Keeping date order?

[palazzo]

Transferring my library to my new Oasis...is there any way to keep the Calibre date order? Previous times the new machine has just made them all new and so lost the original date order. I hope I'm posting this question on the right board.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by palazzo

Transferring my library to my new Oasis...is there any way to keep the Calibre date order? Previous times the new machine has just made them all new and so lost the original date order. I hope I'm posting this question on the right board.

Dates only get reordered if you use ADD or Repair.

Just use the OS to copy the Library folder over
<tip> read the FAQ, it covers how to copy (and a lot of other things commonly asked)

[palazzo]

I looked in the FAQ, and still can't find any help, even now using the word 'copy'. I think I tried copying the whole folder across using Windows last time but as it changed the Date Modified info it didn't work.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by palazzo

I looked in the FAQ, and still can't find any help, even now using the word 'copy'. I think I tried copying the whole folder across using Windows last time but as it changed the Date Modified info it didn't work.

Windows Date Modified or Calibre Date_modified?

Actually, I would be surprised if you had done a Windows copy and saw File dates change.
So,you must be doing something else along with the copy, to cause last_modified to change

[palazzo]

Thank you for your patience. Window Date Modified. I am not aware of Calibre Date_modified (or last_modified).

I've been trying just dragging-and-dropping library folders into the Kindle, but the Kindle than seems to add a folder with the present time and date that duplicates the name of the folder it's in with .sdr on the end. And the date order is lost in the Kindle library.

[theducks]

That sounds like a Kindle issue as SDR IS NOT a calibre extension

Have you tried Send to folder or Send to device ?
(Sorry, I missed the Kindle part before)

[gbm]

You need to look at the Reading list plugin, use it to make a list of the ebooks on your old reader then use that list to transfer the books to your new Oasis.

• Lists can be manually populated, auto-populated based on books on a device, or auto-populated based on a tag/custom column value
• Optionally sync each list to one or more devices, a folder or iTunes
• Specify whether list sync should add only new items not on device, add all items every time, remove all items that are on the list, or replace all items on the device with the list
• Optionally force a sync to the device of your list if adding while it is connected

bernie