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Old 03-01-2013, 04:48 PM   #1
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How to tell Calibre that two books are the same book but diff format?
Hi all,

I have a bunch of epub/mobi books that are the same book but I have them as different entries in Calibre.

Is there a way to tell Calibre to combine them into the same folder?

Thanks!

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Hi all,

I have a bunch of epub/mobi books that are the same book but I have them as different entries in Calibre.

Is there a way to tell Calibre to combine them into the same folder?

Thanks!

mel
Edit Metadata dropdown menu - Merge Books

Select the books to merge - type 'M' or 'Alt/M' or "Shift/Alt/M'

I had to experiment with the three options to get an appreciation of the different behaviour of each.

It would be nice if the menu choices had tooltips

BR
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Edit Metadata dropdown menu - Merge Books

Select the books to merge - type 'M' or 'Alt/M' or "Shift/Alt/M'

I had to experiment with the three options to get an appreciation of the different behaviour of each.

It would be nice if the menu choices had tooltips

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Aha! Thank you! I managed to get it working. I selected second option (to delete other record).
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Edit Metadata dropdown menu - Merge Books

Select the books to merge - type 'M' or 'Alt/M' or "Shift/Alt/M'

I had to experiment with the three options to get an appreciation of the different behaviour of each.

It would be nice if the menu choices had tooltips

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The Icon right click menu explains the choices
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I don't even have the 'Edit' icon. ('e' on keyboard works perfectly). For simple merge I hit 'm'. It adds second selected record to the first, so I always make sure the cover I want is on the first (just copy-paste on the details panel).
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I don't even have the 'Edit' icon. ('e' on keyboard works perfectly). For simple merge I hit 'm'. It adds second selected record to the first, so I always make sure the cover I want is on the first (just copy-paste on the details panel).
M works, but the request was for tool tips. The Menu does supply the optional uses when the M is not what you want
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