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Originally Posted by BetterRed
FYI - DaltonST's JobSpy plugin has a couple of features that may help
Per-Library Tweak for Calibre Global Tweak for Author Sort Method
Per-Library Tweak for Adding Books for 'read file metadata' from either file contents or file name
Per-Library Tweak for Book Automatic Adding Directory
I toyed with multiple instances of Portable for a while, but I found the lack of ability to quickly switch between libraries and the need to maintain the same settings/customisations plugins etc in the different configurations far too much of a nuisance. The per library tweaks in JobSpy solved some of that.
BR |
I do know about Job Spy.
To be honest, I haven't run the Calibre Portable install for my normal book library in years. I only run Calibre GUI when I need to clean up metadata and do conversions for new acquisitions and I haven't purchased new "normal" books since, hmm, around 2014? Anyway, the library is accessible to my reading devices at any given time via calibre-php-server or Dropbox.
I'll probably add the libraries into one Calibre Portable install if/when the need arises. Right now, I'm more concerned with organizing and normalizing tags for my AO3 library (which I've just let accumulate on Marvin and/or Dropbox since 2014).
That said, while Job Spy's per library tweaks eliminates the need for separate Calibre Portable instances, it still requires the use of separate libraries. Can't use it for a single library that just make use of virtual libraries.