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01-07-2020, 04:30 PM | #1 |
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Can't sync ebooks with the same title/author from two different publishers
[running Calibre 4.70 on Windows 10; auto-conversion from EPUB to KEPUB enabled via KoboTouchExtended plugin]
I believe this problem has a very simple solution but I couldn't find it anywhere on the Internet. I have 5 couples of 'duplicate' EPUBS: in every one of them the ebook was published by two different publishers, and this is correctly detected by Calibre. However, when I select all ten ebooks (i.e. the 5 couples of 'duplicates') and send them to my Kobo, only one copy per couple will get to the device. And if I select the 5 'un-synced' ebooks and try to send them again to the device, Calibre will start the operation to convert them in KEPUBS, but the transfer will fail again with no alert appearing on the screen. This behaviour is different from other instances, where Calibre recognizes two ebooks having the same title or being identical and asks me whether I want to add the ebook anyway or to cancel the transfer. How do I fix this? Last edited by jxall; 01-07-2020 at 04:32 PM. |
01-07-2020, 04:55 PM | #2 |
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I also have a handful of real duplicates (same author and title, but different publisher/source).
What I've done is to append '[xxxx]' to the title, where the 'xxxx' identifies the publisher/source e.g. "Blah Blah [LRB]" and "Blah Blah [Granta]". If the Title contains a '[' the book gets a 'duplicate' icon. But that's in the library, from which I sideload to Android devices so I can't speak to Kobo. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 01-07-2020 at 04:57 PM. |
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01-07-2020, 05:15 PM | #3 |
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So you just edit the title of the ebook within the 'Title' column of Calibre library?
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01-07-2020, 05:47 PM | #5 |
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It works, thank you very very much!
Isn't it strange that Calibre doesn't show the usual pop-up window to ask me what should I do with these specific duplicates? I have sent dozens of similar 'duplicates' to my Kobo, but these ones must be special for some reason. If I compare their info all the basic stuff is identical, except for the 'Publisher', 'Year and 'uuid' fields, which contain clearly different values... |
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The default save template looks like: Code:
{author_sort}/{title} - {authors} Code:
{author_sort}/{title} - {publisher} - {authors} Code:
{title} - {publisher} Code:
{publisher} With these options, the driver will update the metadata in the database on a Kobo device each time it is connected. Unfortunately, it cannot do this when you first send the book to the device. You need to disconnect the device, let it import the new books and then reconnect it. Calibre will do the metadata updates and when you disconnect it, the publisher will be shown in the list for each book. It will be shown like: Code:
Book title Publisher SERIES NAME 1 Author Both of those are examples of what could be done. Exactly what the best thing to use is up to you. Maybe the publisher plus the published date for the book might be better. |
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Or maybe one of the books was 'added' via a Copy to Library operation, I don't think calibre checks for duplicates in that case. As I said I can't speak to the Kobo side of the equation. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 01-07-2020 at 06:49 PM. |
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The save template could be something like: Code:
{author_sort}/{title} - {authors} - {id} |
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01-08-2020, 05:09 AM | #10 | |
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I was indeed wrong when I wrote that Calibre notified me in case I was uploading duplicate books to the device: like you say, Calibre only sends pop-up notifications when I add ebooks with the same title to the library. You'll have to excuse me as I am in the middle of a learning curve, because I got my first ereader only ten days ago. Now, I didn't try it in person but I am convinced that editing the template in KoboTouchExtended definitely does the trick I needed. The only reason why I won't edit the save template is that I already have one thousand KEPUBs with related reading stats and highlights loaded on my device, and I'm afraid to upset the future syncs in case I have to re-send the whole Calibre library to Kobo (the future saving directories will differ from the current ones and they could lead to duplicates and other headaches). It's a real pity that 'publisher' or 'id' fields are not in KoboUtilities save template by default. In my current situation I don't have other choice but to go on and repeat BetterRed's effective and innocuous trick if this rare instance happens again in the future. |
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