05-31-2011, 07:56 AM | #1 |
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Genre to Collections
Hey Folks!
I am using calibre to manage my sony reader. I have setup a Genre column like explained here. Is is possible to turn the genres into collections on the sony reader? I have managed to get tags, aba, abt, etc working, but not my hierarchical genres. I am not using tags because I am downloading metadata and there are just too many tags to be useful... Any suggestions? p.s. anybody know why the calible tutorial sets the Genre field with the technial name #genre instead of just genre? |
05-31-2011, 08:03 AM | #2 |
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05-31-2011, 08:38 AM | #3 | |
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06-01-2011, 10:37 AM | #4 |
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thanks for the replies...
I've tried both these, but no luck. #genre series, #genre, abt:All by Title, aba:All by Author Maybe I have to just bite the bullet and work with tags.... |
06-01-2011, 11:04 AM | #5 |
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It does work. I use it all the time on my 300.
Is the name of your column really #genre? What do you see when you hover your mouse over the column heading? You should see 'The lookup/search name is "#genre"'. Check the spelling carefully. It must exactly match what you are putting in the series box. What have you set "metadata management" to? That configuration item is in preferences -> sending books to device. If you are letting calibre manage collections (you are *not* manually creating them), then automatic is generally best for Sonys. |
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06-04-2011, 05:02 AM | #6 |
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they work
thanks chaley,
it works now. The key was automatic metadata management. Might also be that I removed the spaces in the comma separated list. eg. series,#genre,... Cheers! |
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