Search and Save ONLY Book List

Vandy · 01-18-2018, 12:01 PM

Hello, All.

I have some 50,000 ebooks of various formats. What I'd like to do is have Calibre search my book folders and ONLY save a list of the books I have and NOT copy the files / data to a folder in the Calibre library.

Can this be done?

Thanks, in advance, for your help!!

Vandy

Sirtel · 01-18-2018, 01:53 PM

No, it can't be done.

You can let Calibre add a portion of the books and then remove the formats, so only the metadata remains in the Calibre database. Then repeat with the next batch.

01-18-2018, 12:01 PM	#1
Vandy ...always be humble. Posts: 116 Karma: 505917 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Fort Myers, FL USA Device: iPhone 5s, iPod Touch 3rd Gen, Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle Fire	Search and Save ONLY Book List Hello, All. I have some 50,000 ebooks of various formats. What I'd like to do is have Calibre search my book folders and ONLY save a list of the books I have and NOT copy the files / data to a folder in the Calibre library. Can this be done? Thanks, in advance, for your help!! Vandy

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01-18-2018, 01:53 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,969 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	No, it can't be done. You can let Calibre add a portion of the books and then remove the formats, so only the metadata remains in the Calibre database. Then repeat with the next batch.

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