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harmtemolder / koreader-calibre-plugin

A calibre plugin to synchronize metadata from KOReader to calibre
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[FEATURE] Sync tags in both directions to take advantage of KOReader's new collections feature #48

Closed WillScarlettOhara closed 2 months ago

WillScarlettOhara commented 2 months ago

Feature Summary

Add the ability to sync tags in both directions to take advantage of KOReader's new collections feature

Motivation

Like others, I don't really like the way I browse and display my books on KOReader. A small compensation would be to be able to sort my books by category.

Use Cases

I'd like to be able to create collections from Calibre and place my books in them with a single click.

Alternatives

A collection by Calibre tag or a new column on purpose. Both to let the choice.

Additional Context

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kyxap commented 2 months ago

Sorry I'm not following, what are those tags where do I find them? Is there any documentation?

kyxap commented 2 months ago

I'd like to be able to create collections from Calibre and place my books in them with a single click.

it does not sound like something related to sync plugin or I'm missing something?

WillScarlettOhara commented 2 months ago

Sorry I'm not following, what are those tags where do I find them? Is there any documentation?

Tags are a default column in Calibre. image You can put whatever you like. Personally, I indicate the genre of my books. https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/sub_groups.html

It would be great to be able to create collections in KOReader and place books in them from this Calibre column.

kyxap commented 2 months ago

create collections in KOReader

I've not used this feature and I can't find it in the menu, where it's located? does koreader support collection creation based on some sidecar data?

WillScarlettOhara commented 2 months ago

It's fairly new, so I don't know about the sidecar.

Collections can be found in the top right-hand menu. It's below History and Favorites. Then you can create collections one by one from there. Good luck when you have twenty tags or so like me.

Then to add a book to a collection: Long press a book > Add to collection

With my 1,300 books, I'd never take the time to do this manually, even though my books are already well-gendered/well-collectionned in Calibre.

kyxap commented 2 months ago

Oh ok... yeah I've added book to the collection but nothing was added to the metadata/sidecar which means it's saves somewhere else e.g. in db. Out of purpose of this plugin