Creating a virtual library according how many books by author

mariaclaudia · 06-03-2015, 12:52 PM

Hi, it's me again. In this opportunity I have 2 questions. The first one is about the title of this post. I want to create a virtual library (or category) only with authors, by example, with at least 10 books. How can i do that?

And the second question is about part of the first one. Where I can learn about the commands, functions, variables, etc.? So, by this way, not only I can learn, but also I can develop my own solutions and, maybe, could help others.

Please, sorry my grammar (if I made mistakes, please correct me to learn)
Regards from Lima, Perú

theducks · 06-03-2015, 02:32 PM

You really do not need a VL for this.

In the Tag Browser each Author (Series,Publisher) has a count next to their name

In addition, If you use the 'Alter Tag Browser" (or your locale name) button at the bottom of the Tag Browser. Set it to: 'Sort by number of books' and the 'Authors' list will now blocks of numbers (descending)

If you see the same range more than once, you have a 'Partition Rule' that breaks them up. This is not a problem.

mariaclaudia · 06-03-2015, 04:23 PM

Thanks for answer, but I really want to create a VL only with no less 10 books per author. The solution that you show me, works of course, but it's not efficient for me, because I must change the sort of the list every time I need to found a specific author. For that reason I want to create a VL with a specific rule (by example, author with no less 10 books but not more than 20).

Thanks again. I hope you can help me.

DaltonST · 06-03-2015, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mariaclaudia

Thanks for answer, but I really want to create a VL only with no less 10 books per author. The solution that you show me, works of course, but it's not efficient for me, because I must change the sort of the list every time I need to found a specific author. For that reason I want to create a VL with a specific rule (by example, author with no less 10 books but not more than 20).

Thanks again. I hope you can help me.

Try my Author Book Count plugin. The "standard" ABC column is "like tags", and supports full tag-browser-like functionality. It also supports an optional "integer" custom column that can be used to do arithmetic comparisons on.

((#abc_numeric:">9") and (#abc_numeric:"<21"))

DaltonST

mariaclaudia · 06-03-2015, 08:51 PM

Thank you very much, worked perfectly. However I have a question, why some icons opaque appearing opaque icons and other only half opaque? See the capture. And certainly, these icons like as Roman columns,what's mean?

Thank you very much again.
Greetings from Lima, Peru
blessings

DaltonST · 06-04-2015, 12:03 AM

This may answer your questions: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#tag-browser

06-03-2015, 12:52 PM	#1
mariaclaudia Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 12316 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: none	Creating a virtual library according how many books by author Hi, it's me again. In this opportunity I have 2 questions. The first one is about the title of this post. I want to create a virtual library (or category) only with authors, by example, with at least 10 books. How can i do that? And the second question is about part of the first one. Where I can learn about the commands, functions, variables, etc.? So, by this way, not only I can learn, but also I can develop my own solutions and, maybe, could help others. Please, sorry my grammar (if I made mistakes, please correct me to learn) Regards from Lima, Perú

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06-03-2015, 02:32 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,952 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You really do not need a VL for this. In the Tag Browser each Author (Series,Publisher) has a count next to their name In addition, If you use the 'Alter Tag Browser" (or your locale name) button at the bottom of the Tag Browser. Set it to: 'Sort by number of books' and the 'Authors' list will now blocks of numbers (descending) If you see the same range more than once, you have a 'Partition Rule' that breaks them up. This is not a problem.

06-03-2015, 04:23 PM	#3
mariaclaudia Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 12316 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: none	Thanks for answer, but I really want to create a VL only with no less 10 books per author. The solution that you show me, works of course, but it's not efficient for me, because I must change the sort of the list every time I need to found a specific author. For that reason I want to create a VL with a specific rule (by example, author with no less 10 books but not more than 20). Thanks again. I hope you can help me.

06-03-2015, 08:51 PM	#5
mariaclaudia Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 12316 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: none	Thank you very much, worked perfectly. However I have a question, why some icons opaque appearing opaque icons and other only half opaque? See the capture. And certainly, these icons like as Roman columns,what's mean? Thank you very much again. Greetings from Lima, Peru blessings

06-04-2015, 12:03 AM	#6
DaltonST Deviser Posts: 2,265 Karma: 2090983 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Texas Device: none	This may answer your questions: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#tag-browser

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