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Findingaway · 02-02-2025, 03:00 PM

Hello all,

I have ~ 60 GB ebook library. It is divided into separate libraries by broad category; there are about 10 libraries I use regularly. I think the most number of books in any one library is 4,000 or less.

For a while I used Library Codes to help with sorting and and manually classifying. I populated genre manually. This was the path of least resistance, but it's a mess.

I want to switch to management by cleaning and using tags and rules, but this requires learning, maybe a lot. Which is ok, but what do I need to learn, and is that realistic? Because the learning is in addition to the doing the work of managing.

From reading the Calibre manual and these forums, it seems like I should at least get good at regex and the use of some plugins.

My impression is that CALM (CSLM) is / was a go-to. I was able to run a consolidation but it had no data populated https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=335. Plus I know the author hasn't been posting for > 1 year.

The tags in my libraries are a real mess. Some tags from publisher's data are useful; the problem is probably 85% are not.

So, any suggestions? I'm old (60's) and although I've coded a tiny, tiny bit a long time ago, mostly I'd have to learn to do this, and it just doesn't happen as fast as it used to.

Thanks!

02-02-2025, 03:00 PM	#1
Findingaway Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2023 Device: Kobo Elipsa 2e, Galaxy Tab A	What kind of learning curve for Library Management? Hello all, I have ~ 60 GB ebook library. It is divided into separate libraries by broad category; there are about 10 libraries I use regularly. I think the most number of books in any one library is 4,000 or less. For a while I used Library Codes to help with sorting and and manually classifying. I populated genre manually. This was the path of least resistance, but it's a mess. I want to switch to management by cleaning and using tags and rules, but this requires learning, maybe a lot. Which is ok, but what do I need to learn, and is that realistic? Because the learning is in addition to the doing the work of managing. From reading the Calibre manual and these forums, it seems like I should at least get good at regex and the use of some plugins. My impression is that CALM (CSLM) is / was a go-to. I was able to run a consolidation but it had no data populated https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=335. Plus I know the author hasn't been posting for > 1 year. The tags in my libraries are a real mess. Some tags from publisher's data are useful; the problem is probably 85% are not. So, any suggestions? I'm old (60's) and although I've coded a tiny, tiny bit a long time ago, mostly I'd have to learn to do this, and it just doesn't happen as fast as it used to. Thanks!