Thread: Genres vs. Tags?
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Old 08-04-2011, 07:18 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
.......... I sometimes think that 'tags' should be an automatic grouped search term (preferences -> search), combining the text-type columns into a single category. That would encourage more precise information labeling while make an over-category that combines the various information kinds together. Unfortunately, it would also most likely confuse everybody.
I agree with you.

So how does it work now? If I create a custom Genres column, searching for tags won't look for genres, right?

I'm working on organizing my collection now, and I have a few Russian books in there (fiction, humor), and on the one hand I'd like to file them under a few genres, but I'd also like to tag them as being in Russian!

The problem with having tags separate from Genres is that if I use tags sparingly like that (but Genres religiously), then tags become just a bunch of special markers that don't represent my whole collection.
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