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EHS1945 · 06-26-2026, 02:54 PM

Hello, all, and apologies if this is not the correct place to drop this thread.

I have been using Calibre for quite some time and have made a few changes as I gained familiarity. One of those was to add a custom column (Read Status) where I can track family use of my extensive book list. The column is text with several choices: Unread, On Device, Mary, Ed, Both (with default being Unread). Up until now, it worked fine. Today I installed the latest revision (9.10) and now when I add new books, the default for this column is blank. I have to manually choose Unread.

Any idea how I can get my default back? Thank you!

06-26-2026, 02:54 PM	#1
EHS1945 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: CT, USA Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4	Default value in custom column no longer working Hello, all, and apologies if this is not the correct place to drop this thread. I have been using Calibre for quite some time and have made a few changes as I gained familiarity. One of those was to add a custom column (Read Status) where I can track family use of my extensive book list. The column is text with several choices: Unread, On Device, Mary, Ed, Both (with default being Unread). Up until now, it worked fine. Today I installed the latest revision (9.10) and now when I add new books, the default for this column is blank. I have to manually choose Unread. Any idea how I can get my default back? Thank you!