Author's Twitter Page

Samurai · 10-02-2016, 02:57 AM

Hello, looking for a way to add author's Twitter page in a new column or at least somewhere.

I was able to do so with adding a picture and a link in the Comments entry, but I don't think that's going to work, because I wouldn't just have to add this to every author with a twitter account but also add it individually to every book of the same author.

Is there a way to add a Twitter column like the Author one that leads to wikipedia? A column that would lead to the author's twitter page.

This is what I was able to do.

BetterRed · 10-02-2016, 03:31 AM

@Samurai - if you right click on the Author name in the book details sidebar, you will see an option for Manage Authors, in there you'll see an Author Link column, if you put the Authors Twitter url in there, when you click on the author name you'll be on his/her Twitter page.

But where will you put his/her Facebook url or Skype address. That's why I use an Evernote link, an EN note can contain links to whatever you want, Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, Author blog etc, text of obituaries and book reviews; images, youtube writer conference videos; links to tax returns if he/she is Norwegian.

BR

Samurai · 10-02-2016, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Samurai - if you right click on the Author name in the book details sidebar, you will see an option for Manage Authors, in there you'll see an Author Link column, if you put the Authors Twitter url in there, when you click on the author name you'll be on his/her Twitter page.

But where will you put his/her Facebook url or Skype address. That's why I use an Evernote link, an EN note can contain links to whatever you want, Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, Author blog etc, text of obituaries and book reviews; images, youtube writer conference videos; links to tax returns if he/she is Norwegian.

BR

Ah, Nice! Thanks. Didn't know I could edit it in that way. But, aside from Facebook links and whatnot, I lose the wikipedia link that already is in most known Authors and I want to leave that to be able to go to their wikis.

Is there a way to create a new column that reacts the same way as the Author's one with a link?

Also, the EN link thing would also be the same I think, in the way that I would have to add individually for each book of the same author the link to the author's twitter page. It wouldn't apply to all of his/her books just by adding it once.

BetterRed · 10-02-2016, 04:36 AM

The author link is for the author, whatever it references is available for all his/her books so it only has to be entered once. You can't add columns at the author level, the columns you see in Manage Authors is all there is

The Author link can only reference one thing, so if you put a Twitter url in there you loose the wikiP page etc. An EN Note is a container into which you can put whatever you like. It took me longer to prepare this screen shot than it did to create the note, drop the links into it, and coffee and pasta its link into the Author Link fie;d in Manage Authors

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Samurai · 10-02-2016, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

The author link is for the author, whatever it references is available for all his/her books so it only has to be entered once. You can't add columns at the author level, the columns you see in Manage Authors is all there is

The Author link can only reference one thing, so if you put a Twitter url in there you loose the wikiP page etc. An EN Note is a container into which you can put whatever you like. It took me longer to prepare this screen shot than it did to create the note, drop the links into it, and coffee and pasta its link into the Author Link fie;d in Manage Authors

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BR

AWESOME! That's just awesome. And thanks A LOT for the detailed explanation in the screenshot, now, my only problem is HOW do I create the Authors column you created on Calibre that I'll put the EN link in? And also, can I rename it to Info or something else?

theducks · 10-02-2016, 12:37 PM

The Search the Internet PI has all sorts of things available (as shipped) that use the Calibre Metadata
Wikipedia for Author is one, so save that field in Authors for something not easily derived from the current Author, Title value

Samurai · 10-02-2016, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

The Search the Internet PI has all sorts of things available (as shipped) that use the Calibre Metadata
Wikipedia for Author is one, so save that field in Authors for something not easily derived from the current Author, Title value

DAMN! YAAAY I got the plugin, so I'm gonna mess now with the settings to see if I can do the twitter thing from over there too, if not I'll just change the Authors: column to that.

Thanks TheDucks \o/

BetterRed · 10-02-2016, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Samurai

HOW do I create the Authors column you created on Calibre that I'll put the EN link in? And also, can I rename it to Info or something else?

The Author Link column is built in, there is nothing to add, and no - it can't be renamed, and no - you cannot add more columns for authors.

If you don't put anything in Author Link then clicking on an author name in the book details side bar will use the link at the top of Preferences->Look and Feel->Book Details, which by default is set to search Wikipedia with authors name. To make it search Google see ==>> Switch author search from Wikipedia to Google?

But, if you put a link into an Author Link, such as a facebook page web address, you override the link in Book Details. The way around this is to put a link to something that can contain multiple links - and put the facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, Weibo etc links in there.

And IMO the simplest way to do that is to use an off-the-shelf product such as Evernote or Onenote. EN and ON Notes can have multiple links/pictures/text/tables etc, and most importantly EN and ON provide the means to access a Note from other applications (such as calibre) via application specific protocols. In practise that's right click a Note, select Copy Note Link, then paste what's in the clipboard into a calibre Author Link field. No plug-ins, add-ons, custom columns etc - vanilla off-the-shelf.

