[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by crullx

I would like a setting, when I merge books, the plugin would ALWAYS use the value of series from the first source book for the merged result.
Is that possible for me to make this setting somehow? Or could you add this feature?

I could add an option for that. But what would the series number be set to? Sames as the first book? (If not specified, Calibre will automatically assign the next unused number in the series.)

Then the question is, if I'm modifying standard column behavior, what other standard columns changes should I add?

Standard columns are handled in these specific ways:

Spoiler:

• Title: If all books in same Series, Title = Series, else Title from first source book
• Authors: List of all Authors from all source books
• Publisher: If all books have same Publisher, Publisher is set
• Tags: List of all Tags from all source books
• Languages: List of all Languages from all source books
• Series: Empty
• Comments: Titles & Authors list, or optionally Titles & Authors + source Comments
• Cover: Cover from first source book

Anyone else have any opinions?

FYI, with the current PI, you could use a Series type custom column with a few extra steps at the start and finish of your 'hundreds' of merges. You could:

Spoiler:

• Add a Series type custom column(example #text_series)
• Use Calibre's Edit Metadata Search & Replace to copy standard Series to #text_series - See attached
• In EpubMerge config, set #text_series to 'Take from first'
• Do hundreds of merges
• Use Calibre's Edit Metadata Search & Replace to copy #text_series to standard Series for the new merged books