07-03-2022, 01:15 AM | #1 |
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Finding Book Series with only 1 book
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I often pick up the first book in a series to give it a shot, and because I got distracted (or I did not like the book), I don't read anymore in the series. I'd like to search for books that are part of a series and have only 1 book in that series in my calibre library, as a way to keep track of these (and maybe even clean up ones I never intend to pick up again). I can see that there is a series total count in the Series Tag Browser "Manage" screen but I'm not sure how I can find this information through a search query - if that's even possible. Any ideas on how to accomplish this would be most welcome! Version info: Calibre 5.44 |
07-03-2022, 02:03 AM | #2 |
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sort the tag browser by number fo books (click the configure button at the bottom of the tag browser). Then you can esily see all series that have only one book by expanding the series entry in the tag browser.
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However in this view I can't actually manage the books or see details of the books. I wanted to create a search that was based on the data as shown in the screenshot but could be managed as a saved search. |
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07-03-2022, 07:10 AM | #4 |
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Try series:true and series_index:=1
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07-03-2022, 07:17 AM | #5 |
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Ooh almost what I'm looking for. This query seems to return the 1st book from a series, but it also includes series that have more than 1 book from the series in my library. I'm looking for series that one and only one book in the library.
I tried to write a query like so: series:true and series_index:!>1 but it seems like Python only supports "!=" as an operator. |
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07-03-2022, 08:59 AM | #6 |
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You can do this with the Action Chains plugin. Attached is a chain that generates and executes a search for series with only 1 book. Add a keyboard shortcut and it is easy to execute.
Another way to do it would be to use an action chain that:
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07-08-2022, 06:52 AM | #8 | |
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FWIW: in the current calibre beta (5.99.12) and in the next release of calibre you can do this using a template search. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...35#post4235735 |
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However, if I clear the search results, you can see there are actually several books in the series in the Library: That's the one I've spotted so far (though I haven't been validating each result). Quote:
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FWIW A number of series have changed their name (officially) over the years. Note I did make a Grouped search (preferences: Searching) that links the columns |
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Either way my thanks to you & chaley for spotting the problem with the mismatched series names, I've corrected the other books in the series to follow the right name and that's fixed the issue with the Action Chains search. |
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