Manage book that contains a collection of novels

AstroCalibre · 11-28-2019, 04:04 PM

How do you manage in Calibre a book that contains a collection of novels? Suppose that you have a book (for example "Dickens’s novels") that contains 3 novels ("David Copperfield", "Oliver Twist" and "Bleak House"), each of which is a book in its own right. If you add the book "Dickens's novels" to Calibre library, how do you reference the 3 novels inside it? Do you use the comments field for reference.
Or, even better, if you have a book that contains a collection of books of different authors.
Thanks

theducks · 11-28-2019, 04:31 PM

Some folk break them apart (using EPUB SPLIT plugin)
Or
You could list the titles (+ Authors) in the comments
Or
(a comments like field. This is safer, as it won't get overwritten if someone does a metadata download. )
Or
I use an Authors- like field (was originally for a Pseudonym decode, but then I started putting the Authors included in anthologies there and just putting the Editors in the real {authors} (I was using a filename only reader, so shortness was needed)
And I use a Tag field for the title list

AstroCalibre · 11-28-2019, 04:48 PM

Thanks theducks,
The workarounds that you proposed are interesting but I would like something that is more aesthetically beautiful.
I found an image on the web that shows what I would like.

https://imgur.com/a/oZU8w

How can I do it?

11-28-2019, 04:04 PM	#1
AstroCalibre Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: Android smartphone	Manage book that contains a collection of novels How do you manage in Calibre a book that contains a collection of novels? Suppose that you have a book (for example "Dickens’s novels") that contains 3 novels ("David Copperfield", "Oliver Twist" and "Bleak House"), each of which is a book in its own right. If you add the book "Dickens's novels" to Calibre library, how do you reference the 3 novels inside it? Do you use the comments field for reference. Or, even better, if you have a book that contains a collection of books of different authors. Thanks

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11-28-2019, 04:31 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,059 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Some folk break them apart (using EPUB SPLIT plugin) Or You could list the titles (+ Authors) in the comments Or (a comments like field. This is safer, as it won't get overwritten if someone does a metadata download. ) Or I use an Authors- like field (was originally for a Pseudonym decode, but then I started putting the Authors included in anthologies there and just putting the Editors in the real {authors} (I was using a filename only reader, so shortness was needed) And I use a Tag field for the title list

11-28-2019, 04:48 PM	#3
AstroCalibre Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: Android smartphone	Thanks theducks, The workarounds that you proposed are interesting but I would like something that is more aesthetically beautiful. I found an image on the web that shows what I would like. https://imgur.com/a/oZU8w How can I do it?

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