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BetterRed · 12-21-2015, 04:00 PM

@Joanna - Would Publisher be an example of a 'single-value custom text column'

If you define a custom column with the same type (Text, column shown in the tag browser) but you don't want it shown in the Tag Browser then you can use the Hide option in the Tag browser for your custom column. I use this for my Strapline (subtitle) column.

FWIW 1 - I tried combining 3 physical libraries with differing custom columns into a single physical library, I used Virtual Libraries and Views to 'segregate' them. But after a while I found it too unwieldy and of limited benefit, so I went back to having separate libraries.

FWIW 2 - if books with multiple titles are infrequent, I would probably put them in my Book Notes (Long text, like comments) column, So, for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" I might have something like:

Alternate Titles

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - USA
Harry Potter Und der Stein der Weisen - Germany

BR

12-21-2015, 04:00 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,779 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Joanna - Would Publisher be an example of a 'single-value custom text column' If you define a custom column with the same type (Text, column shown in the tag browser) but you don't want it shown in the Tag Browser then you can use the Hide option in the Tag browser for your custom column. I use this for my Strapline (subtitle) column. FWIW 1 - I tried combining 3 physical libraries with differing custom columns into a single physical library, I used Virtual Libraries and Views to 'segregate' them. But after a while I found it too unwieldy and of limited benefit, so I went back to having separate libraries. FWIW 2 - if books with multiple titles are infrequent, I would probably put them in my Book Notes (Long text, like comments) column, So, for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" I might have something like: Alternate Titles Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - USA Harry Potter Und der Stein der Weisen - Germany BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-21-2015 at 04:16 PM.