@Sirtel
I had that same problem of not getting my custom columns to show in the catalog.
The following was an email sent by Kovid Goyal when I put the question in the bugs.
Email starts at the bottom of the page...
I can live with that. THanks!
"On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Kovid Goyal <1467127@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
You can create a custom column and use the Merge with comments option in
the ctalaog creation dialog to put that infomation in the notes section
of each book, either before or after the comments.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1467127
Title:
[Enhancement] Catalog
Status in calibre: e-book management:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
Would like to have the ability to select non-mutually exclusive
prefixes. Instead of having one prefix section, allow for more (by
selecting number (up to three?)
Also, would like to have more "notes" lines.
I would like to include page numbers, dates added or read, numerical
ratings, etc."