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PeterT · 01-02-2016, 11:06 PM

I took maybe a simple approach for sub-series. I added two new columns to calibre

Code:

Column Header: Sub Series
Lookup Name: subseries
Column Type: Text, column shown in the tag browser
Description: Sub Series for a book. Used as part of a calculated column for shelf definitions.

Column Header: Subseries Shelf
Lookup Name: subshelf
Column Type: Column built from other columns
Description: Provides for a subseries shelf (first used for Discworld books)
Template: {#subseries:'test($,strcat(field('series'),' - ',$),'')'}

What this allows me to do is to specify a value for a subseries within a series of books; for instance Carpe Jugulum is book 23 of the Discworld Series, but is also in the Witches subseries.

When the book is transferred to my Kobo, it will end up being called D - 23 - Carpe Jugulum, and be located on both the Discworld AND Discworld - Witches shelves. (I use a metadata plugboard to massage the title of the book to include an abbreviated form of the Series name and the number of the book in that series).

01-02-2016, 11:06 PM	#14
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,587 Karma: 79436940 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I took maybe a simple approach for sub-series. I added two new columns to calibre Code: Column Header: Sub Series Lookup Name: subseries Column Type: Text, column shown in the tag browser Description: Sub Series for a book. Used as part of a calculated column for shelf definitions. Column Header: Subseries Shelf Lookup Name: subshelf Column Type: Column built from other columns Description: Provides for a subseries shelf (first used for Discworld books) Template: {#subseries:'test($,strcat(field('series'),' - ',$),'')'} What this allows me to do is to specify a value for a subseries within a series of books; for instance Carpe Jugulum is book 23 of the Discworld Series, but is also in the Witches subseries. When the book is transferred to my Kobo, it will end up being called D - 23 - Carpe Jugulum, and be located on both the Discworld AND Discworld - Witches shelves. (I use a metadata plugboard to massage the title of the book to include an abbreviated form of the Series name and the number of the book in that series).