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John F · 10-23-2012, 09:03 AM

I'm thinking about trying this. I used to use Calibre on my Sony 505 with collections and tags and got the results I wanted. If I'm using Calibre can I ...

Say I have books Book_A, Book_B, Book_C. I want a collection (Collection_A) to have books in order Book_A, Book_B, Book_C. I want another collection (Collection_B) to have books in order Book_C, Book_B.

And I also want to be able to order by (original) book title order. I want only one copy of a book on the device.

Can I do this with Calibre and the procedures outlined so far?

The reasons I ask:

1) I want to be able to do something similar with real books.

2) I'm having a conversation with a fellow forum member who says it is possible (I think) and I have my doubts from what I've read
3) I tried editing the database to fiddle with the date added/creation date and was unable to get what I wanted

Thank you for the help.

10-23-2012, 09:03 AM	#38
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,171 Karma: 63764653 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Glo HD	I'm thinking about trying this. I used to use Calibre on my Sony 505 with collections and tags and got the results I wanted. If I'm using Calibre can I ... Say I have books Book_A, Book_B, Book_C. I want a collection (Collection_A) to have books in order Book_A, Book_B, Book_C. I want another collection (Collection_B) to have books in order Book_C, Book_B. And I also want to be able to order by (original) book title order. I want only one copy of a book on the device. Can I do this with Calibre and the procedures outlined so far? The reasons I ask: 1) I want to be able to do something similar with real books. 2) I'm having a conversation with a fellow forum member who says it is possible (I think) and I have my doubts from what I've read 3) I tried editing the database to fiddle with the date added/creation date and was unable to get what I wanted Thank you for the help.