Interesting bug?

rcuadro · 05-26-2009, 05:24 AM

Well, I dont really know if it s a big or not but I find it interesting.
I have books in my library that have nothing in them... as in no formats.
I was downloading books from Amazon as I buy them to have a local copy and I had Amazon replace my Kindle. I selected all the books in Calibre, edited Meta Data in bulk, and had it delete all AZW formats.
They are were deleted like I wanted but interesting enough, the book entry was still in Calibre as were the covers and descriptions.

-Rob

itimpi · 05-26-2009, 06:25 AM

That is exactly how it is meant to work.

rcuadro · 05-27-2009, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

That is exactly how it is meant to work.

So it is supposed to have an entry for a book that is not in the library?

itimpi · 05-27-2009, 06:29 PM

I use that facility all the time to keep track of books I only have in Paper format, or that are on my wish list.

At the moment I have to create those entries by adding a dummy file, and then deleting the file to leave the entry. I would like it if Kovid gave a way to do it directly.

sirbruce · 05-28-2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by rcuadro

So it is supposed to have an entry for a book that is not in the library?

Yes, because Calibre still has to store your metadata-specific settings (cover, authors, etc.). If you want to delete the book entirely from the database, delete it from inside Calibre.

05-26-2009, 05:24 AM	#1
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	Interesting bug? Well, I dont really know if it s a big or not but I find it interesting. I have books in my library that have nothing in them... as in no formats. I was downloading books from Amazon as I buy them to have a local copy and I had Amazon replace my Kindle. I selected all the books in Calibre, edited Meta Data in bulk, and had it delete all AZW formats. They are were deleted like I wanted but interesting enough, the book entry was still in Calibre as were the covers and descriptions. -Rob

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05-26-2009, 06:25 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	That is exactly how it is meant to work.

05-27-2009, 06:29 PM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I use that facility all the time to keep track of books I only have in Paper format, or that are on my wish list. At the moment I have to create those entries by adding a dummy file, and then deleting the file to leave the entry. I would like it if Kovid gave a way to do it directly.