Exclude Comic Books from Virtual Library?

MarjaE · 12-12-2017, 12:45 AM

NOT ="Comic Book" NOT =Comic Book and NOT =Comic only include comic books, instead of excluding them.

I'm sure there's a fancy way to exclude a phrase, but the online manual doesn't explain it under "Search" (which leads to the search page), "Regular Expressions," or "Virtual Libraries".

uli · 12-12-2017, 02:14 AM

If you have them tagged try something like this, or maybe exclude them by file type:

NOT tags:"=Comics"
NOT formats:"=CBZ"

MarjaE · 12-12-2017, 06:45 PM

Or "=Comic Book"

It's just not the obvious place to put the quotes. Most are in pdf rather than cbz. I can't read them on my Kindle or Iriver, so I want to remove them from my export library. I eventually plan to re-download in cbz, store them on my bigger external drive, read most of them, and include an empty Calibre entry for each series.

theducks · 12-12-2017, 08:16 PM

If in doubt: use the Tag Browser
(then add the word NOT in front )

Divingduck · 12-13-2017, 04:35 AM

So much ways to do it again: --> or clicking a tag two times in the Tag browser

12-12-2017, 12:45 AM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 942 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Exclude Comic Books from Virtual Library? NOT ="Comic Book" NOT =Comic Book and NOT =Comic only include comic books, instead of excluding them. I'm sure there's a fancy way to exclude a phrase, but the online manual doesn't explain it under "Search" (which leads to the search page), "Regular Expressions," or "Virtual Libraries".

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12-12-2017, 02:14 AM	#2
uli Zealot Posts: 110 Karma: 194274 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Montreal Device: Kobo, Calibre	If you have them tagged try something like this, or maybe exclude them by file type: NOT tags:"=Comics" NOT formats:"=CBZ"

12-12-2017, 06:45 PM	#3
MarjaE Guru Posts: 942 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Or "=Comic Book" It's just not the obvious place to put the quotes. Most are in pdf rather than cbz. I can't read them on my Kindle or Iriver, so I want to remove them from my export library. I eventually plan to re-download in cbz, store them on my bigger external drive, read most of them, and include an empty Calibre entry for each series.

12-12-2017, 08:16 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,271 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	If in doubt: use the Tag Browser (then add the word NOT in front )

12-13-2017, 04:35 AM	#5
Divingduck Wizard Posts: 1,166 Karma: 1410083 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-650	So much ways to do it again: --> or clicking a tag two times in the Tag browser