Is there any way to fix this Calibre nightmare?

[ar]

Okay, so I had a fabulous Calibre library set up. It was all perfect--all the cover images I liked best, only about 50 tags so I could find everything I needed really easily, etc. But then I realized it was starting to take over my computer! So I moved it to a flashdrive.

When I installed Calibre Portable onto the flashdrive, I moved my previous Calibre library into the new Calibre Portable library instead of picking "Add Books" in Calibre itself. And then I opened Calibre and realized I would still have to use the "Add Books" feature. So I did that and added all the books in my library.

When my library was finished loading, it was like all the changes I'd made to my library were gone. But not only that, there are double the number of books. Half of them aren't actually books--as far as I can tell, they're just the settings I had previously! Is there a way to merge these together? The idea of fixing/deleting 500 books is making me want to cry, lol.

Comments

[thejeopardymaze]

Sorry, I didn't mean to appear rude, I've just been reading about the problems with that piece of software the past year or two and am now starting to hope there might be a closed source ebook app out there.

[ar]

Oh, gotcha! I was just a little confused. ♥ This is the first time I've had trouble with Calibre, truthfully, so I don't know about for-pay versions.

[beatrice_otter]

As far as I know, there isn't anything even remotely like it. Personally, I've had fewer problems with Calibre than many programs that are for-pay, so even if there were a for-pay one, I wouldn't switch. (Money isn't a factor in this, as I donate to Calibre about what I think it's worth to me.)

[eldritch_panda]

Calibre is a bit of a PITA; however, that's because it does a lot of stuff that pay apps would likely not offer. That's the beauty of open source, it's the work of many people which makes it uber specialized and intricate.