How to Organise Magazines

DawnDawn88 · 03-24-2019, 02:55 AM

Is it possible to organize magazines as well and if so how. Plus is there a way to organize magazine based ebooks. I was wondering on how to organize ebooks and magazines if there is not much or any metadata at all. For example if the ebook is a cookbook from better homes and gardens and you want to organize them separately could you create a area called "Magazine>Ebook" and then ebooks such as "Ebook>Cookbooks", "Ebook>DIY" and so forth. I would need (3) categories (1) Ebook (2) Digital Magazine (3) Magazine>Ebook.

Plus I would like to make categories for the magazines.

Is any of this possible if so please help me out with telling me how to do this.

BetterRed · 03-24-2019, 04:15 AM

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I moved your post into its own thread. The thread you posted to was 4 years old. Calibre has changed in the intervening period.

I keep magazines and periodicals in a separate library, I put the journal/magazine name (e.g. Vanity Fair) in Authors, and the issue identifier (2019-04) in Title - I appreciate its counter intuitive but it works for me.

BR

theducks · 03-24-2019, 11:14 AM

As BR indicated; Titles must be unique (the issue is the tie-breaker) or they can be treated as duplicates.

For sorting I use the series column in 2 variations:
when issues have a (sequential) issue number, I use that [69]
when issues have monthly or week dates, I use [yyyy.mm] or [yyyy.ww] <<you cannot do yyyy.mm.ww because this must be a floating point number

Tarana · 03-24-2019, 11:53 AM

I have 4 magazine subscriptions. I list them in Calibre in this order. As I recall, I had to import the Asimov's one at a time because Calibre saw them all as the same issue. That may not be true today. For Author, I just put the name of the Magazine. For tags, I list these as Science Fiction - Magazine.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2010 07
Asimov's Science Fiction 2012 01
Galaxy's Edge #02
Galaxy's Edge #37
Lightspeed #15 Aug 2011

Most of my cooking magazines have been pdf so I just keep those in a separate folder without installing into Calibre since I side load them directly onto a tablet. I do have a separate Calibre library for cookbooks - maybe you want to do that and include the magazines as well? Since my library is separate for cooking, I tag it as general, baking, decorate, and cooking. (I have a lot of cake decorating books/mags).

03-24-2019, 04:15 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,653 Karma: 26966376 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Moderator Notice I moved your post into its own thread. The thread you posted to was 4 years old. Calibre has changed in the intervening period. I keep magazines and periodicals in a separate library, I put the journal/magazine name (e.g. Vanity Fair) in Authors, and the issue identifier (2019-04) in Title - I appreciate its counter intuitive but it works for me. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 03-24-2019 at 03:57 PM.

03-24-2019, 11:53 AM	#4
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,983 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	I have 4 magazine subscriptions. I list them in Calibre in this order. As I recall, I had to import the Asimov's one at a time because Calibre saw them all as the same issue. That may not be true today. For Author, I just put the name of the Magazine. For tags, I list these as Science Fiction - Magazine. Asimov's Science Fiction 2010 07 Asimov's Science Fiction 2012 01 Galaxy's Edge #02 Galaxy's Edge #37 Lightspeed #15 Aug 2011 Most of my cooking magazines have been pdf so I just keep those in a separate folder without installing into Calibre since I side load them directly onto a tablet. I do have a separate Calibre library for cookbooks - maybe you want to do that and include the magazines as well? Since my library is separate for cooking, I tag it as general, baking, decorate, and cooking. (I have a lot of cake decorating books/mags). Last edited by Tarana; 03-24-2019 at 11:59 AM.

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03-24-2019, 02:55 AM	#1
DawnDawn88 Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 600010 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: amazon fire 5th gen	How to Organise Magazines Is it possible to organize magazines as well and if so how. Plus is there a way to organize magazine based ebooks. I was wondering on how to organize ebooks and magazines if there is not much or any metadata at all. For example if the ebook is a cookbook from better homes and gardens and you want to organize them separately could you create a area called "Magazine>Ebook" and then ebooks such as "Ebook>Cookbooks", "Ebook>DIY" and so forth. I would need (3) categories (1) Ebook (2) Digital Magazine (3) Magazine>Ebook. Plus I would like to make categories for the magazines. Is any of this possible if so please help me out with telling me how to do this.

03-24-2019, 11:14 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,944 Karma: 55705602 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	As BR indicated; Titles must be unique (the issue is the tie-breaker) or they can be treated as duplicates. For sorting I use the series column in 2 variations: when issues have a (sequential) issue number, I use that [69] when issues have monthly or week dates, I use [yyyy.mm] or [yyyy.ww] <<you cannot do yyyy.mm.ww because this must be a floating point number

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