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beric · 01-05-2019, 03:57 PM

Hi ducks,
Thank you for your attempt to reply to my post but, with all respect to you, you appear to have completely misunderstood every single point I tried to make and you have not answered my question.

Apparently my post was unclear so, I will try again --

I have a library of some 250 books (mostly by various authors) that I wish to classify into sub-sets, according to Subject. I read in one of the many articles which I found on-line that the structure preferred by Calibre is VLs. When one clicks on "Virtual libraries" >> "Create Virtual libraries" the form presented shows that VLs may be created using "Authors", "Tags", "Publishers", etc..

I therefore assumed (perhaps erroneously ? ) that I should create a set of Tags where each one was the name of an intended subject classification, E.G. "History", "Reference", "Science & Technology", etc. etc.. (About 60 are requires). I further assumed that I could then Tag sub-sets of the books accordingly and build a number of VLs where each one only contained books carrying one Tag. Each VL would be named according to its subject, as part of the creation process.

I have started to create a set of new Tags, since those automatically generated were completely useless for the purpose of classifying books and building VLs. I am therefore very surprised to learn my efforts are in error but I naturally accept your claim, since I have no prior experience of Calibre.

So, my requirement is very simple and I repeat it now in the interests of clarity -

"I have a library of some 250 books (mostly by various authors) that I wish to classify into sub-sets, according to Subject".

Can you please either tell me how to achieve this simple task or point me to an on-line article on this subject. I thank you for considering this whole matter, apologise that my original post was so ambiguous and I now look forward to you reply in due course.

Best regards --
beric.

01-05-2019, 03:57 PM	#3
beric Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle	Hi ducks, Thank you for your attempt to reply to my post but, with all respect to you, you appear to have completely misunderstood every single point I tried to make and you have not answered my question. Apparently my post was unclear so, I will try again -- I have a library of some 250 books (mostly by various authors) that I wish to classify into sub-sets, according to Subject. I read in one of the many articles which I found on-line that the structure preferred by Calibre is VLs. When one clicks on "Virtual libraries" >> "Create Virtual libraries" the form presented shows that VLs may be created using "Authors", "Tags", "Publishers", etc.. I therefore assumed (perhaps erroneously ? ) that I should create a set of Tags where each one was the name of an intended subject classification, E.G. "History", "Reference", "Science & Technology", etc. etc.. (About 60 are requires). I further assumed that I could then Tag sub-sets of the books accordingly and build a number of VLs where each one only contained books carrying one Tag. Each VL would be named according to its subject, as part of the creation process. I have started to create a set of new Tags, since those automatically generated were completely useless for the purpose of classifying books and building VLs. I am therefore very surprised to learn my efforts are in error but I naturally accept your claim, since I have no prior experience of Calibre. So, my requirement is very simple and I repeat it now in the interests of clarity - "I have a library of some 250 books (mostly by various authors) that I wish to classify into sub-sets, according to Subject". Can you please either tell me how to achieve this simple task or point me to an on-line article on this subject. I thank you for considering this whole matter, apologise that my original post was so ambiguous and I now look forward to you reply in due course. Best regards -- beric.