working with text labels

[Fynjisx]

1.Books can be marked with a text label. Do these labels persist across caliber reloads? ,
2.what is the point of these text labels if they are not saved?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Fynjisx

1.Books can be marked with a text label. Do these labels persist across caliber reloads? ,
2.what is the point of these text labels if they are not saved?

1. No.

2. To differentiate marked books.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Fynjisx

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2.what is the point of these text labels if they are not saved?

I guess you never sorted a socks drawer - discard, darning, short, summer, winter, dress, bed, golf…

BR

[Fynjisx]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

1. No.

2. To differentiate marked books.

what is the point of me using them within the same session???

[Fynjisx]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I guess you never sorted a socks drawer - discard, darning, short, summer, winter, dress, bed, golf…

BR

really))). if there are several thousand books, then within one session, everything must be done

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Fynjisx

what is the point of me using them within the same session???

Marks are used by plugins and people to organize data within a session. They let you organize (temporarily) without modifying book metadata. If you don't want to do that then indeed there is no point in using them. Same thing is true of many calibre features: if you don't want what the feature provides then there is no point in you using the feature.

If you want "permanent" marks then add them as metadata: use a custom text column (possibly tags-like) and put the "mark text" there. Or use a tag. Or use Reading List. And if you want, use search & replace to copy marks to whatever metadata column/category that strikes your fancy.