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Originally Posted by chaley
The one on the first tab is a custom comment column, which is why it is there with the other custom data. My guess is that such columns are very rare.
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Can't speak for others of course, but yeah, I guess a custom comment column would be rare. How would you use such a thing (I'm not being flip; I'm really curious)?
Just to give you an idea of my workflow (this is not to say everyone does this; I'm probably the only one)... I scan a book into a pdf (I have too many books and not enough remaining lifespan to bother with OCR and the accompanying editing) and give it a filename that includes Author, Title, Series (if needed), Sub-Series (if needed), Series # (if needed), and ISBN. After saving the freshly scanned book to a temp folder on my desktop, I maximize calibre (until my scanning project is completed, assuming I live that long, I run calibre 24/7 along with my computer) and open the Add Books window (it's already set to look in the temp folder, which is why I save to it; when I'm scanning several books at a time, I keep both the temp folder and the folder where I stash books I've already put into calibre open) and double click on the book I've just scanned. I then open the Edit Metadata window, copy and paste the ISBN to the appropriate field (I know, there is a way to get calibre to do that automatically but I couldn't make any sense of it and it takes me only two seconds to copy and paste it), then hit the Fetch Metadata button. I then edit the metadata as needed, fill in any of my custom columns (Sub-Series, On JBL, and Unread), and save it all. I also glance at the comments and fix any glaring errors before saving.
For me (note that I said "for me"), having the default and custom column fields and the comments window all on the same window would be most convenient.