A second series field

amokima · 12-01-2017, 11:27 PM

Is there a way to add a second series field to the metadata? There are a good number of book series/trilogies that are part of a broader series, e.g. Dragonlance, Valdemar, Drizzt Do'Urden, but there's only a place for one series name. I could create a custom column i guess, but I remember reading somewhere about creating a second series field, I just can't remember where I read that. Anyone know how to do this?

Thanx

kovidgoyal · 12-01-2017, 11:28 PM

Preferences->Add your own columns

amokima · 12-01-2017, 11:38 PM

Yeah, I know that one. I was wondering if there was a way to add an actual 2nd series field that could be included with the 1st series field when sorting books by series in you ereader.

davidfor · 12-02-2017, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by amokima

Yeah, I know that one. I was wondering if there was a way to add an actual 2nd series field that could be included with the 1st series field when sorting books by series in you ereader.

As you have a Kobo ereader, you have the only type of device that has any real recognition of series info. Because of that, the KoboTouch driver can set the series info. But, it only uses the in built series column. My Kobo Utilities plugin can also do this, but again, it also only uses the in built series column.

A common way series are handled for other devices is to use a metadata plugboard to add the series info into the title when sending the book to the device. You could use this to put both sets of series into the title. Or, put the main series into the series info on the device and the secondary series into the title. With the latter, if you sort by series, it should sort by the title within the series, which should give you what you want.

amokima · 12-02-2017, 12:14 AM

Ok. Thank you.

12-01-2017, 11:27 PM	#1
amokima Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura	A second series field Is there a way to add a second series field to the metadata? There are a good number of book series/trilogies that are part of a broader series, e.g. Dragonlance, Valdemar, Drizzt Do'Urden, but there's only a place for one series name. I could create a custom column i guess, but I remember reading somewhere about creating a second series field, I just can't remember where I read that. Anyone know how to do this? Thanx

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12-01-2017, 11:28 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,702 Karma: 28549304 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Preferences->Add your own columns

12-01-2017, 11:38 PM	#3
amokima Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura	Yeah, I know that one. I was wondering if there was a way to add an actual 2nd series field that could be included with the 1st series field when sorting books by series in you ereader.

12-02-2017, 12:14 AM	#5
amokima Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura	Ok. Thank you.