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Is there a way to see which ckbk books were NOT already on my EYB Bookshelf?   Go to last post Go to last unread
#1 Posted : Monday, August 7, 2023 12:37:36 PM(UTC)
I signed up for ckbk to give it a try and see what it might add to my cookbook experience.
I've followed the instructions and added all the ckbk books to my EYB Bookshelf.
Is there any way for me to tell which books are unique to ckbk or which ones were already on my EYB Bookshelf?

I guess I should have made note of how many books I had on my EYB Bookshelf prior to that import. I could estimate, and come up with a rough number but what I really want is to see which books ckbk is bringing me that I didn't have before.

#2 Posted : Monday, August 7, 2023 1:45:18 PM(UTC)

I'm not sure how we could show you what was on your Bookshelf before you added the ckbk catalog. I'll have to give that some thought (suggestions welcome too!).


All I can suggest is that you remove the ckbk books from your Bookshelf, from the same place in Bookmarks that you added them. Note the number of books on your Bookshelf. You can also download this to a spreadsheet, explained here in Help. Now add the 743 ckbk books to your Bookshelf, again from Bookmarks. Take the new books number on your Bookshelf, deduct 743 and deduct your old Bookshelf number and the negative number you now have is the number of ckbk books you already owned. However that just gives you a number, not what they are. Depending on how familiar you are with spreadsheets, you can identify those books by finding duplicates between your old and new Bookshelves. Download your new Bookshelf data. Copy your old Bookshelf into the new spreadsheet and then use Microsoft filters to find duplicate entries. This is the MS Help Page that explains how to do that. 

#3 Posted : Monday, August 7, 2023 1:55:51 PM(UTC)
Thanks so much for explaining how I can approach this.
If I remove the ckbk books from my Bookshelf, will I remove cbck books that were already on my bookshelf or just the new ones?

I'm kicking myself for not saving my old Bookshelf before importing the cbck collection. So dumb of me!
#4 Posted : Monday, August 7, 2023 2:46:22 PM(UTC)

Removing the ckbk books will not remove books that were already on your Bookshelf before the ckbk import. And don't worry about not downloading your old Bookshelf first - it only takes a second or two to remove and add back the ckbk books.


An update on numbers - I have added two new ckbk books so their number is now 745.

#5 Posted : Monday, August 7, 2023 4:47:37 PM(UTC)
Wonderful!
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