Books listed per format

Homey · 02-05-2012, 05:59 AM

I'm really sorry to ask this as I'm sure that the answer is really simple but I just cant seem to find it!
At present, I seem to have each of my books listed once per format. Since I've been using Calibre, this has been how my books have been displayed, however, I recently saw some screenshots of the program where each book was only listed once and the formats it was available in were listed in the description pane on the right. This seems to be a much more sensible way of showing the available formats but I'm just not sure how to get this method of display.

Can anyone please tell me how to do it?

theducks · 02-05-2012, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Homey

I'm really sorry to ask this as I'm sure that the answer is really simple but I just cant seem to find it!
At present, I seem to have each of my books listed once per format. Since I've been using Calibre, this has been how my books have been displayed, however, I recently saw some screenshots of the program where each book was only listed once and the formats it was available in were listed in the description pane on the right. This seems to be a much more sensible way of showing the available formats but I'm just not sure how to get this method of display.

Can anyone please tell me how to do it?

The normal way is: Calibre keeps all all formats of a book in one Record (a line item). That is why they show in the Book Details pane.

This is normally accomplished by having Calibre Merge books of the same title (controlled by the Adding Books preference)

If you have separate records for each format, you want to Merge them.

(I just noted that the Main Help page is weak on the Merge function). A description must have been on the 'New Features' page a long time ago.)
Select the Destination Record FIRST. Hold down the Control Key and select the records that are to be Combined into the first record. Tap the 'M' key.
Note, I chose the word combined, Metadata will be a composite of the originals. Blank fields will get populated with any value from the sources. Other fields get ? (I have not seen a single pattern when doing a many into one).
Careful: You can merge a Wrong book

. AFAIK Calibre will not stop you.

Homey · 02-06-2012, 04:14 PM

ok thx. So I must have done something when I created the library initially that made eah book format be listed as a separate book!
I tried to merge the books but it keeps the format of the destination book and deletes all the other formats. Would it be simpler to just create a new library and use the default settings?

02-05-2012, 05:59 AM	#1
Homey Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle	Books listed per format I'm really sorry to ask this as I'm sure that the answer is really simple but I just cant seem to find it! At present, I seem to have each of my books listed once per format. Since I've been using Calibre, this has been how my books have been displayed, however, I recently saw some screenshots of the program where each book was only listed once and the formats it was available in were listed in the description pane on the right. This seems to be a much more sensible way of showing the available formats but I'm just not sure how to get this method of display. Can anyone please tell me how to do it?

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
i just bought a black-listed kindle	lullaby88	Amazon Kindle	93	12-14-2011 01:40 PM
Ebook sent via Calibre- no author listed	LunaBlu	Devices	13	09-04-2011 09:45 PM
Besides HTML support which isn't listed, are there any others that anyone knows of?	Yayafava	Ectaco jetBook	9	03-13-2010 02:48 PM
Trade eBook Reader for My listed trades	KindleKid	Flea Market	1	09-05-2009 03:44 PM
What's the difference? Same book, listed twice	Sporadic	Amazon Kindle	2	05-06-2009 05:09 AM

02-06-2012, 04:14 PM	#3
Homey Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle	ok thx. So I must have done something when I created the library initially that made eah book format be listed as a separate book! I tried to merge the books but it keeps the format of the destination book and deletes all the other formats. Would it be simpler to just create a new library and use the default settings?

Advert