Much of the following reflects what I used to do regarding additional but I think I now have a better scheme which you can read about here Additional materials related to a book
The .7z approach works fine, and it has some advantages, but I think my latest scheme is more flexible - it also means I manage additional 'stuff' for authors and books in much the same way.
BR
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Originally Posted by piovac
Supplemental material. I like to keep additional material like example code, errata, etc., including my scanned hand notes, together with the book. The method I found so far in OSX is to put all together in a ISO image and import it as a book format. Differently from the Skim notes, the "dummy" .iso book comes up in the list as a format. Does it mean that the ISO is at this point a registered format?
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See previous post re 'register'
To add the ISO (for supplemental material I do the same as you but with .7z archives) you will need to use
Add Books->Add files to selected book records, or the
calibredb add_format command or the
calibre [ebook_file_path] command.
One of the downsides of using an archive is that they have to be unpacked (in windows to a temporary area) to access the contents, and adding or removing content or updating something like a spreadsheet is 'fiddlesome'.
So if the information is volatile I keep it in a folder adjacent to but separate from the Library - ie alongside my Main library folder I have a MainInfo folder. The sub folders in MainInfo are a partial subset of the Main library subfolders. If I have anything in a MainInfo author folder I put a URI link to the folder in the Author Link field (see Manage Authors) and for a book I put a URI link to the folder into the My Comments/mycomments custom column. This means I can click Author Name in Book Details to open a MainInfo/author folder, and I can click the link in My Comments, which I display in Book Details, to open a MainInfo/author/title folder
Why My Comments and not the built-in Comments?
- you can't edit Comments from the Book List (ie in a cell) but you can edit Long Text custom columns in a Book List cell.
- if you use metadata downloading Comments might be overwritten if one isn't careful.
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Originally Posted by piovac
Paper books. Similar situation. I like to use calibre to keep record of my paper books. I created several dummy files (dummy.paperback, dummy.hardcover, ...) that I import when I create the book record and they show up as a format. Similarly as before, is it good or do I need to register the format as well?
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I use Add Books->Add Empty Book. You can maintain all the metadata in the normal way, maybe have a custom column to indicate you have the printed book as opposed to a book that you don't have in any form.
No need to create a dummy formats - calibre will create the author and book folders but all it will have in it is the opf file, you could use the download metadata to source covers, comments etc .
I think I've covered the 'register' issue - again apologies for the confusion.
BR