Using Calibre to manage Wishlists?

MarjaE · 03-01-2020, 05:46 PM

Some ebook sites (e.g DriveThroughRpg) handle wishlists well.

Others (e.g. Smashwords) not so well.

Since it's a lot easier to organize and prioritize lists in Calibre, has anyone used it to organize their wishlists? And been able to check status with Get Books?

BetterRed · 03-01-2020, 06:39 PM

My wish list of books are just empty books.

I guess one could have a library where the Authors were things like - household appliances, gardening tools, furnishings… places to go, etc. And Titles were specific items like aircon for den, chainsaw… Bora Bora, etc.

FWIW, I create pro-forma checklists as OneNote sections and store the resultant .ONE files as format files in calibre books, but that's different.

BR

BetterRed · 03-01-2020, 07:51 PM

I wish I could give standard columns (e.g authors, title, publisher etc) library specific Header names.

MarjaE · 03-01-2020, 08:54 PM

I was thinking specific to book wishlists, to help keep track of which ones are available where, and of sales.

Because most of these sites are so very hard to search, I tend to add interesting results to a list in case I might want to find and buy them later.

03-01-2020, 05:46 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 936 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Using Calibre to manage Wishlists? Some ebook sites (e.g DriveThroughRpg) handle wishlists well. Others (e.g. Smashwords) not so well. Since it's a lot easier to organize and prioritize lists in Calibre, has anyone used it to organize their wishlists? And been able to check status with Get Books?

03-01-2020, 07:51 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,640 Karma: 29710510 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I wish I could give standard columns (e.g authors, title, publisher etc) library specific Header names. Last edited by BetterRed; 03-01-2020 at 07:53 PM. Reason: clarity

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03-01-2020, 06:39 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,640 Karma: 29710510 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	My wish list of books are just empty books. I guess one could have a library where the Authors were things like - household appliances, gardening tools, furnishings… places to go, etc. And Titles were specific items like aircon for den, chainsaw… Bora Bora, etc. FWIW, I create pro-forma checklists as OneNote sections and store the resultant .ONE files as format files in calibre books, but that's different. BR

03-01-2020, 08:54 PM	#4
MarjaE Guru Posts: 936 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	I was thinking specific to book wishlists, to help keep track of which ones are available where, and of sales. Because most of these sites are so very hard to search, I tend to add interesting results to a list in case I might want to find and buy them later.