Handling chronological order of multiple series

DMee · 08-30-2011, 12:29 PM

Hi

Need help handling keeping multiple series from an author in chronological order.

I use calibre2opds and want then to show chronologically per series page

At minute they sort on series so if i have 10 books in series numbered 1-10 that's great

My problem is authors who have books

Series 1 book 1
S1 b2
S1 b3

S2 b1
S2 b2

S3 b1
S3 b2
Etc etc that are all actually one huge series

Do I just add e.g. "Big series name - 1" "BSN - 2" etc etc to the series name or is there a better way?.

itimpi · 08-30-2011, 01:13 PM

In calibre2opds it will only support the main Series field so your approach is probably the best way.

What you might want is to set up a custom column in Calibre of a "series" type. You can then use that to record the sub-series details.

ThR · 08-31-2011, 01:57 AM

I've made a custom field named "subseries" in which I'm holding the second series information. E.g. "Series" is "Star Wars [0]", "SubSeries" is "Boba Fett [1]", "Boba Fett [2]" and so on.

Second I created another custom field named "DeviceTitle" (formatted as "series - subseries - title", e.g. "Star Wars - Boba Fett [1] - Booktitle"), which holds the books title displayed on the device via metadata plugboard.

DMee · 08-31-2011, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

In calibre2opds it will only support the main Series field so your approach is probably the best way.

What you might want is to set up a custom column in Calibre of a "series" type. You can then use that to record the sub-series details.

Tried these but then lose ability in C2O to list other books in series on web page :-(

Each book then shows as separate series as series names all different :-(

08-30-2011, 12:29 PM	#1
DMee Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Stockport, UK Device: ipad, iphone, kindle	Handling chronological order of multiple series Hi Need help handling keeping multiple series from an author in chronological order. I use calibre2opds and want then to show chronologically per series page At minute they sort on series so if i have 10 books in series numbered 1-10 that's great My problem is authors who have books Series 1 book 1 S1 b2 S1 b3 S2 b1 S2 b2 S3 b1 S3 b2 Etc etc that are all actually one huge series Do I just add e.g. "Big series name - 1" "BSN - 2" etc etc to the series name or is there a better way?.

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08-30-2011, 01:13 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	In calibre2opds it will only support the main Series field so your approach is probably the best way. What you might want is to set up a custom column in Calibre of a "series" type. You can then use that to record the sub-series details.

08-31-2011, 01:57 AM	#3
ThR Tatütatuter Posts: 390 Karma: 3148 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany, Baden, Karlsruhe Device: Aura H2O, Glo HD, Paperwhite, PRS-950	I've made a custom field named "subseries" in which I'm holding the second series information. E.g. "Series" is "Star Wars [0]", "SubSeries" is "Boba Fett [1]", "Boba Fett [2]" and so on. Second I created another custom field named "DeviceTitle" (formatted as "series - subseries - title", e.g. "Star Wars - Boba Fett [1] - Booktitle"), which holds the books title displayed on the device via metadata plugboard.

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