Books not showing in calibre

gregorgregor25 · 06-21-2024, 11:30 AM

Hi,

I have readarr set up and working, I have calibre setup and working (mostly) and I have calibre web setup and workin and I can send to my kindle.

This issue I have is that after readarr places the book /my/pathtobooks/

the books do not appear within Calibre even although I have the calibre library set to the same /my/pathtobooks/ .

The only way I can get them to appear is through the "Add Books" option on the top ribbon, and then I can select the books and "Open" and the all the books appear within calibre. I think this should be happening automatically?

Anyone know where I am going wrong?

theducks · 06-21-2024, 11:46 AM

You can NOT use (keep existing) books outside Calibre as THE Library and still have Calibre show them.

Do spend some time reading the official FAQ and that should save your hair.
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html
Calibre Builds a DB of Metadata AND where it put the book, that is kept With the books (another reason to stay out of that folder. resist changing anything inside. Only Calibre should make the chandes)

Sirtel · 06-21-2024, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregorgregor25

The only way I can get them to appear is through the "Add Books" option on the top ribbon, and then I can select the books and "Open" and the all the books appear within calibre. I think this should be happening automatically?

Anyone know where I am going wrong?

Adding something directly to the library folder will result in a corrupted library, as the files won't be in the calibre database and Calibre won't be able to "see" them. The only way to add books to Calibre is to use "Add Books" in the program GUI. You can automate the process (Preferences -> Adding Books -> Automatic Adding)

Quoth · 06-23-2024, 08:10 AM

You can configure a location to auto add ebooks. The library folder itself is really a part of the database and shouldn't be accessed at all, except maybe as part of backups when calibre isn't running.

06-21-2024, 11:30 AM	#1
gregorgregor25 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2024 Device: Kindle 7th Gen	Books not showing in calibre Hi, I have readarr set up and working, I have calibre setup and working (mostly) and I have calibre web setup and workin and I can send to my kindle. This issue I have is that after readarr places the book /my/pathtobooks/ the books do not appear within Calibre even although I have the calibre library set to the same /my/pathtobooks/ . The only way I can get them to appear is through the "Add Books" option on the top ribbon, and then I can select the books and "Open" and the all the books appear within calibre. I think this should be happening automatically? Anyone know where I am going wrong?

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06-21-2024, 11:46 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,017 Karma: 57259778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You can NOT use (keep existing) books outside Calibre as THE Library and still have Calibre show them. Do spend some time reading the official FAQ and that should save your hair. https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html Calibre Builds a DB of Metadata AND where it put the book, that is kept With the books (another reason to stay out of that folder. resist changing anything inside. Only Calibre should make the chandes)

06-23-2024, 08:10 AM	#4
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,767 Karma: 87663463 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	You can configure a location to auto add ebooks. The library folder itself is really a part of the database and shouldn't be accessed at all, except maybe as part of backups when calibre isn't running.