Whishlist: more info on duplicate entries

Battum · 12-03-2011, 04:22 AM

When I add a book with a title that already is in Calibre, I get a screen with very littje details: only the title of the book that is already present. But... some titles are used by more than one author.
So more info on the details of the duplicate message would be convenient, like displaying the title AND the author. Could that be implemented?

travger · 12-11-2011, 03:35 AM

Yes, I am too frowning a bit over that, though in my case it's 'source' column. I'd like the info that I already have that book but from different source (or that I have dl-d same one again). At least once I had to go hunting through the library in search of mobi that attatched itself next to previous epub of the same book.

I have ticked/unticked merge option in prefs so that now things go mostly to my liking and I only hope that nothing will be overwritten.

Also I have no idea how to cancel the operation so I can go and change prefs. Would be nice to have 'cancel' option on that little window, clicking on which adds every format separately and I can merge/delete them manually.

12-03-2011, 04:22 AM	#1
Battum Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: sony prs650	Whishlist: more info on duplicate entries When I add a book with a title that already is in Calibre, I get a screen with very littje details: only the title of the book that is already present. But... some titles are used by more than one author. So more info on the details of the duplicate message would be convenient, like displaying the title AND the author. Could that be implemented?

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12-11-2011, 03:35 AM	#2
travger Evangelist Posts: 485 Karma: 270594 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: palm tx, Windows7, Galaxy A5	Yes, I am too frowning a bit over that, though in my case it's 'source' column. I'd like the info that I already have that book but from different source (or that I have dl-d same one again). At least once I had to go hunting through the library in search of mobi that attatched itself next to previous epub of the same book. I have ticked/unticked merge option in prefs so that now things go mostly to my liking and I only hope that nothing will be overwritten. Also I have no idea how to cancel the operation so I can go and change prefs. Would be nice to have 'cancel' option on that little window, clicking on which adds every format separately and I can merge/delete them manually.

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