02-26-2009, 03:46 PM | #1 |
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Combining entries into one?
Perhaps this has been answered elsewhere - I have just started using Calibre, but I've been using e-readers and collecting e-books since '99. I now have a LOT of ebooks. So far I've only moved about a 1000 into Calibre, but I now have a number of multiple entries, due to having obtained or converted a volume into multiple file types over the years: HTML, RB, TXT, etc.
I notice Calibre has a nice feature of enabling additional copies of a book to be added to the original entry, is there a way to combine two or more single entries into one that holds both formats of the book? Are there any reasons for not doing this? |
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There isn't a way to do this automatically, but you can use the edit metadata dialog to add additional formats for each book
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02-27-2009, 05:51 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for the reply. I can't help feeling that adding a feature that does this might be a good idea. I have around 30,000 ebooks and I would guess that 5-6,000 are simply the same thing in different formats. :-(
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02-27-2009, 07:58 PM | #4 |
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If you're comfortable using scripts, you can use the calibredb command to do this programatically
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08-21-2009, 11:18 AM | #5 |
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I'd like to support this feature request as well. I think it would be very helpful to be able to tell Calibre that two entries are really the same book.
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08-21-2009, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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You should open a ticket for a feature request, or add a comment to an existing one. Forum posts get lost.
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08-21-2009, 11:23 AM | #7 |
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Ok, I'll do that.
Edit: Filed as #3234: Feature request: Merge entries with same book Last edited by nekokami; 08-21-2009 at 11:40 AM. |
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I also think that's a really good idea, to have the opportunity to merge two or more books like in Apple adress book.
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