tracking books read history

lady_morana · 08-25-2011, 07:28 PM

Is there any way to track what books have been read or have been partially read? I know that Calibre remembers where you are at in a specific book, but can it make also list of the books that are only partially complete?

I have an extensive list of books on my netbook. Everything from Cookbooks to knitting books to romance books. I would like to be able to bookmark items to come back to them later - either recipe pages or where I left on in a romance before I opened a cook book. But with so many books on my device, I loose track of what book I was last reading.

Morana

kovidgoyal · 08-25-2011, 07:55 PM

No calibre does not know how to get position in book information from devices. Every device stores this info in a different way/place. In the case of some devices, this info is completely inaccessible via USB.

Philip36Fld · 08-30-2011, 01:12 PM

I currently do not own an ereader of any sort, I have been reading books on my computer using Adobe Digital Reader and various pieces of software for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, etc. which is why I want to use one standard e-book viewer for the various formats.

As I have a large library of ebooks is there any way that I can see a smaller list consisting of only those books which I am currently reading, say by "checking them out of my library" and just managing that smaller subset of ebooks?

Starson17 · 08-30-2011, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Philip36Fld

is there any way that I can see a smaller list consisting of only those books which I am currently reading, say by "checking them out of my library" and just managing that smaller subset of ebooks?

Yes. Add a tag to the books and a saved search for that tag or add a #read user-defined custom column and search on that.

Philip36Fld · 08-30-2011, 09:51 PM

Thank you, Starson17.

lady_morana · 09-02-2011, 04:26 AM

It only needs to remember the place of the books that I am reading on the main program. the craft books and stuff...with the heavy graphics cannot be displayed properly on a book ready. So I read them within the calibre viewer.

08-25-2011, 07:28 PM	#1
lady_morana Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Axim V50, MobilePro 770	tracking books read history Is there any way to track what books have been read or have been partially read? I know that Calibre remembers where you are at in a specific book, but can it make also list of the books that are only partially complete? I have an extensive list of books on my netbook. Everything from Cookbooks to knitting books to romance books. I would like to be able to bookmark items to come back to them later - either recipe pages or where I left on in a romance before I opened a cook book. But with so many books on my device, I loose track of what book I was last reading. Morana

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08-25-2011, 07:55 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No calibre does not know how to get position in book information from devices. Every device stores this info in a different way/place. In the case of some devices, this info is completely inaccessible via USB.

08-30-2011, 01:12 PM	#3
Philip36Fld Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 20 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: none	I currently do not own an ereader of any sort, I have been reading books on my computer using Adobe Digital Reader and various pieces of software for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, etc. which is why I want to use one standard e-book viewer for the various formats. As I have a large library of ebooks is there any way that I can see a smaller list consisting of only those books which I am currently reading, say by "checking them out of my library" and just managing that smaller subset of ebooks?

08-30-2011, 09:51 PM	#5
Philip36Fld Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 20 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: none	Thank you, Starson17.

09-02-2011, 04:26 AM	#6
lady_morana Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Axim V50, MobilePro 770	It only needs to remember the place of the books that I am reading on the main program. the craft books and stuff...with the heavy graphics cannot be displayed properly on a book ready. So I read them within the calibre viewer.