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beric · 01-05-2019, 12:46 PM

Hi all,
I am new to Calibre, having installed it on 31st Dec. This went satisfactorily and I have imported about 250 books, which are all visible. On 4th Jan., I upgraded to the latest version (3.37) and all is satisfactory. I am running Calibre on 64-bit LinuxMint, ver: 17.3. So far as I can tell, everything is working correctly.

Now, I want to classify my books into about 50 categories (subjects), each at top-level only. I do not need sub-categories although I could switch this on against possible future need. So, this is the simplest form of classification.

I understand the idea of "Virtual Libraries" (VL) and, as a first experiment, I have created four or five of these for the situation of multiple books by the same author - - E.G. "Le Carre", "Dawkins", etc.. For these, I used the "Authors" classification to build the search string automatically. These VLs function correctly, displaying the desired sub-sets, taken from the main library. So far, so good.

My first experiments are building the category type - "One author, Many books" but what I need now is to build - "One category (subject), Many authors". I assume that for this scenario, I need to use Tags. I examined the Tag Browser and found that it contained about sixty tags, apparently generated automatically by Calibre during the importation of the books, since one tag was the title of one of my books. However, not one of these tags is of any use so I have deleted them all and I have now started to create a new set where each tag is at top level and is the name of a category.

I have noticed that within the "Create VLs" menu is the option to build these using tags. So, I have searched the web for several days and have down-loaded and read every article I could find on the subject of the Tag Browser (mostly "Tips & Tricks"). These are quite detailed and provide information on creating tags and sub-folders but NO WHERE can I find any instruction on how to apply and remove tags to and from books !

Can some kind soul please tell me how to tag books and how to remove a tag previously applied in error.

I apologise for this lengthy post but I wanted to indicate to readers what information is presently to hand so as to avoid the need for lengthy and overly complex explanations. I now keenly await replies and thank readers for considering my problem.

Best regards to all --
beric

01-05-2019, 12:46 PM	#1
beric Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle	How to tag books Hi all, I am new to Calibre, having installed it on 31st Dec. This went satisfactorily and I have imported about 250 books, which are all visible. On 4th Jan., I upgraded to the latest version (3.37) and all is satisfactory. I am running Calibre on 64-bit LinuxMint, ver: 17.3. So far as I can tell, everything is working correctly. Now, I want to classify my books into about 50 categories (subjects), each at top-level only. I do not need sub-categories although I could switch this on against possible future need. So, this is the simplest form of classification. I understand the idea of "Virtual Libraries" (VL) and, as a first experiment, I have created four or five of these for the situation of multiple books by the same author - - E.G. "Le Carre", "Dawkins", etc.. For these, I used the "Authors" classification to build the search string automatically. These VLs function correctly, displaying the desired sub-sets, taken from the main library. So far, so good. My first experiments are building the category type - "One author, Many books" but what I need now is to build - "One category (subject), Many authors". I assume that for this scenario, I need to use Tags. I examined the Tag Browser and found that it contained about sixty tags, apparently generated automatically by Calibre during the importation of the books, since one tag was the title of one of my books. However, not one of these tags is of any use so I have deleted them all and I have now started to create a new set where each tag is at top level and is the name of a category. I have noticed that within the "Create VLs" menu is the option to build these using tags. So, I have searched the web for several days and have down-loaded and read every article I could find on the subject of the Tag Browser (mostly "Tips & Tricks"). These are quite detailed and provide information on creating tags and sub-folders but NO WHERE can I find any instruction on how to apply and remove tags to and from books ! Can some kind soul please tell me how to tag books and how to remove a tag previously applied in error. I apologise for this lengthy post but I wanted to indicate to readers what information is presently to hand so as to avoid the need for lengthy and overly complex explanations. I now keenly await replies and thank readers for considering my problem. Best regards to all -- beric