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dmcd · 01-25-2012, 12:12 AM

I'm still finding my way around Calibre, and am amazed at the complexity of the software hiding behind a user friendly interface. It really is an incredible achievement and I'm so grateful to the developer.

Please forgive if I've missed something obvious but I would like to know how to configure a couple of things.

I cannot see the point in having two columns on the screen giving publication and whatever the other date is about. Neither of these is the date the original book was published and that is the date I want to see. The actual sequence of publications by the one author is important if one is following the actions of a particular character, but the author has not actually written them as, and labelled them a series. I don't need to know the date it was converted into an ebook, which is meaningless. How do I dump the date columns and replace with an original publication date please? Can I even do this? Can I just get rid of these useless columns to increase screen real estate?

The other thing I would like to have is a column that indicates the format of each entry so that I can see these at a glance and know immediately which ones need converting to my particular reader format and which ones I can just drag and drop in a bunch to my reader. It's such a pain to open every book just to read the format in which it currently exists. I did find instructions online for playing around in the templates to change column things, but it was way beyond my capabilities to do this and then I would have to populate the info in the column manually.

I know I can search for individual formats, but my aim is to eventually have only my compatible formats in Calibre library and the other formats stored elsewhere in case I ever change readers. If I buy a second ereader for another family member that uses a different format, I want to see at a glance if I have both formats of a book in the Calibre Library.

Any words of wisdom please?

Dale

Edit: I think I posted this in the wrong place. Sorry.
[Mods: Moved to main calibre forum]

01-25-2012, 12:12 AM	#1
dmcd Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 35544 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Northern Victoria, Australia Device: Kobo	New Calibre User confused. I'm still finding my way around Calibre, and am amazed at the complexity of the software hiding behind a user friendly interface. It really is an incredible achievement and I'm so grateful to the developer. Please forgive if I've missed something obvious but I would like to know how to configure a couple of things. I cannot see the point in having two columns on the screen giving publication and whatever the other date is about. Neither of these is the date the original book was published and that is the date I want to see. The actual sequence of publications by the one author is important if one is following the actions of a particular character, but the author has not actually written them as, and labelled them a series. I don't need to know the date it was converted into an ebook, which is meaningless. How do I dump the date columns and replace with an original publication date please? Can I even do this? Can I just get rid of these useless columns to increase screen real estate? The other thing I would like to have is a column that indicates the format of each entry so that I can see these at a glance and know immediately which ones need converting to my particular reader format and which ones I can just drag and drop in a bunch to my reader. It's such a pain to open every book just to read the format in which it currently exists. I did find instructions online for playing around in the templates to change column things, but it was way beyond my capabilities to do this and then I would have to populate the info in the column manually. I know I can search for individual formats, but my aim is to eventually have only my compatible formats in Calibre library and the other formats stored elsewhere in case I ever change readers. If I buy a second ereader for another family member that uses a different format, I want to see at a glance if I have both formats of a book in the Calibre Library. Any words of wisdom please? Dale Edit: I think I posted this in the wrong place. Sorry. [Mods: Moved to main calibre forum] Last edited by pdurrant; 01-25-2012 at 12:22 AM. Reason: Oops!