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Old 01-30-2017, 02:41 PM   #1
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Select authors with a single book

Is it possible to filter the list of books to show only authors for whom a single book exists within the library?
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Old 01-30-2017, 03:35 PM   #2
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at the bottom there is a button: Alter Tag browser.: Sort by number of books
(the standard is Name)
This groups Tag sections by How Many
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Author Book Count Plug-in

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Is it possible to filter the list of books to show only authors for whom a single book exists within the library?
Easy. The Author Book Count plug-in does that.

The ABC plugin updates a new custom column for the total number of books written by each author. This is done for every book in your library. It provides functionality that standard Calibre does not provide, specifically the ability to search using queries constructed with integers for an integer custom column. Example: ((#abc_numeric:">6") and (#abc_numeric:"<47")). Also, its normal ABC column in the Tag Browser has full Tag Browser functionality based specifically on ABC.

Also see: "Author Book Count Hierarchy", a plugin designed for perusing complex Co-Author relationships, not just ABC counts.


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Thanks for that, I didn't know you could do that, however it's not ideal so if there's a better way even if trickier, I'd prefer it.

The trouble with that proposal is that I have to click on each author in the Tag Browser that I want to see the book for in the RH window. It's not possible to group select authors in this arrangement, although when sorted by Author Name and grouped by first letter, I can click on the first letter and see all the books for all authors that begin with that letter.
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OK - thanks for that - I'll try that plugin.

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