Different series for a book

desideria · 03-22-2014, 10:05 AM

Would be possible to have two or more series for the same book? There are plenty of anthologies that have stories, each one belonging to a different series and it's awful having duplicates just because I want to have the series complete. Is there a way of adding the different series to the same metadata of the book?

itimpi · 03-22-2014, 10:14 AM

The standard way to do this is to add a custom column to your library of type 'series'. You can then use this to store a second set of series information against books that need it.

The only problem is that you then need to search both the stabdard and custom fields when checking for any particular series.

desideria · 03-22-2014, 11:17 AM

Thanks a lot for the help... Although I have several columns added to my calibre library, I've never thought to add one for series... thanks!!!

chaley · 03-22-2014, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

The only problem is that you then need to search both the stabdard and custom fields when checking for any particular series.

Grouped search terms make this easier by creating a virtual searchable column that contains the union of all the "real" columns in it. You create grouped search terms in preferences/searching.

eschwartz · 03-23-2014, 01:24 AM

You could split the book into multiple books, and then add each individually to the appropriate series.

See thread: [GUI Plugin] EpubSplit

03-22-2014, 10:05 AM	#1
desideria Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Different series for a book Would be possible to have two or more series for the same book? There are plenty of anthologies that have stories, each one belonging to a different series and it's awful having duplicates just because I want to have the series complete. Is there a way of adding the different series to the same metadata of the book?

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03-22-2014, 10:14 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	The standard way to do this is to add a custom column to your library of type 'series'. You can then use this to store a second set of series information against books that need it. The only problem is that you then need to search both the stabdard and custom fields when checking for any particular series.

03-22-2014, 11:17 AM	#3
desideria Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Thanks a lot for the help... Although I have several columns added to my calibre library, I've never thought to add one for series... thanks!!!

03-23-2014, 01:24 AM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You could split the book into multiple books, and then add each individually to the appropriate series. See thread: [GUI Plugin] EpubSplit

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