Is there a way to automatically tag books by your favorite authors? ...

MarjaE · 09-20-2020, 11:24 PM

Is there a way to automatically tag books by your favorite authors? Or by disappointing authors you'd like to give another chance? Or by untried authors if you've never rated any of their works.

I already use my own #rating column to tag books I've read or abandoned.

I can manually tag these, but it'd be nice to automatically tag them after I upload books.

ilovejedd · 09-21-2020, 12:44 AM

Instead of tagging, maybe try User Categories?

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui...ry#tag-browser

Personally, I find this to be a more elegant way of keeping track of works by favorite (and not-so-favorite) authors rather than using yet another tag or custom column.

MarjaE · 09-21-2020, 01:27 AM

Sorry, but the animation in the tag browser gives me migraines.

ownedbycats · 09-21-2020, 02:41 AM

If you just want a visual indicator and don't care about searching it, you could use column icons (Preferences > Look & Feel > Column Icons) to display icons next to the author name. So you can use a star for authors you liked, or a red X for disliked authors, question mark for untested, etc. As long as the author is already in one of the rules it'll automatically show up on new books.

BetterRed · 09-21-2020, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarjaE

Sorry, but the animation in the tag browser gives me migraines.

You might want try the User Categories plugin, it allows you to maintain a UC (add/delete things) either from a toolbar icon, or as I prefer via the book list context menu.

BR

MarjaE · 09-22-2020, 02:28 PM

Sorry, I haven't been able to set up icons either, I don't know what to do.

BetterRed · 09-22-2020, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarjaE

Sorry, I haven't been able to set up icons either, I don't know what to do.

@MarjaE - I responded to your post in the UC plugin thread.

Also hoping Kovid or chaley might respond to the concluding paragraph.

BR

09-20-2020, 11:24 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Is there a way to automatically tag books by your favorite authors? ... Is there a way to automatically tag books by your favorite authors? Or by disappointing authors you'd like to give another chance? Or by untried authors if you've never rated any of their works. I already use my own #rating column to tag books I've read or abandoned. I can manually tag these, but it'd be nice to automatically tag them after I upload books.

09-21-2020, 12:44 AM	#2
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Instead of tagging, maybe try User Categories? https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui...ry#tag-browser Personally, I find this to be a more elegant way of keeping track of works by favorite (and not-so-favorite) authors rather than using yet another tag or custom column. Last edited by ilovejedd; 09-21-2020 at 12:46 AM.

09-21-2020, 02:41 AM	#4
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,600 Karma: 61176603 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	If you just want a visual indicator and don't care about searching it, you could use column icons (Preferences > Look & Feel > Column Icons) to display icons next to the author name. So you can use a star for authors you liked, or a red X for disliked authors, question mark for untested, etc. As long as the author is already in one of the rules it'll automatically show up on new books. Last edited by ownedbycats; 09-21-2020 at 02:46 AM.

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09-21-2020, 01:27 AM	#3
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Sorry, but the animation in the tag browser gives me migraines.

09-22-2020, 02:28 PM	#6
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Sorry, I haven't been able to set up icons either, I don't know what to do.