Can you Automatically Add tag to Book when it is Emailed to Kindle ?

sourcecodemage · Today, 11:16 AM

I'm trying to make it easy to know which books in my library have been shared by email to the Kindle App or Kindle Device via the send2kindle service.

Things that I've tried

Metadata Plugboard - export to any device. This doesn't seem to be triggered by "share by email"
Auto Send Only Tags - This don't seem to do anything. I tried adding a tag a book to "trigger" share by email. And I tried sharing by email to see if the tag specified here would automatically be added. Neither worked. To be honest, the documentation doesn't explain what this field does, so I'm just trying things.

Is there a way to either

Have adding a tag to a book automatically share it by email?

or

Have sharing by email automatically add the tag to the book?

Either of those will let me know the book was sent by email, which is all I want.

Related:

What is the purpose of "Auto send only tags"

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theducks · Today, 11:55 AM

Tags / metadata can be added to the DELIVERED copy ONLY.
You can add a tag during some Add Books methods (AFAIK nor via drag and drop)

I suspect you just want a delivery log?

kovidgoyal · Today, 12:58 PM

auto send only tags controls which books are auto sent. And no you cannot change the metadata of the book when it is emailed. You could get what you want my possibly using the action chains plugin to create an action that adds a tag to the book and then emails it.

Today, 11:16 AM	#1
sourcecodemage Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2023 Location: USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11th Gen	Can you Automatically Add tag to Book when it is Emailed to Kindle ? I'm trying to make it easy to know which books in my library have been shared by email to the Kindle App or Kindle Device via the send2kindle service. Things that I've tried Metadata Plugboard - export to any device. This doesn't seem to be triggered by "share by email" Auto Send Only Tags - This don't seem to do anything. I tried adding a tag a book to "trigger" share by email. And I tried sharing by email to see if the tag specified here would automatically be added. Neither worked. To be honest, the documentation doesn't explain what this field does, so I'm just trying things. Is there a way to either Have adding a tag to a book automatically share it by email? or Have sharing by email automatically add the tag to the book? Either of those will let me know the book was sent by email, which is all I want. Related: What is the purpose of "Auto send only tags" Attachment 222193

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Today, 11:55 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,656 Karma: 64144480 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Tags / metadata can be added to the DELIVERED copy ONLY. You can add a tag during some Add Books methods (AFAIK nor via drag and drop) I suspect you just want a delivery log?

Today, 12:58 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 46,161 Karma: 29626604 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	auto send only tags controls which books are auto sent. And no you cannot change the metadata of the book when it is emailed. You could get what you want my possibly using the action chains plugin to create an action that adds a tag to the book and then emails it.

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