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rebeltaz · 07-09-2026, 08:55 PM

I have thousands of ebooks and I have enough trouble remembering what I've read, much less what my girlfriend has read. I have created several custom metadata fields - Read; 11; and 11.Read - to help keep track. I mark 'Read' as 'Yes' when I read a book; I mark '11.Read' as 'Yes' when she has read a book; and I mark '11' as 'Yes' when I want to transfer a book to her reader.

What would be really helpful is if there is a way to filter everything so that the only books that show up fit this criteria:

11 = Yes; 11.Read = No; On Device = No.

That would only show me books that I want to give her, that are not already on her reader and that she hasn't read yet.

I know that that is asking a lot and most likely no possible, but... it never hurts to ask.

07-09-2026, 08:55 PM	#1
rebeltaz Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 536 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Entourage Pocket eDge	Is It Possible to Sort by Custom Metadata? I have thousands of ebooks and I have enough trouble remembering what I've read, much less what my girlfriend has read. I have created several custom metadata fields - Read; 11; and 11.Read - to help keep track. I mark 'Read' as 'Yes' when I read a book; I mark '11.Read' as 'Yes' when she has read a book; and I mark '11' as 'Yes' when I want to transfer a book to her reader. What would be really helpful is if there is a way to filter everything so that the only books that show up fit this criteria: 11 = Yes; 11.Read = No; On Device = No. That would only show me books that I want to give her, that are not already on her reader and that she hasn't read yet. I know that that is asking a lot and most likely no possible, but... it never hurts to ask.