Calibre and Marvin collections

Montana Harper · 09-28-2013, 05:30 AM

Is it possible to automatically assign a book to a custom collection when I download it via the OPDS catalog option from Calibre?

I ask because I have two different Calibre libraries, one for fanfic downloaded using FFDL and one for regular books. At the moment I'm having to manually move things into either the "FanFic" or "ProFic" collection as I download them, but it'd be much easier if it could be handled automatically. Marvin doesn't even have to know which library I'm using; I'd be totally happy with having it read a custom column in Calibre and use that value as the name of the collection(s) it should be added to.

(As a side note, let me just say how thrilled I was to stumble over Marvin in my search for a Stanza replacement. Nothing out there comes as close to Stanza in terms of having the features I found most useful, and Marvin even added some things that I never knew I wanted but I'm really pleased to have. Thank you!)

lazorbeam · 08-21-2014, 09:58 PM

This is NOT an answer! Sorry! But I have the same goal and was wondering if you had figured this out.

To reiterate: The goal is to "Get Books" through Dropbox and have them auto-sort into Marvin custom collections based on custom column metadata created in calibre.

A little more information on the situation: In Calibre, I have books sorted by a custom column "Fandom". I use the "Series" for traditional Series (Song of Ice and Fire) so I don't want to move this information even though that means I can use the pre-existing Smart Collection "Series".

When I first uploaded to Marvin through the Calibre connection in "Get Books", it very intelligently created Custom Collections based on the Fandom and auto-sorted all the books. It was awesome. Again, this is when I was corded to my pc and manually connected through the Marvin app.

However, I mostly use Dropbox to upload these days and this extra metadata (as well also word counts) does not seem to move along with it. I feel like it the answer is there because, when connected through Calibre, it did it without even being guided by already-made Custom Collections - it just did it and it was, repeat, AWESOME.

So, yes, that's what I've been fiddling with. If you (or anyone else!) has figured this out, please share. Marvin is the absolute best hands-down ereader and if I could do this, then truly all my dreams will have come true.

kguil · 08-22-2014, 05:14 AM

@Montana Harper - thanks for your kind words. I'll bring this up with Philantrop (the developer of the calibre plugin).

09-28-2013, 05:30 AM	#1
Montana Harper Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 2029154 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Pacific Northwest Device: iPad Mini, iPhone 12, Kindle Paperwhite 3	Calibre and Marvin collections Is it possible to automatically assign a book to a custom collection when I download it via the OPDS catalog option from Calibre? I ask because I have two different Calibre libraries, one for fanfic downloaded using FFDL and one for regular books. At the moment I'm having to manually move things into either the "FanFic" or "ProFic" collection as I download them, but it'd be much easier if it could be handled automatically. Marvin doesn't even have to know which library I'm using; I'd be totally happy with having it read a custom column in Calibre and use that value as the name of the collection(s) it should be added to. (As a side note, let me just say how thrilled I was to stumble over Marvin in my search for a Stanza replacement. Nothing out there comes as close to Stanza in terms of having the features I found most useful, and Marvin even added some things that I never knew I wanted but I'm really pleased to have. Thank you!)

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08-21-2014, 09:58 PM	#2
lazorbeam Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: iPhone; Fire HD	This is NOT an answer! Sorry! But I have the same goal and was wondering if you had figured this out. To reiterate: The goal is to "Get Books" through Dropbox and have them auto-sort into Marvin custom collections based on custom column metadata created in calibre. A little more information on the situation: In Calibre, I have books sorted by a custom column "Fandom". I use the "Series" for traditional Series (Song of Ice and Fire) so I don't want to move this information even though that means I can use the pre-existing Smart Collection "Series". When I first uploaded to Marvin through the Calibre connection in "Get Books", it very intelligently created Custom Collections based on the Fandom and auto-sorted all the books. It was awesome. Again, this is when I was corded to my pc and manually connected through the Marvin app. However, I mostly use Dropbox to upload these days and this extra metadata (as well also word counts) does not seem to move along with it. I feel like it the answer is there because, when connected through Calibre, it did it without even being guided by already-made Custom Collections - it just did it and it was, repeat, AWESOME. So, yes, that's what I've been fiddling with. If you (or anyone else!) has figured this out, please share. Marvin is the absolute best hands-down ereader and if I could do this, then truly all my dreams will have come true.

08-22-2014, 05:14 AM	#3
kguil Addict Posts: 1,215 Karma: 1836966 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Malta, Europe Device: Marvin for iOS	@Montana Harper - thanks for your kind words. I'll bring this up with Philantrop (the developer of the calibre plugin).

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