Does anyone else use Calibre to organize magazines?

ownedbycats · 02-20-2019, 05:05 PM

I have some magazines in PDF format. I've been putting them in Calibre, but it just struck me that the way I do it is a bit repetitive:

Title: Magazine Name - Date of Magazine
Author: Magazine Publisher
Series: Magazine Name
Series Number: YYYY.MM [unless it has its own number, e.g. Rolling Stone]
Publisher: Magazine Publisher

I put the table of contents into the comments section, so that article titles and authors are searchable.

Has anyone figured out a better way to handle this?

theducks · 02-20-2019, 07:09 PM

Very similar
Analog was a problem with their combined issues, so I simply use the first month as the index (the title has both)

BetterRed · 02-20-2019, 08:38 PM

@ownedbycats - I keep Magazines, Journals etc in a separate physical library. In terms of what goes where; the following, which is similar to yours, works for me:

I put Publication Name into Author, and Issue <identifier> into Title. What goes into Title varies by Publication - for some it's date based (e.g. 2008-01, 2017-Q2), for others it's issue number, or in one case Folio number/issue number. Basically what ever is needed to differentiate the issues of a Magazine or Journal.

Publisher and Publication Date go where you'd expect. I don't make use of the Series column. I have a custom long text column for Contents -- I don't use the Comments column because it cannot be edited from the book list.

For this library I have the Author and Title sort tweaks set to copy and strictly_alphabetic.

BR

Tarana · 02-21-2019, 10:02 AM

Yes, all my Asimov and other literary type magazines are in Calibre, but I keep them in my TBR and finally in my personal library (stuff I've read). Name of magazine, followed by year and month. I don't use the publication date column. My family members never read short stories, so I don't have to do more than that (not kept in the "general" library).

02-20-2019, 05:05 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,342 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Does anyone else use Calibre to organize magazines? I have some magazines in PDF format. I've been putting them in Calibre, but it just struck me that the way I do it is a bit repetitive: Title: Magazine Name - Date of Magazine Author: Magazine Publisher Series: Magazine Name Series Number: YYYY.MM [unless it has its own number, e.g. Rolling Stone] Publisher: Magazine Publisher I put the table of contents into the comments section, so that article titles and authors are searchable. Has anyone figured out a better way to handle this?

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,249 Karma: 61360164 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Very similar Analog was a problem with their combined issues, so I simply use the first month as the index (the title has both)

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,010 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@ownedbycats - I keep Magazines, Journals etc in a separate physical library. In terms of what goes where; the following, which is similar to yours, works for me: I put Publication Name into Author, and Issue <identifier> into Title. What goes into Title varies by Publication - for some it's date based (e.g. 2008-01, 2017-Q2), for others it's issue number, or in one case Folio number/issue number. Basically what ever is needed to differentiate the issues of a Magazine or Journal. Publisher and Publication Date go where you'd expect. I don't make use of the Series column. I have a custom long text column for Contents -- I don't use the Comments column because it cannot be edited from the book list. For this library I have the Author and Title sort tweaks set to copy and strictly_alphabetic. BR

02-21-2019, 10:02 AM	#4
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,061 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Yes, all my Asimov and other literary type magazines are in Calibre, but I keep them in my TBR and finally in my personal library (stuff I've read). Name of magazine, followed by year and month. I don't use the publication date column. My family members never read short stories, so I don't have to do more than that (not kept in the "general" library).

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