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kiwidude · 04-05-2012, 06:04 AM

I think kiwidude is wondering what on earth you guys are up to...

@Philip36Fld - Let me see if I can paraphrase correctly:

You want to keep track of (for each person):
- book(s) you are currently reading
- book(s) you will read next
- books you have finished

And by the sound of it you are not using an ereader device, and just reading the books directly in calibre?

If someone came to me with that list of requirements, my recommendation would *not* be to have multiple reading lists for each step. Instead:

have a custom column to track whether you have read a book (various ways of doing that for multiple users, either individual columns or comma separated values).
use a single reading list for each user which represents your "to read" list and "current" combined. Use the ability of the reading list plugin to order the books, so that your "current" is the book at the top of the list.

So then the "workflow" becomes:

when see a book of interest, add it to the appropriate person's list with the plugin
to open a book for reading, using the plugin just view that person's list which is ordered so the "current" should be at the top. You can assign that to a keyboard shortcut.
when finished reading a book, update the "read" custom column and remove from the list
if you change your mind about which book to read "next", edit the reading list to change the order.

How does that sound?

04-05-2012, 06:04 AM	#385
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,732 Karma: 2197770 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	I think kiwidude is wondering what on earth you guys are up to... @Philip36Fld - Let me see if I can paraphrase correctly: You want to keep track of (for each person): - book(s) you are currently reading - book(s) you will read next - books you have finished And by the sound of it you are not using an ereader device, and just reading the books directly in calibre? If someone came to me with that list of requirements, my recommendation would not be to have multiple reading lists for each step. Instead: have a custom column to track whether you have read a book (various ways of doing that for multiple users, either individual columns or comma separated values). use a single reading list for each user which represents your "to read" list and "current" combined. Use the ability of the reading list plugin to order the books, so that your "current" is the book at the top of the list. So then the "workflow" becomes: when see a book of interest, add it to the appropriate person's list with the plugin to open a book for reading, using the plugin just view that person's list which is ordered so the "current" should be at the top. You can assign that to a keyboard shortcut. when finished reading a book, update the "read" custom column and remove from the list if you change your mind about which book to read "next", edit the reading list to change the order. How does that sound?