Importing book triggers duplicate false-positive?

Cactus Chef · 09-25-2022, 06:43 PM

So basically, I've got two books with the same title and author. This is because the second is a continuation of the first, but I guess the publisher failed to add "Volume 2" to the second book anywhere, so it's quite confusing, even in the printed editions! You don't realize they're different books until you look at the ToC.

In any case, as I'm trying to import the second volume, Calibre is considering it a duplicate (even though I can see that the ISBNs are different in the metadata). Is there some way I can make it create its own entry upon import and then change the book title in the metadata to add a "Vol. 2" somewhere? Or is my only option to import it as a duplicate and then try to disentangle it once it's already in the database?

theducks · 09-25-2022, 09:09 PM

Create an Empty book. Change the title to include Vol 2 (or whatever)
Now just drop the book into the Formats area of the MDE
(it might also work dropping into the details for your book)

Quoth · 09-26-2022, 05:24 AM

Or just import "duplicate" and rename the title.

09-25-2022, 06:43 PM	#1
Cactus Chef Fanatic Posts: 573 Karma: 7058832 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: East Coast, United States Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Clara HD, Galaxy Tab S5e, Kindle 4th Gen	Importing book triggers duplicate false-positive? So basically, I've got two books with the same title and author. This is because the second is a continuation of the first, but I guess the publisher failed to add "Volume 2" to the second book anywhere, so it's quite confusing, even in the printed editions! You don't realize they're different books until you look at the ToC. In any case, as I'm trying to import the second volume, Calibre is considering it a duplicate (even though I can see that the ISBNs are different in the metadata). Is there some way I can make it create its own entry upon import and then change the book title in the metadata to add a "Vol. 2" somewhere? Or is my only option to import it as a duplicate and then try to disentangle it once it's already in the database?

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09-25-2022, 09:09 PM	#2
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	Create an Empty book. Change the title to include Vol 2 (or whatever) Now just drop the book into the Formats area of the MDE (it might also work dropping into the details for your book)

09-26-2022, 05:24 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,025 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Or just import "duplicate" and rename the title.

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