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Old 02-29-2012, 03:46 AM   #358
kiwidude
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Hi GoghGirl,

You should be able to do all of that already . This plugin does not care whether you have formats associated with a book or not. So you can use the "Add Empty Book" feature from the Add button menu in the calibre toolbar (or use ctrl+shift+e). Then grab metadata for that book as per normal.

Alternatively say you have a "wishlist" shelf in Goodreads that you maintain on their website. Then when you sync from that shelf you will be shown books on the shelf which you don't have a book in calibre for yet. You can right click and choose the add empty book option. I can't recall how many of the fields that option populates but you can always do a metadata download for that book afterwards.

As for the colouring, calibre has the ability to do custom colouring rules, so you could set up a rule for books in your library that have no formats. I am sure there will be information on this in the calibre help, plus there are threads here like this one.

Have fun!
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