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cvlowe · 08-15-2014, 08:22 AM

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one...

So far, I've been keeping the titles "clean" and using the title sort field for the series info to get the books to sort correctly. I've also been using the series fields, but they don't directly affect the book sorting order so it's just extra info for the moment. It's difficult- for example "The Belgariad"/"The Mallorean" series- Technically two series, but they follow each other so I want them to sort together in my title list but naming a book "Belgariad 06, Mallorean 01: [Title]" in the title sort column is getting a bit unwieldy.

I actually came here to get suggestions on how to sort my Bolo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_(tank)) books.. A handful of novels, and collections of short stories, an actual 'series' of 6 books, and some more novels and short story collections. All by different authors. The set defies clean categorization. That said, it's still overall my second favorite "series" or "universe" of all time so I want to get them organized! I'm thinking the best option is to just come up with my own numbering scheme for the title sort column, set the series number to '0' for any book without a number. I figured it can't hurt to ask the experts first though!

Edit:

And just what the heck is the purpose of the "General" tag I'm finding on nearly every book? Isn't that like saying "it's a book"? lol

08-15-2014, 08:22 AM	#6
cvlowe Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Calibre on laptop	I'm glad to see I'm not the only one... So far, I've been keeping the titles "clean" and using the title sort field for the series info to get the books to sort correctly. I've also been using the series fields, but they don't directly affect the book sorting order so it's just extra info for the moment. It's difficult- for example "The Belgariad"/"The Mallorean" series- Technically two series, but they follow each other so I want them to sort together in my title list but naming a book "Belgariad 06, Mallorean 01: [Title]" in the title sort column is getting a bit unwieldy. I actually came here to get suggestions on how to sort my Bolo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_(tank)) books.. A handful of novels, and collections of short stories, an actual 'series' of 6 books, and some more novels and short story collections. All by different authors. The set defies clean categorization. That said, it's still overall my second favorite "series" or "universe" of all time so I want to get them organized! I'm thinking the best option is to just come up with my own numbering scheme for the title sort column, set the series number to '0' for any book without a number. I figured it can't hurt to ask the experts first though! Edit: And just what the heck is the purpose of the "General" tag I'm finding on nearly every book? Isn't that like saying "it's a book"? lol Last edited by cvlowe; 08-15-2014 at 08:27 AM.