Book cover with blurb

[Katja_hbg]

I am looking for a solution to scroll through my unread books and find the next best by inspiration.

Creating a catalogue is time consuming, always outdated and not flexible.

As I like to use this on the pc I played around with calibre function.
- book details is currently the best as I can set a filter and make the view veeeeery wide to see the whole blurb. But not realy nice to look at and I need to adjust that wide afterwards.
- grid and list does not offer to show a long text at once
- book info shows each and every column without an option to hide or sort. Therefore the blurb is at the very end (not visible) and I need to scroll down.
- title browser seems to work as I am allowed to choose a template for the text to be shown under the image. But .... the text size is too big and shows only about 50 characters.

So this is where I like to ask the experts: how to create a template resp. a column to show the blurb in a smaller size.
Or maybe the size of that function needs to be changed somewhere else?

At the end this will become a nice possibility to run through all or a subset of books looking at the cover but reading the blurb.

[kovidgoyal]

Use the content server. You can define a template for the book list that includes a cover and comments.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

- book details is currently the best as I can set a filter and make the view veeeeery wide to see the whole blurb. But not realy nice to look at and I need to adjust that wide afterwards.

This sounds as if you are trying to adjust the Book Details within the confines of the calibre view. If you select a book and hit the "i" key you will get a pop up book details window that may be more to your liking.

[Katja_hbg]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Use the content server. You can define a template for the book list that includes a cover and comments.

Yes I tried that as well and looks good as it shows more than one book at once. So nice scrolling through my books.
The content server is perfect when my husband is «blocking» the pc and I am on my ipad. But isn't it a bit exaggerated to start the content server only to get a specific view when I am on the pc and calibre is running anyhow?

Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

This sounds as if you are trying to adjust the Book Details within the confines of the calibre view. If you select a book and hit the "i" key you will get a pop up book details window that may be more to your liking.

no «i» does not work:
book info shows each and every column without an option to hide or sort. Therefore the blurb is at the very end (not visible) and I need to scroll.
So without possibility to hide or sort like for most other views it will not show the comment/blurb without scrolling for each book.


Is it possible to write a template for a column which includes the font siize?
The title browser allows to select a template resp. column. I know how to do that but not how to add font size.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

Yes I tried that as well and looks good as it shows more than one book at once. So nice scrolling through my books.
The content server is perfect when my husband is «blocking» the pc and I am on my ipad. But isn't it a bit exaggerated to start the content server only to get a specific view when I am on the pc and calibre is running anyhow?

I dont see why. You want this view for a specific purpose -- it doesn't seem like an undue hardship to click a few buttons to achieve that purpose.

[Katja_hbg]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

no «i» does not work:
book info shows each and every column without an option to hide or sort. Therefore the blurb is at the very end (not visible) and I need to scroll.
So without possibility to hide or sort like for most other views it will not show the comment/blurb without scrolling for each book.

For scrolling through my books I used «I» as I found a way to tweak it (copy of comment field and arrange filelds in details view).
Now I see there is a configuration button on the I-view.
Independent whether this is new or I was blind: thanks for providing that!

No need to scroll anymore as I show only few fields above the comment.
Cursor also works well, when it is placed on the grid again.
Perfect.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

Independent whether this is new or I was blind: thanks for providing that!

It was introduced in Version 3.12 [09 Nov, 2017]

Allow configuring the metadata fields displayed in the pop-up Book details window. To configure, simply click the 'Configure' link at the bottom of the window.

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