Manual adding Format

Compere · 01-03-2012, 08:21 AM

Hello,

i dont know if my question is stupid, but maybe, it is not. I have added all my books to Calibre. Some of them are no ebook, they are real books. There are hardcover, paperback and others.

is it possible to assign formats like Hardcover, Paperback and so on to the books, so that i can use them in the library, or search only for Hardcover and so on? Would be fine, if someone cant point me in the right direction to get this to work.

itimpi · 01-03-2012, 10:29 AM

No, you cannot add pseudo formats, although I guess you could add a dummy file with an appropriate file extension.

I use personally a tag (e.g. HARDCOVER, PAPERBACK, AUDIO) to indicate such books. As it easy to search and/or filter on tags this works well.

Sweetpea · 01-04-2012, 07:20 AM

I created a custom column: "Extra Format" of type "comma separated text, like tags, shown in the tag browser". This way my tags won't be messed up and is still easy to search and/or filter on.

Compere · 01-04-2012, 09:44 AM

Ok. many thanks. I will try this

01-03-2012, 08:21 AM	#1
Compere Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Windows Phone 7, Trekstor Pyrus	Manual adding Format Hello, i dont know if my question is stupid, but maybe, it is not. I have added all my books to Calibre. Some of them are no ebook, they are real books. There are hardcover, paperback and others. is it possible to assign formats like Hardcover, Paperback and so on to the books, so that i can use them in the library, or search only for Hardcover and so on? Would be fine, if someone cant point me in the right direction to get this to work.

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01-03-2012, 10:29 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	No, you cannot add pseudo formats, although I guess you could add a dummy file with an appropriate file extension. I use personally a tag (e.g. HARDCOVER, PAPERBACK, AUDIO) to indicate such books. As it easy to search and/or filter on tags this works well.

01-04-2012, 07:20 AM	#3
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I created a custom column: "Extra Format" of type "comma separated text, like tags, shown in the tag browser". This way my tags won't be messed up and is still easy to search and/or filter on.

01-04-2012, 09:44 AM	#4
Compere Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Windows Phone 7, Trekstor Pyrus	Ok. many thanks. I will try this

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