Suggestion: Ability to add more columns

[Taubin]

I'm not sure if this is possible or not, but it would be great to be able to add custom columns that I've added to calibre. I have a few to keep track of my annotations, as well as reading location, series etc.

It would be great to be able to add these to the import as well.

I can provide an example db if you'd like. Thank you for the plugin, it's great!

Translated in google translate to German below:

Unten mit Google Translate ins Deutsche übersetzt:

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob das möglich ist oder nicht, aber es wäre toll, benutzerdefinierte Spalten hinzufügen zu können, die ich zu Calibre hinzugefügt habe. Ich habe ein paar, um den Überblick über meine Anmerkungen sowie den Leseort, die Serie usw. zu behalten.

Es wäre toll, diese auch zum Import hinzufügen zu können.

Wenn Sie möchten, kann ich Ihnen eine Beispieldatenbank zur Verfügung stellen. Vielen Dank für das Plugin, es ist großartig!

[Mick2nd]

Hi Taubin,
Thank you for using the plugin. I will have a look at it!

[Mick2nd]

Hi Taubin, In the mean time I decided to extend the plugin to add: 1. Series / Series Index information 2. Up to 5 custom columns (configurable) One question remains: should custom columns with the is_multiple flag set be supported? And how should the entry look like? My idea is to include it in the output table with multiple lines per column. It would certainly be helpful, if you sent me your sample Calibre database. So long, Jürgen

[Taubin]

Thank you Jürgen! I've created an example db with the fields I use. I believe I've uploaded it and given you access properly.

https://github.com/Taubin/calibre_test_db

Thank you for all the work you're doing on this, it's great for me to be able to keep track of my books on a self hosted instance. Have a great holiday season.

[Mick2nd]

Hi Taubin,

I just want to let you know: yesterday I released a new version 1.1.0 of Calibre Import. Now up ro 10 custom columns are configurable. To get the proper names you must configure a Calibre database (maybe a template). After this a selection of the columns is possible. The background is the idea, one will seldom change the custom tables from library to library.

I also invested some work to implement the rating stars. Hopefully you like them.

I also published a chromestyle.css file. It could be helpful to change the layout of the settings page to make better use of the available area.

Please do not hesitate to tell me additional problems and ideas. I want to make the plugin further useful.

Jürgen

[Taubin]

Thank you so much Jürgen! I'm away from my main computer for a bit, but I will definitely check it out once I'm back. Thank you again for all the work you've done on this!