Extra Titles - batch process to repair?

[rmbelson]

I've discovered that ~100 titles are in my library but not in the Calibre database. Is there a way to repair this beyond moving the epubs singly out of the library and then re-adding them one by one? Pretty time consuming to fix manually. Thanks if there is a way to do this more efficiently.

[fidvo]

Take a look at this thread.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by rmbelson

I've discovered that ~100 titles are in my library but not in the Calibre database. Is there a way to repair this beyond moving the epubs singly out of the library and then re-adding them one by one? Pretty time consuming to fix manually. Thanks if there is a way to do this more efficiently.

Have you actually verified that the titles are in fact not in your library?

I have never come across any extra titles that were not also in my library. The extra titles in my case were orphaned folders left over after I made title or author changes. Upon closer inspection I was always able to verify that the "Extra titles" were books changed or removed by me.

These were orphaned most likely due to the fact that I often leave Dropbox syncing while making minor library changes. Now, more times then not, I pause the Dropbox syncing function before making changes to my library.

[Geremia]

Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

These were orphaned most likely due to the fact that I often leave Dropbox syncing while making minor library changes. Now, more times then not, I pause the Dropbox syncing function before making changes to my library.

Is your Dropbox syncing part or all of your "Calibre Library" directory? I have Dropbox running, but it's not syncing anything from Calibre, yet I still have the issue I described here.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Geremia

Is your Dropbox syncing part or all of your "Calibre Library" directory? I have Dropbox running, but it's not syncing anything from Calibre, yet I still have the issue I described here.

Yes I can attribute what I experienced to the fact that my Calibre Library is in DropBox.