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Originally Posted by Blakestr
This seems most like the type of system I am looking for. Would you be willing to post your tags in a zip file?
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I'm not sure how, in what format, and all that. My tags are created to fit the books I read, so you might not use most of them.
You would be better off deciding what tags you'd use most often.
For example I have an UrbFant (Urban Fantasy) tag with a UrbFant.Academy subgroup, which separates the "Dresden Files" type of UF from the "Magicians" or "Harry Potter" type of UF. One for stories more about adults, and the other from teenagers. Just because sometimes I'm more in the mood for other or the other, where other people probably don't care.
And the Scifi.Zombie tag. I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but do pick some up once in a while if they look like they may be something I'd like.
If you want to do them in batches, you can do it in bulk in Calibre using the tag browser. You just have to decide which ones you want to use and rename the group.
As to how to decide what tag a book gets before reading, that's up to you. I grab a ton of freebies, but I have an idea of what the books are about before I get them. Cozy mysteries usually will say that's what they are, you can read the summary, or go down the page at Amazon and look under "Product Details", and you can see what genres the book is filed under at Amazon.
Since I only use one tag per book, I sometimes have to decide which it goes under if it straddles the line between two. But that's also a personal choice.