HELP: Adding a book that contains two novels to a series

deadman36g · 11-01-2016, 07:42 PM

I have the following book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40992.Shadow_Claw

Which contains booth book 1 and book 2 of The Book of the New Sun.

Is there a way to represent this in Calibre without having gaps in my series information?

PeterT · 11-01-2016, 07:54 PM

Does Numbering omnibus edition? help?

FizzyWater · 11-01-2016, 11:12 PM

Two possibilities:

I know this isn't ideal for many here, but I add the the book series and number a the front of all my book names so they sort together. For your example, in the Series column, I'd just put a 1, but in the Title it would be "series_name 01-02".

Another option is you could create empty records for the book 2, and just point to the combined book as the location of the book in the Description. At a glance, you'd see you have the series.

AnemicOak · 11-02-2016, 12:46 AM

Another option is to split it into the two separate books.

If I was doing it for my library I'd probably split it. (I say that, but lately I often can't be bothered to do so anymore)

Or otherwise number it 1.2 and if I added the second volume the publisher offers number that 3.4, although I find that numbering system less than ideal since more and more series are having multiple shorts or novellas between books that might use those numbers (in a general sense, not this series in particular). Maybe 1.02 (& 3.04) instead of 1.2 of course either way this becomes a problem for series with a single novella between books where that would normally be numbered 1.5, etc.

Krazykiwi · 11-02-2016, 01:07 PM

I guess it depends what you're actually trying to do. For me, the only reason I care is so that I don't buy a standalone book I already have as part of an omnibus.

I number them for the first book in the omnibus, and tag it "Omnibus" and note which books they are in the top of the description. I have a colouring rule that changes their row colour, which is enough to remind me that they're there.

dwig · 11-02-2016, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krazykiwi

I guess it depends what you're actually trying to do. For me, the only reason I care is so that I don't buy a standalone book I already have as part of an omnibus.

I number them for the first book in the omnibus, and tag it "Omnibus" and note which books they are in the top of the description. I have a colouring rule that changes their row colour, which is enough to remind me that they're there.

That's pretty much the way I handle it.

When I search for a book or story, I generally type the title in the search bar. if I've added the individual titles to the Description field, the search will find any omnibus edition that contains the title. With short story collections, I often open the book in a viewer, copy the TOC, and paste it into the description so that a search for a story name will find any collections containing it.

11-01-2016, 07:42 PM	#1
deadman36g Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: iPad	HELP: Adding a book that contains two novels to a series I have the following book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40992.Shadow_Claw Which contains booth book 1 and book 2 of The Book of the New Sun. Is there a way to represent this in Calibre without having gaps in my series information?

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11-01-2016, 07:54 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Does Numbering omnibus edition? help?

11-01-2016, 11:12 PM	#3
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Two possibilities: I know this isn't ideal for many here, but I add the the book series and number a the front of all my book names so they sort together. For your example, in the Series column, I'd just put a 1, but in the Title it would be "series_name 01-02". Another option is you could create empty records for the book 2, and just point to the combined book as the location of the book in the Description. At a glance, you'd see you have the series.

11-02-2016, 12:46 AM	#4
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Another option is to split it into the two separate books. If I was doing it for my library I'd probably split it. (I say that, but lately I often can't be bothered to do so anymore) Or otherwise number it 1.2 and if I added the second volume the publisher offers number that 3.4, although I find that numbering system less than ideal since more and more series are having multiple shorts or novellas between books that might use those numbers (in a general sense, not this series in particular). Maybe 1.02 (& 3.04) instead of 1.2 of course either way this becomes a problem for series with a single novella between books where that would normally be numbered 1.5, etc.

11-02-2016, 01:07 PM	#5
Krazykiwi Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 2156958 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Too many random androids to list	I guess it depends what you're actually trying to do. For me, the only reason I care is so that I don't buy a standalone book I already have as part of an omnibus. I number them for the first book in the omnibus, and tag it "Omnibus" and note which books they are in the top of the description. I have a colouring rule that changes their row colour, which is enough to remind me that they're there.

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