Adding to the library needs warnings

Goku90504 · 05-03-2026, 08:37 PM

for awhile I've only been using Calibre for FanFicFare but I decided to expand my usage of it and went to add all the epubs in my download folder but unlike previous library softwares I've used in the distant past it deleted the files from where they were moving them to a new folder
also instead of just adding the Epub files it added a whole lot of other file types I wasn't expecting as well causing a whole lot of files to now become useless because they're no longer in the subfolders whose folder names contained information on what those files were such as a number of game save files that were saved as txt files

BetterRed · 05-03-2026, 09:17 PM

Calibre has several ways of adding books. Manually - from folders, archives, the clipboard, and directly from the command line. They can also be added from an 'autoadd' (watched) folder. Which one did you use?

And which platform Windows, MacOS, or Linux?

BR

PeterT · 05-03-2026, 09:38 PM

I bet it was an AutoAdd

Goku90504 · 05-03-2026, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Calibre has several ways of adding books. Manually - from folders, archives, the clipboard, and directly from the command line. They can also be added from an 'autoadd' (watched) folder. Which one did you use?

And which platform Windows, MacOS, or Linux?

BR

Windows add from folder and sub folders

kovidgoyal · 05-03-2026, 11:32 PM

Adding from folders and subfolders absolutely does not touch your original files. It creates copies.

Goku90504 · 05-04-2026, 12:02 AM

Upon a closer look you're right in a panic I looked at the wrong folder the first time thank you

05-03-2026, 08:37 PM	#1
Goku90504 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2026 Device: Laptop, Cellphone	Adding to the library needs warnings for awhile I've only been using Calibre for FanFicFare but I decided to expand my usage of it and went to add all the epubs in my download folder but unlike previous library softwares I've used in the distant past it deleted the files from where they were moving them to a new folder also instead of just adding the Epub files it added a whole lot of other file types I wasn't expecting as well causing a whole lot of files to now become useless because they're no longer in the subfolders whose folder names contained information on what those files were such as a number of game save files that were saved as txt files

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05-03-2026, 09:17 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,681 Karma: 33011292 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Calibre has several ways of adding books. Manually - from folders, archives, the clipboard, and directly from the command line. They can also be added from an 'autoadd' (watched) folder. Which one did you use? And which platform Windows, MacOS, or Linux? BR

05-03-2026, 09:38 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,961 Karma: 82520964 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I bet it was an AutoAdd

05-03-2026, 11:32 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 46,254 Karma: 29630732 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Adding from folders and subfolders absolutely does not touch your original files. It creates copies.

05-04-2026, 12:02 AM	#6
Goku90504 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2026 Device: Laptop, Cellphone	Upon a closer look you're right in a panic I looked at the wrong folder the first time thank you