content control idea

chrisborg · 01-02-2010, 04:03 PM

I've been using Calibre for a year now and love it. I was thinking about getting my son a book reader eventually (he's only 6 now), and started thinking I couldn't share my entire library with him (adult content). Not that he's going to want to read steamy romances, but anyway...

So I was thinking it might be nice to be able to password protect titles with some tags or a flag somewhere. Basically all titles with that tag would be hidden unless you turned them on with the password.

The other idea I was thinking of would be to have two libraries - one shared on the network that the whole family can see, and a personal one. It would be nice if Calibre could see more than one and let you pick which one to import books to.

Just some thoughts...would this be useful to anyone else?

rcuadro · 01-02-2010, 04:27 PM

I see where you are coming from since I am also a parent but I think that is a little impractical since the books themselves dont have ratings like movies, games, and music.
What I do is control the books on the reader by only loading the ones I want to have available (the ones that I deem appropriate) and all the others stay on my computer.

kovidgoyal · 01-02-2010, 04:35 PM

You can also have multiple libraries with calibre

gsd2012 · 02-24-2018, 07:56 PM

A suggestion would be to have some type of check box on books you dont want to share to certain people instead of having to build two complete libraries this way you have one and you choice what content to share to others. Or some way to block the view.

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can also have multiple libraries with calibre

kovidgoyal · 02-24-2018, 10:11 PM

Simply set a tag on the books you want to share and create a virtual library based on that tag. Then in the content server preferences you can restrict users to see only that virtual library.

ekbell · 02-25-2018, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Simply set a tag on the books you want to share and create a virtual library based on that tag. Then in the content server preferences you can restrict users to see only that virtual library.

That's what I do and it works well. I have a Kid's account that only allows access to the children's virtual library and an visitor's account that only provides access to my Public Domain, Open Access and Creative Commons virtual library (for when my mom visits).

ekbell · 02-25-2018, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisborg

The other idea I was thinking of would be to have two libraries - one shared on the network that the whole family can see, and a personal one. It would be nice if Calibre could see more than one and let you pick which one to import books to.

Just some thoughts...would this be useful to anyone else?

You can. I have separate book and fanfic libraries and it's trivial to import items into the correct library.

01-02-2010, 04:03 PM	#1
chrisborg Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PRS-700, Kindle 2	content control idea I've been using Calibre for a year now and love it. I was thinking about getting my son a book reader eventually (he's only 6 now), and started thinking I couldn't share my entire library with him (adult content). Not that he's going to want to read steamy romances, but anyway... So I was thinking it might be nice to be able to password protect titles with some tags or a flag somewhere. Basically all titles with that tag would be hidden unless you turned them on with the password. The other idea I was thinking of would be to have two libraries - one shared on the network that the whole family can see, and a personal one. It would be nice if Calibre could see more than one and let you pick which one to import books to. Just some thoughts...would this be useful to anyone else?

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01-02-2010, 04:27 PM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	I see where you are coming from since I am also a parent but I think that is a little impractical since the books themselves dont have ratings like movies, games, and music. What I do is control the books on the reader by only loading the ones I want to have available (the ones that I deem appropriate) and all the others stay on my computer.

01-02-2010, 04:35 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,304 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can also have multiple libraries with calibre

02-24-2018, 10:11 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,304 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Simply set a tag on the books you want to share and create a virtual library based on that tag. Then in the content server preferences you can restrict users to see only that virtual library.

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