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Old 02-19-2018, 02:45 PM   #1
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No Genre in Calibre 3
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There is no longer a "genre" feature in the metadata of ebooks in calibre 3. Can I get that back?
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Old 02-19-2018, 04:10 PM   #2
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Genre has never been a standard Calibre column as far as I know. If you had such a column it was almost certainly a custom column.
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Old 02-20-2018, 11:12 AM   #3
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Unfortunately it won't stay, when transfering data to the new version.
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Old 02-20-2018, 11:14 AM   #4
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What version of calibre are you moving from?
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Old 02-20-2018, 04:51 PM   #5
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Unfortunately it won't stay, when transfering data to the new version.
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Why are you transferring the data, and how are you transferring it?

In six years of using calibre and installing well over a 100 new versions I've never had to do anything its data (libraries or configuration).

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Old 02-20-2018, 07:48 PM   #6
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Do you have the View Manager plugin installed by chance? Maybe the new version is somehow using the wrong View and hiding the Genre column.
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Old 02-20-2018, 09:59 PM   #7
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Do you have the View Manager plugin installed by chance? Maybe the new version is somehow using the wrong View and hiding the Genre column.
This happened to me before. Thought I added a column then it disappeared. Brought it back then it disappeared. Once I added it to my View Manager plugin it stayed visible.
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I just thought of another possibility, again related to the View Manager plugin. The new split list feature only respects the view of the View Manager plugin on the left pane. If you're looking at the right pane, it might not show the Genre column even if it's part of the current View.

I get around this by doing all my work in the left pane while leaving the right pane only wide enough to show the Title field.
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Old 02-23-2018, 03:48 AM   #9
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What version of calibre are you moving from?
I moved from 2.x to 3.17 when transferring data to a new pc. I used calibre/ transfering all data.
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I moved from 2.x to 3.17 when transferring data to a new pc. I used calibre/ transfering all data.
Others have made all sorts of calibre-specific suggestions. Perhaps they'll help.

Otherwise, I suspect the column hasn't really disappeared completely (or else I'd expect to have seen far more complaints about vanishing custom columns). Is it visible when you go into Preferences and look at the bit about custom columns?

Or for general trouble-shooting, what happens if you install calibre 2.x on your new computer?
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Old 03-02-2018, 05:10 AM   #11
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Hi,
now on another PC I changed to from 2.x to V3.18 AFTER installing ViewManager. This time the genre column stayed
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