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Old 03-03-2011, 09:58 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by PapaJohn View Post
Hi pchrist7
Thanks for your help.
My wife has a Kindle 3 (3G+Wifi) and I was wondering if it would be possible to add a second Read Status Column that would be filled in by her kindle?

i.e.: First column showing read status on my Kindle DX
Second column showing read status on her K3

This would be great if possible!
Hi PapaJohn
First of I'm guessing a lot here, since I only have 1 K3 and no other readers.
But: Consider this. Each ebook in a Calibre library have 1 comments field, with 1 and only 1 annotation part in the comments. So your books would always have the annotations of the K?? that did fetch annotations last. Understand ?
This could end up being a mess, and I suspect you want to keep track of your reading of a book for both readers. ?
If so, I think you need to have 2 libraries in Calibre.
1 for KDX and 1 for K3, then all you have to remember to do, is switch to the correct library before fetching annotations.
I have approx. 1100 books in my main library, but setup a 100 book test library, for testing new columns, features etc. ( used the test library for "faking" your annotation example for testing )
Also It's extremely easy to copy books from one library to another in Calibre.
As I said, much of this is guesswork, but I think I'm correct. You could test this for us, however, having 2 readers in the family.
If I'm correct, I suggest you consider having 2 libraries.
Before this however, make SURE you have good backups of your current setup.
To explore your options, click the arrow to the right of the Library icon. You could rename your current library to KDX Library, Create a new K3 Library, quick shift between them etc.
IF you create a new ie. K3 Library, all you have to do in your "main" KDX library, is to select all books, right click (at least on windows) choose Copy to library without delete, and you have 2 libraries setup with the same books, metadata etc.
This will also give you the possiblity to have different custom columns and probably much more.

Hope this makes sense - and I hope you'll try fetching annotations from the 2 devices, checking the status in between. You should at least see a difference in the date format. I want to know if my theory is correct or not
Well, think about it. Maybe someone else has better input, so let's see.
Cheers, Per
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