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Best method to implement multiple series for 1 book
I sometimes encounter a book which belongs to more than 1 series (spin-off/cross-over/re-issue, etc.). Up to now I did not bother (it seldom happens) so I just included a separate identical book copy for the other series. Problem solved.
Or is it? I have now 2 identical copies of the same book in the DB, and each is to be maintained separately to keep them in sync. Not handy. Also space-wise. So I started thinking about a better solution with just one physical book entry: for instance adding a second "series" column to the book (would that work?) or do something with links (to a dummy book entry for the other series?) So my question: has somebody tried this already and found good/better solution? What is advisable? |
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I just make a note about other series in the comments, but then I have very few such books (I tend to dislike spin-offs and crossovers, and I don't collect multiple issues of the same book, unless there have been substantial changes in the content). For your purpose, creating a custom column for series-like information would probably be the best solution.
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This has come up several times before. My general answer: Save yourself the headache of dealing with this problem by simply banging your head against your desk (preferably, quite vigorously), cursing the author for creating the metadata hell, and then drowning your pain in a nice glass of your preferred libation. Works every time.
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So if the book fits in series A as #4 and Series B as #3 and you plan in reading it as part of series B, put it under series B [3]. |
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What is the most relevant index for that book. Usually it is the spinoff.
A true Spinoff does not require knowledge of the parent story OTOH It could be the branch of a Parent (Hierarchical) Pern.Dragonriders Pern.Harper Hall Then there are (arbitrary?) Cycles. C.J. Cherryh did this with Foreigner. I started with Cycles (as the Author indicated) and later just went linear. I do have a Second (custom) Series column, for when 2 series play together. J.A. Jance has books where 2 of her series overlap in a case And then there is the Catchall: <Various> (BTW Kobo indicates a Blank series when I use this notation) I usually Set MY Favorite series into 1 of my Series type columns and use <Various> when there are more than 2 I also have <Various not from a single Author> that gets used with collections / bundles. In all Cases, <Various> gets an index of 0 |
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"Supports both the built-in Calibre series column and optional custom series columns." https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=125729 |
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I was playing a little with the "manage series" option to <connect> two series to each other (which kind of works, but unfortunately not for a single book) and found the indicated popup. However, I have no clue what the column "Was" can be used for: it cannot be edited whatsoever.
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This action is consistent with MANAGE TAGS (built into Calibre) |
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@BetterRed, @theducks: thanks for the update
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Unfortunately, Calibre was designed in times when EPUB format was too primitive to store multiple series.
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A more workable solution is to either use EPUB_split or Create an empty book that has a link to the parent. Neither is an effortless solution. |
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