Mark as read -button

[arturg]

Hey all,

Since Calibre is a book library management software, as such I think it would be important to have a "Mark book as read" button out-of-the-box, what do you think? I know there are custom columns, but I think this feature should be core function of a library software.

[cybmole]

i think it is a good suggestion but I simply followed other's instructions & made a custom column.

as I accidentally made a multi value one I can have Y,N, i = in-progress ,& I've toyed with having a value for so crap I'm giving up

but when you think deeper - what does "read" mead for a non fiction reference book - consulted once, read all the way thru....

[arturg]

it means that a book is not needed in the device any more so I can delete it, but then again I want to have a flag that it is not a book that has never seen my device yet.

So take this for example: You purchase a book, add it to the library. Attach a reader to computer and it shows that the book is not in the device. You upload it and now it has green checkbox to show that the book is copied into the reader. Once you finish reading the book (all the way through), you remove the book from the reader. Now you have no way of knowing wether this book is already read or not.

This may not be important if you keep up with one device, but me and my wife both have our own readers and I do not keep up with all the romance books she reads, so for me it is very hard to know which books I need her to have on her device. Browsing through unread books is little bit hard for her since the covers of Harlequin books all look the same

I have solved my problem like so: I have createted two new columns that are type of checkobox: Finished by me, Finished by her and now I have the feature I was looking for. Now I can delete all read books from the readers and keep only unread books in them

[itimpi]

You might want to look at the Reading List plugin. This allows you to maintain at a device level what should be on each device.

[jgoguen]

You could also use two calibre libraries, one for each of you. That's how I manage books for my wife and I, two separate calibre libraries that I switch between as needed.

[arturg]

Originally Posted by jgoguen

You could also use two calibre libraries, one for each of you. That's how I manage books for my wife and I, two separate calibre libraries that I switch between as needed.

How do you switch the calendars?

[jgoguen]

The calibre manual explains it well I think. If you aren't sure about anything there, let us know.

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#library