Custom Columns - How are you using yours? - Page 2

Nyssa · 04-15-2011, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by nynaevelan

- Page Number

Do you open each book individually to get that number or do you have a plugin that finds the info for you?

pchrist7 · 04-15-2011, 12:33 PM

Hi All
I try to concentrate on reading what ever books i have.
I only track "read status" in my main Calibre library.
My biggest issue is getting series info automagically, and not manually.
(test library have a couple of test columns just incase)

nynaevelan · 04-15-2011, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Do you open each book individually to get that number or do you have a plugin that finds the info for you?

I get all that information from the book from the kindle for pc app, since that is the first place I download the book from before adding it to my Calibre library and yes I do that individually.

Nyn

Nyssa · 04-15-2011, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

I get all that information from the book from the kindle for pc app, since that is the first place I download the book from before adding it to my Calibre library and yes I do that individually.

Nyn

Ah, okay. Thanks for the info. I download to my PC then transfer them over to Calibre.

CWatkinsNash · 04-18-2011, 01:42 AM

I have:

Subtags: Kind of misnomer, it's kind of a subgenre/data tag. I use regular tags for genres. If I get enough under a main genre with one of these subtags, it gets promoted to a new genre in the main tag list.
Page Count: Self-explanatory, but I stopped using it when I started using Goodreads and calibre added the Kindle page count file thingie after the 3.1 firmware update
Read Status: Yes, No, In Progress
Source: Where I got the book from; it's a prepopulated drop-down list that gets added to as needed.
MR?: Yes/No - whether or not the author is a Mobileread member

There are a few I used to have but deleted, like Date Read. It was redundant because of Goodreads and I got tired of updating info in two places.

04-15-2011, 12:33 PM	#17
pchrist7 Addict Posts: 385 Karma: 6514 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3 3G+Wifi, Oasis	Just need read status, so far Hi All I try to concentrate on reading what ever books i have. I only track "read status" in my main Calibre library. My biggest issue is getting series info automagically, and not manually. (test library have a couple of test columns just incase)

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04-18-2011, 01:42 AM	#20
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite, Lenovo Tab P12 & Tab One, TCL 50XL Nxtpaper 5G	I have: Subtags: Kind of misnomer, it's kind of a subgenre/data tag. I use regular tags for genres. If I get enough under a main genre with one of these subtags, it gets promoted to a new genre in the main tag list. Page Count: Self-explanatory, but I stopped using it when I started using Goodreads and calibre added the Kindle page count file thingie after the 3.1 firmware update Read Status: Yes, No, In Progress Source: Where I got the book from; it's a prepopulated drop-down list that gets added to as needed. MR?: Yes/No - whether or not the author is a Mobileread member There are a few I used to have but deleted, like Date Read. It was redundant because of Goodreads and I got tired of updating info in two places.

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