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gabby98 · 06-10-2013, 11:35 AM

I have a "Catalog" Library that I use just to keep track of what I own and i use my own organization on the computer. Once I have all the metadata set up the way in want, I save the books to disk with the organization settings the way I want them, copy the formats column to a custom column for notation purposes, delete the formats (actual books in the calibre library) and copy the empty books to my "Catalog". I don't know if this is more work than you want, but it works well for me. I use Calibre's awesomeness, but keep my (ocd) organization the way I want.

I just typed this up real quick so let me know if it doesn't make sense or needs more clarification.

06-10-2013, 11:35 AM	#4
gabby98 Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 2667650 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Android, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Color, ..., Glo	I have a "Catalog" Library that I use just to keep track of what I own and i use my own organization on the computer. Once I have all the metadata set up the way in want, I save the books to disk with the organization settings the way I want them, copy the formats column to a custom column for notation purposes, delete the formats (actual books in the calibre library) and copy the empty books to my "Catalog". I don't know if this is more work than you want, but it works well for me. I use Calibre's awesomeness, but keep my (ocd) organization the way I want. I just typed this up real quick so let me know if it doesn't make sense or needs more clarification.