added after a recent reset that I want to add. Long story short, I messed up and deleted a bunch of desired metadata in a library I haven't updated in a while, so I swapped out the .db file from a couple of days ago (previous version), and while the missing metadata was fixed, I realized I had added a couple of books from another library today that now show as being "extra". Since the books were a move/delete from previous library, I don't want to delete them. Other than finding them in the files using my file manager and moving them, then re-adding them, is there a ways of making them "add" to the library?

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10-05-2019, 12:28 AM	#3
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,301 Karma: 1937893 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	Yeah, that's what I did. There was only a few, but I wanted to know if there was a way besides manually removing them that they could be added to the database. I guess not. Thanks!

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