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Old 09-28-2015, 04:13 AM   #1
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Some questions about calibre
Hi,sorry for my poor english and my poor calibre knowledge.
I have 2 quick questions for managing my small library. I hope i'm in the right section of the forum

1) Is there a way to have in the "main page" (i think is "Authors" ) a custom order of the books that doesn't depend from author name,title ecc.? I just want to switch position of the books like in a proper library.

2)Is there a way to pile series book ? Let's say i have the serie of harry potter and i want that in my library is showed as "Harry Potter" and not all the seven books so that i have a compact view of my library. I know i can create "series" but i don't find i way to pile the serie.

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1) Is there a way to have in the "main page" (i think is "Authors" ) a custom order of the books that doesn't depend from author name,title ecc.? I just want to switch position of the books like in a proper library.
You can sort any of the columns by clicking the heading. You can rearrange the column by dragging and dropping the headings. Is either of these what you want?
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2)Is there a way to pile series book ? Let's say i have the serie of harry potter and i want that in my library is showed as "Harry Potter" and not all the seven books so that i have a compact view of my library. I know i can create "series" but i don't find i way to pile the serie.
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Hi,sorry for my poor english and my poor calibre knowledge.
I have 2 quick questions for managing my small library. I hope i'm in the right section of the forum

1) Is there a way to have in the "main page" (i think is "Authors" ) a custom order of the books that doesn't depend from author name,title ecc.? I just want to switch position of the books like in a proper library.
You can also go under preferences/tweaks and then select "Specify columns to sort the booklist by on startup" to set a custom defaultsort.
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Old 09-28-2015, 11:05 AM   #4
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You can sort any of the columns by clicking the heading. You can rearrange the column by dragging and dropping the headings. Is either of these what you want?
I' tried to drag a book in a different position, but it doesn't work, the books stay in the same positions. I also tried to go in the tweak settings as suggested but i can't understand how it works with the codes.

This is by the way what i'm trying to do

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So i want to switch position of the book Norwegian Wood and to put in position 1.
Like i would do in a normal library.
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Old 09-28-2015, 11:26 AM   #5
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You can not move a books position that way

Alphabetical , Numerical, Date are the 3 built in sorts, depending on column data type, with a choice of ascending or descending (clic the column head a second time to flip direction)

If you want some other order, you need a custom column that you HAND populate with values that sort.

The reading list plugin might help you manage YOUR order column
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I' tried to drag a book in a different position, but it doesn't work, the books stay in the same positions. I also tried to go in the tweak settings as suggested but i can't understand how it works with the codes.

This is by the way what i'm trying to do

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So i want to switch position of the book Norwegian Wood and to put in position 1.
Like i would do in a normal library.
Why would this book be in position 1 in a normal library?

To sort correctly by either Title, Author or Series, you will first need to get allt he metadata correct. Then the books will sort correctly, automatically.
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Old 09-29-2015, 05:50 AM   #7
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It was just an example, i know it's wrong to switch books in that positions.
Maybe the ducks found a possible solution, i'll try this plugin
If not,it's not the end of the world.

UPDATE: i tried the plugin, it seems what i was looking for. I just don't understand if there is a way to show this reading list as a default library. Thanks theducks
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I just want to switch position of the books like in a proper library.
The last time I went into a real library, they were using the Dewey Decimal System

You can create a custom column and enter your own decimal system. Might be a lot of work if you want each book separately numbered. but you can apply a number in bulk to multiple books
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