How to handle Special Editions in series?

ownedbycats · 11-04-2020, 11:30 PM

Some of my series of books, usually children's books, have "special editions" (or sometimes even "super specials"

). I've been trying to figure out how to handle these in Calibre.

Right now I just have them as a separate series. I'm not sure if I like this. I thought about using the decimal points (e.g. 4.5) to put them into the order they appeared in the main series but I'm not quite sure about that and it gets messy when mixed in with omnibuses.

Any other suggestions?

pdurrant · 11-05-2020, 03:02 AM

I put omnibuses in their own series, and use the Split Epub plugin to split them into individual volumes to be placed in the non-omnibus series.

So I'd use a fractional number to place the specials in the appropriate place in the series.

11-04-2020, 11:30 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,927 Karma: 74801041 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	How to handle Special Editions in series? Some of my series of books, usually children's books, have "special editions" (or sometimes even "super specials" ). I've been trying to figure out how to handle these in Calibre. Right now I just have them as a separate series. I'm not sure if I like this. I thought about using the decimal points (e.g. 4.5) to put them into the order they appeared in the main series but I'm not quite sure about that and it gets messy when mixed in with omnibuses. Any other suggestions? Last edited by ownedbycats; 11-04-2020 at 11:32 PM.

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11-05-2020, 03:02 AM	#2
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,908 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I put omnibuses in their own series, and use the Split Epub plugin to split them into individual volumes to be placed in the non-omnibus series. So I'd use a fractional number to place the specials in the appropriate place in the series.

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