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One book, two series
I'm stuck on how to handle the Series field when 2 series combine.
For example, Robart Crais has the "Elvis Cole" series, and the "Joe Pike" series. My issue is when they are both in the same book, but also should be listed as their own series, e.g. - The Sentry (Joe Pike #3)(Elvis Cole #12) - Taken (Joe Pike, #4)(Elvis Cole, #13) When necessary, I want to be able to filter the view to all books for a particular series (say, list the "Joe Pike" series), but don't want to physically duplicate a title in the library just to do so. I was *hoping* to find a way to accomplish this with the existing "Series" field. How do you folks handle this issue? |
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11-15-2015, 09:34 PM
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Is this one series that has another series inside it? Or two series' with a crossover book?
I usually use a #subseries custom column for the former. For the latter you will want to use an #alt_series custom column, together with a User Category which includes both columns: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#tag-browser |
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We had a discussion here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=263252
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 The first series spawns a new series, that can either (a) contain the 1st series main character, or (b), be taken as a new series, with no need to read the original to get up to speed. Another example from my library is with F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack/Adversary Cycle crossover. Thanks for the tips. |
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