Adding and removing books from a Virtual Library

ChrisMillward · 07-31-2022, 04:48 PM

At the moment there doesn't seem to be any means of simply Creating a virtual library or adding more books to an existing virtual library from a Selected (Highlighted) list of books. It can be done to a Library but NOT a virtual library. I would expect to be able to randomly select any group(s) of desired books, right click and see an option to 'Create a virtual Library' or 'Add to a virtual Library' Conversely there is no means of pruning a virtual library. I can remove books but this will delete them from the main library also. Sometimes the books aren't amenable to the search methods available which seem to largely work on a column basis. Yes, I could create a column "In" and mark it accordingly then delete and create virtual libraries as necessary.

theducks · 07-31-2022, 05:39 PM

VL's have rules that YOU created in the first place. It might be a Tag. It might be a column value.
To add a book, make it comply with your rule.
To remove, make it fail the rule.

EG this is my TBE (to be edited my way)

Code:

#finished:false and formats:EPUB and #edited:false

#finished must still be false (why fix a book you have read, when there are unread books to clean

)

BetterRed · 07-31-2022, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisMillward

At the moment there doesn't seem to be any means of simply Creating a virtual library or adding more books to an existing virtual library from a Selected (Highlighted) list of books. It can be done to a Library but NOT a virtual library. I would expect to be able to randomly select any group(s) of desired books, right click and see an option to 'Create a virtual Library' or 'Add to a virtual Library' Conversely there is no means of pruning a virtual library. I can remove books but this will delete them from the main library also. Sometimes the books aren't amenable to the search methods available which seem to largely work on a column basis. Yes, I could create a column "In" and mark it accordingly then delete and create virtual libraries as necessary.

I use the Reading List plugin for this ==>> Index of plugins

BR

ownedbycats · 08-01-2022, 12:02 PM

The Job Spy plugin also has "Virtual Library Helper" under its search-related tools, which makes a search query based on the book IDs.

07-31-2022, 04:48 PM	#1
ChrisMillward Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PC	Adding and removing books from a Virtual Library At the moment there doesn't seem to be any means of simply Creating a virtual library or adding more books to an existing virtual library from a Selected (Highlighted) list of books. It can be done to a Library but NOT a virtual library. I would expect to be able to randomly select any group(s) of desired books, right click and see an option to 'Create a virtual Library' or 'Add to a virtual Library' Conversely there is no means of pruning a virtual library. I can remove books but this will delete them from the main library also. Sometimes the books aren't amenable to the search methods available which seem to largely work on a column basis. Yes, I could create a column "In" and mark it accordingly then delete and create virtual libraries as necessary.

07-31-2022, 05:39 PM	#2
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	VL's have rules that YOU created in the first place. It might be a Tag. It might be a column value. To add a book, make it comply with your rule. To remove, make it fail the rule. EG this is my TBE (to be edited my way) Code: #finished:false and formats:EPUB and #edited:false #finished must still be false (why fix a book you have read, when there are unread books to clean )

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08-01-2022, 12:02 PM	#4
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,365 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	The Job Spy plugin also has "Virtual Library Helper" under its search-related tools, which makes a search query based on the book IDs.

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