Adding a different type of the same book to the same book location

booksonthemove · 02-21-2010, 06:04 PM

Hi,

Sometimes I have two copies of the same book, in different formats. Let's say that at one time I have a txt version of a book, I load it into calibre. Sometime later, I find the lrf version of the same book. I want to add it to calibre in the *same location* so that when I see the book I have TXT and LRF as book types.

However, I find that I can't, because when I upload the second book into calibre, it warns me of duplicates. If I say no to the warning, nothing gets loaded into the library. if I say yes, I have two library entries for the same book. I want the differing format book to go into the existing library entry. Is this possible?

thanks

edit: won't the ISBN need to be the same? what if there is no ISBN?

Xenophon · 02-21-2010, 06:08 PM

Just add another format, using the controls on the upper right corner of the "Edit Meta Data" dialog.

booksonthemove · 02-21-2010, 06:20 PM

Oh! sorry, didn't see that

ops:

02-21-2010, 06:04 PM	#1
booksonthemove Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 16 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-600 with latest Calibre and Linux Ubuntu-9.10	Adding a different type of the same book to the same book location Hi, Sometimes I have two copies of the same book, in different formats. Let's say that at one time I have a txt version of a book, I load it into calibre. Sometime later, I find the lrf version of the same book. I want to add it to calibre in the same location so that when I see the book I have TXT and LRF as book types. However, I find that I can't, because when I upload the second book into calibre, it warns me of duplicates. If I say no to the warning, nothing gets loaded into the library. if I say yes, I have two library entries for the same book. I want the differing format book to go into the existing library entry. Is this possible? thanks edit: won't the ISBN need to be the same? what if there is no ISBN?

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02-21-2010, 06:08 PM	#2
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Just add another format, using the controls on the upper right corner of the "Edit Meta Data" dialog.

02-21-2010, 06:20 PM	#3
booksonthemove Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 16 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-600 with latest Calibre and Linux Ubuntu-9.10	Oh! sorry, didn't see that ops:

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