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Old 01-01-2011, 03:32 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
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.
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.

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