[GUI Plugin] Reading Goal

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Well, I tried Kovid's suggestion but it didn't work. We'll have to wait for a bug fix in the Qt project.

I somehow doubt that will ever happen.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I somehow doubt that will ever happen.

Unfortunately, that's a possibility. At least it only happens once after a restart.

[ownedbycats]

Suggestion: A way to check which challenges a book is in.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Suggestion: A way to check which challenges a book is in.

Check this version. I added the 'Challenges' to the title tooltip. If you have another place in mind, feel free to suggest.

[ownedbycats]

I was thinking a menu option with dialog but thought it might be awkward. This works.

[thiago.eec]

First I thought of a menu too, but you would need to click it every time you change the selected book. This way you can just hover one book after the other.

[DJH352]

Love this plugin, just wish I’d discovered it a lot sooner

Lots of fun setting it up and updating some historic information so that I now have 5 years’ worth of data.

I particularly like the fact that you can use the Genre option for a column of your own choice. I have created Series, Author and Published Date columns, so I can view the breakdown of my reading habits over a period of time. No great surprises, but nice to know.

However, when I look at stats for previous, or All, years, the data reverts back to genre (or Tags) and does not show the column I’ve chosen. Has anyone else tried this with same results?

Apologies if this has been asked before (I couldn’t see anything). If it has, could you please point me in the right direction to rectify?

I am running version 1.9.0 in Calibre 8.3.0 on Windows 11 (24H2)

Many thanks

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by DJH352

Love this plugin, just wish I’d discovered it a lot sooner

I'm glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by DJH352

However, when I look at stats for previous, or All, years, the data reverts back to genre (or Tags) and does not show the column I’ve chosen. Has anyone else tried this with same results?

This is by design. The plugin only updates the current year information. This is done everytime you interact with it. It would become really slow to keep updating the whole database. Previous years and abandoned books are not updated.

So, you should choose a column and stick with it.

Although you can keep chaging the column while in the current year, it will become fixed after December 31.

[DJH352]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

I'm glad you liked it.



This is by design. The plugin only updates the current year information. This is done everytime you interact with it. It would become really slow to keep updating the whole database. Previous years and abandoned books are not updated.

So, you should choose a column and stick with it.

Although you can keep chaging the column while in the current year, it will become fixed after December 31.

Thanks for the clarification. It’s what I refer to as UI problem, where UI is User's Ignorance

I’m still exploring the plugin and finding some nifty features. I’m about to start a clean up of my tags following Firehose ‘s post https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=359681

[thiago.eec]

Version 1.9.2 - 02 May 2025

- Add the book's challenges to it's title tooltip

[ownedbycats]

If you think its worth adding, it might be interesting to see the average number of days to read (alongside the average length of) a book.

[thiago.eec]

Average length of a book? One book has a defined length. Average only apply for a collection.

About the number of days to read, that would need an avarage reading speed. I do have a column for that based on my reading speed. I guess the users could set their reading speed, so this could be calculated based on the page count.

Where do you suggest this could be placed?

[ownedbycats]

Yes, all the year's books averaged out.

I was thinking the bottom of statistics window.

[Reader4106]

I recently discovered this great plugin. I've made several attempts to understand how it works so I can install and use it. Unfortunately, I haven't been successful.
I'm older, read just over 70 books a year on a PocketBook eReader, and have absolutely no talent for anything even remotely related to programming. To make matters worse, I don't speak English well (this text was also translated using Google Translate).
I've read the first 15 and the last three pages of the 57 pages of this forum. However, I still don't understand what data I need to enter to track my reading progress and what results I get.
Above all, I don't understand how "my" reading progress (the last page I've read) gets into Calibre. I don't see any way to transfer it directly from my eReader. However, it wouldn't be a problem to enter it manually either.

I know that my method of data entry isn't practical and that I'm entering a lot of data multiple times. However, this has gradually developed. I tried to divide the information into individual columns and have the desired values ​​calculated directly in Calibre. However, despite repeated attempts over the years, I haven't been able to do this.

