MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - New to Calibre and confused...Need step by step.

pypeke · 08-02-2024, 10:58 PM

I am confused about what the following means...

"The commonly-provided requirements for subgroups such as genres are:

A subgroup (e.g., a genre) must contain (point to) books, not categories of books. This is what distinguishes subgroups from calibre user categories."

I cannot find out what a user category is. I cannot distinguish subgroups from user categories since I don't understand what a user category is.

I want to do something to put the books by genre. I know they cannot be put in folders like in a PC.

I have read about subgroups and hierarchies and virtual libraries, but I don't know which one is the one I need to categorize my books. Maybe there is a better way to do this?
Thanks for any advice.

08-02-2024, 10:58 PM	#1
pypeke Groupie Posts: 192 Karma: 202 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: Kobo Colour and Sage	New to Calibre and confused...Need step by step. I am confused about what the following means... "The commonly-provided requirements for subgroups such as genres are: A subgroup (e.g., a genre) must contain (point to) books, not categories of books. This is what distinguishes subgroups from calibre user categories." I cannot find out what a user category is. I cannot distinguish subgroups from user categories since I don't understand what a user category is. I want to do something to put the books by genre. I know they cannot be put in folders like in a PC. I have read about subgroups and hierarchies and virtual libraries, but I don't know which one is the one I need to categorize my books. Maybe there is a better way to do this? Thanks for any advice.