And as a bonus you can access your EN Author notes on an Android device by tapping on the Author Name in Calibre Companion. An IOS version of Calibre Companion is on its way.

BR

Samurai · 10-02-2016, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

The Author Link column is built in, there is nothing to add, and no it can't be renamed, and you cannot add more columns for authors.

If you don't put anything in Author Link then clicking on an author name in the book details side bar will use the link at the top of Preferences->Look and Feel->Book Details, which by default is set to search Wikipedia with authors name. To make it search Google see ==>> Switch author search from Wikipedia to Google?

But, if you put a link into an Author Link, such as a facebook page web address, you override the link in Book Details. The way around this is to put a link to something that can contain multiple links.

IMO the simplest way to do that is to use an off-the-shelf product such as Evernote or Onenote. EN and ON Notes can contain multiple links/pictures/text/tables etc, and most importantly they provide the wherewithal to access a Note from other applications (such as calibre) via application specific protocols.

BR

Yeah! But in your screenshot above, you point in Authors: and you have Authors and Author. Doesn't that mean you created one more column? That's what I want. One more column.

BetterRed · 10-02-2016, 05:21 PM

The Authors table has three user accessible columns - Authors, Author Sort and Author Link. In my screen shot (from my Test library) the second item is the Author Sort column which is not normally displayed - this is more typical

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You cannot add more columns to the Author data - period.

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Samurai · 10-02-2016, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

The Authors table has three user accessible columns - Authors, Author Sort and Author Link. In my screen shot (from my Test library) the second item is the Author Sort column which is not normally displayed - this is more typical

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You cannot add more columns to the Author data - period.

BR

Ah ok! Got it. Thanks! Well I guess after I add all of my books I'll start messing with the EN thing you posted. It looks easy enough to do but if I find any problems I'll send a PM on your way if you don't mind.

BetterRed · 10-03-2016, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Samurai

... messing with the EN thing you posted. It looks easy enough to do but if I find any problems I'll send a PM on your way if you don't mind.

No problems, but if its not directly related to using the EN thing with Calibre, I'll probably redirect you to the forum where the other 199,999,999 EN thing users get help

BR

Manja · 10-16-2016, 08:39 AM

You might also consider looking up the author at the ISNI website and adding that link. This way you can find a lot of information about the author, like pseudonyms, Wikipedia pages, websites etc. See for an example the info on Diana Gabaldon. You can add to the information on this site as well.

10-02-2016, 02:57 AM	#1
Samurai Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Device: iPad (4th Gen)	Author's Twitter Page Hello, looking for a way to add author's Twitter page in a new column or at least somewhere. I was able to do so with adding a picture and a link in the Comments entry, but I don't think that's going to work, because I wouldn't just have to add this to every author with a twitter account but also add it individually to every book of the same author. Is there a way to add a Twitter column like the Author one that leads to wikipedia? A column that would lead to the author's twitter page. This is what I was able to do. Attached Thumbnails

10-02-2016, 04:36 AM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,945 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The author link is for the author, whatever it references is available for all his/her books so it only has to be entered once. You can't add columns at the author level, the columns you see in Manage Authors is all there is The Author link can only reference one thing, so if you put a Twitter url in there you loose the wikiP page etc. An EN Note is a container into which you can put whatever you like. It took me longer to prepare this screen shot than it did to create the note, drop the links into it, and coffee and pasta its link into the Author Link fie;d in Manage Authors BR

10-02-2016, 05:21 PM	#10
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,945 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The Authors table has three user accessible columns - Authors, Author Sort and Author Link. In my screen shot (from my Test library) the second item is the Author Sort column which is not normally displayed - this is more typical You cannot add more columns to the Author data - period. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 10-02-2016 at 05:44 PM.

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10-02-2016, 03:31 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,945 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Samurai - if you right click on the Author name in the book details sidebar, you will see an option for Manage Authors, in there you'll see an Author Link column, if you put the Authors Twitter url in there, when you click on the author name you'll be on his/her Twitter page. But where will you put his/her Facebook url or Skype address. That's why I use an Evernote link, an EN note can contain links to whatever you want, Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, Author blog etc, text of obituaries and book reviews; images, youtube writer conference videos; links to tax returns if he/she is Norwegian. BR

10-02-2016, 12:37 PM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,206 Karma: 60406678 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The Search the Internet PI has all sorts of things available (as shipped) that use the Calibre Metadata Wikipedia for Author is one, so save that field in Authors for something not easily derived from the current Author, Title value

10-16-2016, 08:39 AM	#13
Manja Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Netherlands Device: Kobo Aura H2O	You might also consider looking up the author at the ISNI website and adding that link. This way you can find a lot of information about the author, like pseudonyms, Wikipedia pages, websites etc. See for an example the info on Diana Gabaldon. You can add to the information on this site as well.