The data entered in Calibre is divided as follows:
• Date column for the start date of reading. After finishing the book, this is replaced by the end date.
• Column for the number of words in the book determined directly by PageCount
• Column for the number of pages in the book determined directly by PageCount
• A "combination column" predefined by default values, consisting of entered values ​​that are gradually entered and changed.

Below are three examples of how this column is structured.

Default (initial) value of the column:
{Book zzz 📖 p. | 📱eP. | zzz ⁍ eP.| yyyyy ⁍🎤 | –'🎧} [﹤ xxx =xxx >xxx | Text [=xx] xxx eP.] (read 00% | !xxx d. | ° eP./d.)

Example: Book Finished
I enter the following information in a Calibre column:
{Book 336 📖 p. | 313​📱eP. | 323 ⁍ eP.| 96360 ⁍🎤 | –'🎧} [﹤ 7 =307 >307 | Text 301 eS.] (read 100% | 10 days | 30 eS./day)

Example: Book not finished
{Book 352 📖 p. | 285​📱eS. | 333 ⁍ eS.| 89656 ⁍🎤 | –'🎧} [﹤ 9 =103 >276 | Text [=95] 268 eS.] (read 35% | 6 days | 15 eS./day)

Key to the individual parts:
• {Book 352 📖 p. ≙ Publisher's information on the number of pages in the paper edition of the book
• | 285​📱eS. ≙ Total page count determined by my PocketBook.
• | 333 ⁍ eS. ≙ Number of pages determined by PageCount (also in a separate column)
• | 89656 ⁍🎤 ≙ Number of words determined by PageCount (also in a separate column)
• | 3 days: 1h 53', 73h 53', 4433'🎧} ≙ Length as an audiobook in three different formats
• [﹤ 9 ≙ First page of text* (*including foreword and/or afterword)
(I add the number of pages from endnotes, notes, references, glossary, etc. (often estimated) to the page number of the text.)
• =103 ≙ page up to which I have read*
• >276 ≙ last page read* of the text (*including preface and/or afterword, if read)
• | Text [=95] ≙ Number of pages of the "read" text (including *+§)
• 268 eS.] ≙ Number of pages of the text to be read (including *+§)
• (read 35% ≙ Percentage of the read portion of the book
• | 16 days ≙ The number of days it took me to read the book (for short texts, in fractions [x/16 day = 24h-8h sleep]
• | °15 eS./day) ≙ Pages read per day
* ≙ *incl. foreword and/or afterword, images, graphics, maps, etc. (if read) are counted
§ ≙ Any page count from endnotes, comments, references, glossary, etc. (often estimated) is added.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Reader4106

Above all, I don't understand how "my" reading progress (the last page I've read) gets into Calibre. I don't see any way to transfer it directly from my eReader. However, it wouldn't be a problem to enter it manually either.

This plugin does not provide a way to retrieve the information from your device. If you have a Kobo, there is a plugin that can do that (I don't know details, because my device is a Kindle). Also, if you use Goodreads, there is a plugin for sync it with calibre.
And, of course, you can fill in the info manually.

Originally Posted by Reader4106

The data entered in Calibre is divided as follows:
• Date column for the start date of reading. After finishing the book, this is replaced by the end date.
• Column for the number of words in the book determined directly by PageCount
• Column for the number of pages in the book determined directly by PageCount
• A "combination column" predefined by default values, consisting of entered values ​​that are gradually entered and changed.

This plugin only needs three* columns for it to work: reading date, page count and reading progress. You already have the first two. Now you need to create the reading progress column (you can do that directly in the plugin config dialog, by clicking the "plus" sign on the right, in front of the reading progress combo box). The reading progress is a percentage column.

*There is an optional fourth column: genre. This is necessary if you want to sort your books by genre and see the genre graph.

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After setting up the columns, you can start adding books. You can add them in batch (they must have the same year).

For the current year, the books are updated in the database everytime you change the reading progress, creating a new reading record.

If any doubt persists, feel free to ask.