Thread: Calibre, Kobo and Collections
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Old 05-17-2017, 07:22 AM   #18
davidfor
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
One problem I see in the wiki is the mention of a custom column. This will make the new users think they have to create a custom column. They don't have to. Calibre has two already defined columns from the days of the Sony Reader.

Series is one and [b]Tags[/i] is the other. The purpose for series is obvious. But tags was defined to be used when the book didn't go into a series. like the myshelves used in the wiki.

1. Added a custom column to calibre

That's what I object to. I object to making it harder than it needs to be. Adding a column that already exists is wrong (IMHO) unless the person wants to. But the instructions don't say you don't have to create this custom column.
You did read all the instructions? Including the bit where it gives an example of what goes into that configuration. You know, the bit that includes "series".

But, to comment on your objection, the reason these instructions were written were for the hard case. The case where someone wanted to use something that wasn't already in a column. If all that was needed was to use the series, then the no one would have bothered with the original thread, or the Wiki page. They simply would have said, "Enter the name of the column into the field".

And of course, as PeterT said, it is a Wiki, if you can do better, please do so.
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