Calibre Guide

: You can make these fields visible in the main book details pane by navigating to Preferences > Look & Feel > Book details and checking your new column.

If you need a second large text area similar to the default box, you can create a custom column: Go to Preferences > Add your own columns . Click the "Add custom column" button (+). Set the Column type to "Long text, like comments" . Calibre

: Calibre supports searching the entire content of your books, not just the metadata. Click the "FT" button on the left of the search bar to enable or use the full-text search interface. : You can make these fields visible in

Give it a (e.g., mynotes ) and a Column heading (e.g., "Notes"). Restart Calibre to see the change. Tips for Working with Long Text Set the Column type to "Long text, like comments"

: If you need to extract all text from a book into a single long file, it is often easier to convert the book to .txt or .rtf format first rather than trying to "select all" in the viewer.