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bluepeter · 08-31-2025, 01:30 PM

I believe that I've got the basics of numbering books within series - most look fine to me. The problem I have is that I sometimes buy omnibus books, or "boxed sets" as retailers often label them. One example that I have is The David Raker Collection Books 1-3. As things stand, the Series column in Calibre says "David Raker [1]", and doesn't reflect the fact that the book also includes books 2 and 3 in the series. If I have the fourth in the series, I can either
(a) label it incorrectly as book 2; or
(b) label it as book 4, in which case it appears that books 2 and 3 are missing.

Is there any way of getting the Series label to say "David Raker [1 - 3]" (or something along those lines? If so, how is it done?

How do others handle this little conundrum?

08-31-2025, 01:30 PM	#1
bluepeter Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 1028440 Join Date: May 2024 Location: Salisbury, UK Device: Clara BW, Mini, Libra H2O, Kindle (11G), Paperwhite (10G), Boox Poke 5	Series Numbering I believe that I've got the basics of numbering books within series - most look fine to me. The problem I have is that I sometimes buy omnibus books, or "boxed sets" as retailers often label them. One example that I have is The David Raker Collection Books 1-3. As things stand, the Series column in Calibre says "David Raker [1]", and doesn't reflect the fact that the book also includes books 2 and 3 in the series. If I have the fourth in the series, I can either (a) label it incorrectly as book 2; or (b) label it as book 4, in which case it appears that books 2 and 3 are missing. Is there any way of getting the Series label to say "David Raker [1 - 3]" (or something along those lines? If so, how is it done? How do others handle this little conundrum?