I'm new to the forums, so I apologize in advance, if this question is repeatedly asked.
I imported all my books into calibre, and apparently I've got a lot of duplicate files. I've had some books as last name,first name and the same book as first name last name.
Because I have a lot of books, I was importing the books in groups. In the last import, I mistakingly selected the wrong option, and duplicate books were imported. Some entries had the .epub file and others had only the cover. Not sure how/why this happened, but it tooks days to clean out the files and delete those entries that did not have the cover and epub file within the same folder path.
I've used calibre to edit the library, and I thought it worked great. But when I went to windows explorer, I see that all the old files are still there.
-if I deleted a book I didn't like, it does not show in my library list within Calibre, but if I use windows explorer to view my calibre library, the author and all books from that author are still there.
-if I painstakingly editted my library within calibre, to delete the book that was FIRST NAME LAST NAME and kept the book that was last name,first name - the book only shows once within Calibre, but using Windows Explorer, I can see multiple entries for the same book.
-if I painstakingly went throught effort of deleting books that did not have the cover and the epub file in the folder path, it is gone from Calbre, but I can still see it in the Calibre library using windows explorer.
I would have thought that removing the book within Calibre automatically, would mean that I would not still see the book in Calibre Library using Windows explorer, but that is not the case.
I want to reduce the overall size of my library by getting rid of duplicate entries, so now I'm using windows explorer to edit my library. Within Calibre, it shows no duplicates.
Is there an easier way to do this? Is there a setting within calibre, that I should have used so that when I delete the file, it is gone for good?
I have a kobo vox, and my plan is to clean out the file as I see it in windows explorer, so that I can copy the clean file to a micro SD card and insert in my kobo vox. Is there a better way to do this using calibre that would save me the time of editting through windows explorer?
thanks to all who take the time to read and reply.
I imported all my books into calibre, and apparently I've got a lot of duplicate files. I've had some books as last name,first name and the same book as first name last name.
Because I have a lot of books, I was importing the books in groups. In the last import, I mistakingly selected the wrong option, and duplicate books were imported. Some entries had the .epub file and others had only the cover. Not sure how/why this happened, but it tooks days to clean out the files and delete those entries that did not have the cover and epub file within the same folder path.
I've used calibre to edit the library, and I thought it worked great. But when I went to windows explorer, I see that all the old files are still there.
-if I deleted a book I didn't like, it does not show in my library list within Calibre, but if I use windows explorer to view my calibre library, the author and all books from that author are still there.
-if I painstakingly editted my library within calibre, to delete the book that was FIRST NAME LAST NAME and kept the book that was last name,first name - the book only shows once within Calibre, but using Windows Explorer, I can see multiple entries for the same book.
-if I painstakingly went throught effort of deleting books that did not have the cover and the epub file in the folder path, it is gone from Calbre, but I can still see it in the Calibre library using windows explorer.
I would have thought that removing the book within Calibre automatically, would mean that I would not still see the book in Calibre Library using Windows explorer, but that is not the case.
I want to reduce the overall size of my library by getting rid of duplicate entries, so now I'm using windows explorer to edit my library. Within Calibre, it shows no duplicates.
Is there an easier way to do this? Is there a setting within calibre, that I should have used so that when I delete the file, it is gone for good?
I have a kobo vox, and my plan is to clean out the file as I see it in windows explorer, so that I can copy the clean file to a micro SD card and insert in my kobo vox. Is there a better way to do this using calibre that would save me the time of editting through windows explorer?
thanks to all who take the time to read and reply.