Hi all,
I have an idea
of managing books by shelves like in the libraries. For example, the shelf of literature, maths, physics, chemistry....However, I'm not quite sure that Calibre has this functionality.
Reasons?
A. I believe the virtual library function does not reflect the nature feeling of visiting a library. I think that when user need to read for a book or genre, he will need to go to the relevant section instead of use the search whenever he open Calibre up.
B. Switching between libraries? Sometime it is not very convenient. I don't use all Calibre functionalities. but I found switching between libraries is not a good idea. I use the portable version. That's all book are in the same folder in the usb for ease of management.
Here are details:
1. By normal view, there are additional views all library book shelves.
2. In bookshelves view, it can be
animated as if we are walking through shelves in the library.
3. By selecting the specific shelf for a specific topic, it will display a view of books in the shelf. the the right corner will be a
small thumbnail list of book with names and authors. More info will be display once user click into the book and hold for one or two seconds.
4. User can choose whether a shelf has 100, 200 or a 1000s of books, even unlimited depends on the quantity. If shelf of 100books, for 250 books there are 3 shelves in the library
5. The left toolbar that display: authors, languages, series, formats, publishers,.... is now replaced by a big animated computer icon that represent the e-catalog. User can use this functionality to lookup books and "go to shelf" if needed.
6. Once lookup for a keyword in the title, the results will now be displayed with relevant to the keyword, including authors, languages,tags... For example, I want to find "writing" in total 10000 authors, tags, etc,.. but there is 10 authors that relevant to "writing", Calibre will display "Results that relevant to keyword "writing".
7. Support of drag and drop books from one shelf to another shelf.
8. Support for sub-shelf, for example, maths shelf >>> algebra, geometry,etc....
9. Support for "recent reads" that save the recent accessed books, include the bookmark information.
10. There are areas for misc., unsorted,
recently added or favorite books.
11. Area where deleted books are kept. Option to delete to recycle bin or remove permanently.
...
This is only my idea to make Calibre more enjoyable (game) than just a normal ebook manager. Great thanks for comments/replies/feedbacks.
DuyTrung
