Read/Finished Column

Runwithsharp · 05-01-2019, 03:44 PM

Hi newbie here to the forums please have patients with me. I've used calibre for years (yep years) what I want to know is there a column or a way to make a column to mark my books as Read or Finished. Thanks

BetterRed · 05-01-2019, 04:41 PM

Not really, but you can add a custom column and 'mark' it yourself

You could use a Yes/No column, IIRC Calibre Companion has a feature to update such a custom column. Or you could use a column with a fixed set of values e.g. - "To Get, Not Read, Reading, Finished, Abandoned".

Or you could do what I do, repurpose the Date column from date book was added, to date book was read -- I blank it when I add the book, and update to Now when I finish reading it.

BR

lumpynose · 05-01-2019, 05:35 PM

Does calibre "pull" metadata from the book on the ereader? There is a user_metadata field in the metadata according to the bottom of this page:

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...plate_ref.html

If the ereader fiddles with that after a book is finished then perhaps you could use that.

lumpynose · 05-01-2019, 05:39 PM

My method is crude but simple; calibre makes it easy to switch between libraries and copy books between them so I have two, calibre-unread and calibre-finished. When I finish a book I move (delete after copy) it to calibre-finished from calibre-unread and delete the book from my ereader.

05-01-2019, 03:44 PM	#1
Runwithsharp Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: ipad	Read/Finished Column Hi newbie here to the forums please have patients with me. I've used calibre for years (yep years) what I want to know is there a column or a way to make a column to mark my books as Read or Finished. Thanks

05-01-2019, 04:41 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,935 Karma: 27620688 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Not really, but you can add a custom column and 'mark' it yourself You could use a Yes/No column, IIRC Calibre Companion has a feature to update such a custom column. Or you could use a column with a fixed set of values e.g. - "To Get, Not Read, Reading, Finished, Abandoned". Or you could do what I do, repurpose the Date column from date book was added, to date book was read -- I blank it when I add the book, and update to Now when I finish reading it. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 05-01-2019 at 04:49 PM. Reason: Added last para - it's the 'Not really'

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05-01-2019, 05:35 PM	#3
lumpynose Wizard Posts: 1,086 Karma: 6719822 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Palm Pilot M105	Does calibre "pull" metadata from the book on the ereader? There is a user_metadata field in the metadata according to the bottom of this page: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gen...plate_ref.html If the ereader fiddles with that after a book is finished then perhaps you could use that.

05-01-2019, 05:39 PM	#4
lumpynose Wizard Posts: 1,086 Karma: 6719822 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Palm Pilot M105	My method is crude but simple; calibre makes it easy to switch between libraries and copy books between them so I have two, calibre-unread and calibre-finished. When I finish a book I move (delete after copy) it to calibre-finished from calibre-unread and delete the book from my ereader.