Bulk find books without "Comments/Plot"?

AZBooks · 02-16-2017, 04:57 PM

I want to go through my entire library and fill in those missing a Plot/Comments before I move all these books to the tablet.

With a few thousand books, how would you find/sort to view just those books that are missing Comments? I triede creating a custom column, that didn't work.

higgs · 02-16-2017, 05:00 PM

Try a search for; comments:false
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AZBooks · 02-17-2017, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by higgs

Try a search for; comments:false
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You "code" guys freak me out. BINGO! that worked great. Its goes without saying there's probably 6-700 settings in the app.....without plugins. Rock on. Thanks.

mbovenka · 02-17-2017, 05:01 AM

Grin. If you want to do stuff like that (bludgeoning your metadata into shape) on several thousand books, get the Quality Check plugin. It does this, and lots more.

A must-have.

theducks · 02-17-2017, 11:41 AM

Besides the othe good answers:
Quality check Plugin to detect (and a few fixes too) for all sorts of common Metadata issues (and some other stuff)

AZBooks · 02-19-2017, 05:44 PM

Thanks. That Quality plugin answered a few other issues - primarily, find books with tiny images so I can hunt and replace them. I only wish I knew what so many of the other features did like

NCX TOC, embedded fonts, check CSS (margins, justified), and so on.

Thanks All. I hope my sister appreciattes all this work. This 8" Tab S2 tablet is her birthday present, pre-loaded with fully configured Overdrive, Moon+ Reader, Netflix, email and such.

JSWolf · 02-19-2017, 05:47 PM

If the book has no plot, don't read it. You won't like it.

theducks · 02-19-2017, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If the book has no plot, don't read it. You won't like it.

Or a bad one

02-16-2017, 04:57 PM	#1
AZBooks Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Android Smartphone	Bulk find books without "Comments/Plot"? I want to go through my entire library and fill in those missing a Plot/Comments before I move all these books to the tablet. With a few thousand books, how would you find/sort to view just those books that are missing Comments? I triede creating a custom column, that didn't work.

02-16-2017, 05:00 PM	#2
higgs Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 149999 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Kindle PW3	Try a search for; comments:false Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk Last edited by kovidgoyal; 02-16-2017 at 10:23 PM.

02-19-2017, 05:44 PM	#6
AZBooks Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Android Smartphone	Thanks. That Quality plugin answered a few other issues - primarily, find books with tiny images so I can hunt and replace them. I only wish I knew what so many of the other features did like NCX TOC, embedded fonts, check CSS (margins, justified), and so on. Thanks All. I hope my sister appreciattes all this work. This 8" Tab S2 tablet is her birthday present, pre-loaded with fully configured Overdrive, Moon+ Reader, Netflix, email and such. Last edited by AZBooks; 02-19-2017 at 05:46 PM.

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mbovenka Wizard Posts: 2,018 Karma: 13471689 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Almere, The Netherlands Device: Kobo Sage	Grin. If you want to do stuff like that (bludgeoning your metadata into shape) on several thousand books, get the Quality Check plugin. It does this, and lots more. A must-have.

02-17-2017, 11:41 AM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,812 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Besides the othe good answers: Quality check Plugin to detect (and a few fixes too) for all sorts of common Metadata issues (and some other stuff)

02-19-2017, 05:47 PM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,027 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If the book has no plot, don't read it. You won't like it.