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BookJunkieLI 05-23-2020 01:30 PM

Pick multiple random books?
 
I know that Viewer has the option to randomly select a book but does Calibre itself have an option to randomly select/highlight multiple books? Or is there a plugin that will do that?

Basically I have a lot of unread books and sometimes it's easier to pick, say, 10 books randomly to choose from for uploading to my kindle than trying to scroll through a couple thousand.

theducks 05-23-2020 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BookJunkieLI (Post 3991848)
I know that Viewer has the option to randomly select a book but does Calibre itself have an option to randomly select/highlight multiple books? Or is there a plugin that will do that?

Basically I have a lot of unread books and sometimes it's easier to pick, say, 10 books randomly to choose from for uploading to my kindle than trying to scroll through a couple thousand.

The dice Icon Picks a random book. :bulb: set your view (Virtual Library) to show just Unread

BookJunkieLI 05-24-2020 11:30 AM

Dice icon? I'm using version 4.12.

kovidgoyal 05-24-2020 11:35 AM

Right click the view button choose read a random book

kovidgoyal 05-24-2020 11:36 AM

And if you dont want to launch the viewer go to Preferences->toolbars and add "Pick a random book" to the toolbar

BookJunkieLI 05-24-2020 12:10 PM

Found it. Thanks. :thumbsup:
It would be nice if there was a way to select/highlight multiple books. I do have a large, ever changing vl of books I know I want to read next. Being able to randomly select a group at once would be nice.
Just a thought.


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