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keenuser · 12-14-2019, 04:07 AM

I have been diligently importing my collection of ebooks, which is currently scattered among a number of folders, into the calibre library to have all the titles in one place. To keep them organized, I've created a couple of Virtual Libraries, one of which I've labeled Storage referring to the bricks-and-mortar library practice of keeping books for which there is not a high demand away from the main library stacks. These are ebooks I don't have any reason to look at regularly so don't want their titles constantly thrust to my attention.

What I want to see when I open calibre are tabs for my virtual libraries (including Storage) and one for the titles that have not yet been assigned to a virtual library. Instead I get my virtual libraries and All Books (which puts the titles I don't want to look at back in my face).

The instructions for the structure of a search to create a virtual library say "The value following vl: must be the name of a virtual library." Which means that I can't use vl:false as a search term to isolate the unassigned titles.

What am I missing? Is there another way to get the result I want that doesn't involve having to tag every unassigned title and then re-tag them when they get assigned to a virtual library?

12-14-2019, 04:07 AM	#1
keenuser Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Canada Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 4	how to isolate titles that are not in a virtual library I have been diligently importing my collection of ebooks, which is currently scattered among a number of folders, into the calibre library to have all the titles in one place. To keep them organized, I've created a couple of Virtual Libraries, one of which I've labeled Storage referring to the bricks-and-mortar library practice of keeping books for which there is not a high demand away from the main library stacks. These are ebooks I don't have any reason to look at regularly so don't want their titles constantly thrust to my attention. What I want to see when I open calibre are tabs for my virtual libraries (including Storage) and one for the titles that have not yet been assigned to a virtual library. Instead I get my virtual libraries and All Books (which puts the titles I don't want to look at back in my face). The instructions for the structure of a search to create a virtual library say "The value following vl: must be the name of a virtual library." Which means that I can't use vl:false as a search term to isolate the unassigned titles. What am I missing? Is there another way to get the result I want that doesn't involve having to tag every unassigned title and then re-tag them when they get assigned to a virtual library?