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davidfor · 02-02-2021, 08:08 PM

@apricoto: How to show that books have been read is a fairly common question here. So common, that it gets asked most weeks. A search here will find the discussions.

But, there are several common ways to do it:

A custom Y/N column. Which is what @ownedbycats has suggested
A custom column for the date read.
Set the rating.
Add a "read" tag to the tags.
Use a custom column for the percent read.
Use a custom column for status (such as "to read", "reading", "read" etc).
Use the Reading List plugin and with lists for each status you track.
Re-purpose an existing column, such as what @BetterRead does with the Date column.

Or some combination of the above. What people do depend on what they want to track. I think the first three or four are the most common methods. The rating and using a tag are probably the easiest as they do not require changes o

Personally, I use the custom date column plus the percent read column. The columns are automatically updated from my Kobo ereader when I connect it (courtesy of my Kobo Utilities plugin). Then I move the book to the appropriate Reading list (from "toRead" to "Reading" to "Finished") and set the rating when it is finished.

02-02-2021, 08:08 PM	#6
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	@apricoto: How to show that books have been read is a fairly common question here. So common, that it gets asked most weeks. A search here will find the discussions. But, there are several common ways to do it: A custom Y/N column. Which is what @ownedbycats has suggested A custom column for the date read. Set the rating. Add a "read" tag to the tags. Use a custom column for the percent read. Use a custom column for status (such as "to read", "reading", "read" etc). Use the Reading List plugin and with lists for each status you track. Re-purpose an existing column, such as what @BetterRead does with the Date column. Or some combination of the above. What people do depend on what they want to track. I think the first three or four are the most common methods. The rating and using a tag are probably the easiest as they do not require changes o Personally, I use the custom date column plus the percent read column. The columns are automatically updated from my Kobo ereader when I connect it (courtesy of my Kobo Utilities plugin). Then I move the book to the appropriate Reading list (from "toRead" to "Reading" to "Finished") and set the rating when it is finished.