[chaley]

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

Right now I have Calibre setup to send ebooks to my k2 with the above template so that they are divided into folders based on their tag. I have a plugboard setup to add the stripped series name, series index and title to the title field. I also use the hierarchy information in order to have some of my tags using the hierarchy functionality. And I use Meme's kindle collections plugin to organize my collections based on their tags. But now the tags have the Read.xx in them,

So one issue is that the tags column is being used for multiple things: the kindle annotations read.xx stuff, kindle collections, and something hierarchical (you didn't say what it is)?

I would like to possibly rename them so that they will only have the sub.tag name.

By 'them', do you mean the contents of the tags column? You want the tags column to contain only the sub.tag (the hierarchy) stuff? That isn't possible if you use the read.xx annotation function.

While at the same time keeping my send to template, plugboard template and continuing to use the plugin. Is this possible or will I have to re-evaluate to determine which of these functions I have to live without?

You can probably have it all, but not with the organization you have.

Looking at the send template, it splits off the first tag (no matter what it is) and uses it for a folder name. This will be a problem if the tag you want ever falls alphabetically after 'Read.xx' or (possibly) the kindle collection information.

My gut feeling is that you should create a different custom column for each different 'meaning'. Mixing information with different 'meanings' together can only lead to complexity and confusion. That said, it is very hard for me to give specific advice, because I don't have a kindle and therefore don't use either the meme's collections plugin or pchrist's amount-read stuff. It is clear that you should use the tags column for the amount-read, because the annotation is put into tags automatically. You should use another custom tags-like column for the sub.name, separating it from the other stuff (like read.xx). Finally, I would think that putting kindle collections into yet another column would simplify your life, but I don't know that.

The detailed answers to your questions will require assistance from someone who uses a kindle and understands the interplay between the various bits of information you are manipulating.