Dear Marco, yours is an excellent setup... excellent and very easy. Thanks a lot... If one uses Zotero for the source management and eventually uses the Zotero integration plugin for the Obsidian, YOUR setup can be enhanced tremendously just by placing the link to the file in the Zotero just below the book heading. I recommend reading in the Zotero, the pdf annotation features of Zotero are really high-class. Also, there is an added advantage. when you finish up the book, just import all your annotations and notes into the same file to keep the things in one place. thanks for the setup though... regards 😍
Hi just wanna say thanks for this amazing tutorial! I'm new to Obsidian and am trying to build a library in it, this one is just neat and pretty :) Thanks a lot Marco!
Hi Marco! just wanted to say thank you so much for this, I love how this turned out and I subscribed for you just because I'm looking for more tutorials like these! Btw if you could help me, I'm having trouble directly accessing the book notes from the gallery view, if I click on the note link it just gives me this popup to edit its properties, could you help me find a way to directly access the notes from the gallery view? thanks!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that! To answer your question: by default, the Projects plugin opens the editor when you click on a note link. However, if you press Cmd (or Ctrl on Windows) and click the link, the note will open directly. If you want to change the default behavior, go to the plugin settings and modify the "Link behavior" option. Let me know if that works! Cheers!
Thanks for the great instructions. This works fine for me with one exception: I can select all parameters in the Gallery View, except for covers. This parameter is not displayed. Do you have any idea what the problem could be? The cover field in the template is filled in perfectly by Google, so that can't be the problem. I made the template with the new properties function.
It looks like the problem existed because the property Type of the cover was a list instead of a text. After changing the property type it works great.
Hey, thank you! Yes, this kind of issue can happen usually for two reasons: 1. If the property field is assigned to the wrong type 2. If at least one of the notes has an error inside that field. Cheers!
Hi, thank you for the video, but if I want to create the same gallery, but with different subsections. Like: Books - Postmodern Philosophy - Derrida (and other authors) and only within the Derrida section (I would like to see his books, also as a gallery). How can this be realized? Would I have to create a pile of projects?
Hey there! No need to create multiple projects for this. You can use a single project and set up multiple gallery views, each with its own filters to display specific books. Alternatively, you can stick to one gallery view and adjust the filters on the fly to show the books you’re interested in at any given time.
Hey Marco, thanks for this I've been using it and it works great! I'm a musician/producer and would like to have a music database and was hoping to do something similar to this video but with audio/music. Had a look for a music list plugin with no luck. Media DB looks like it could do it but I wouldn't know how to set it up, is this something that you might wanna consider? There are a couple of reddit posts out there with some accomplishing some sort of database but for somenone like me who's not experienced in connecting databases with queries and plugins this would be really useful, many thanks
Great video! I did it all right. The only thing I don't understand is why when I click on the title of a book in the gallery view, it doesn't switch to the book itself, but a window with metadata editing appears. And when I click on a book from the list in table view, I am properly thrown inside the book, where I can view all the information. What could be the problem?
Great video. Only one issue- when I change the status of a book from 'unread' to 'read', I get an error icon in the project inspector. It only goes away if I change it back to 'read'. Any idea why this is happening?
Thank you, Tray! I tested it just now and it works fine for me. Could you provide more details about the error? Also, is the "status" property field a text type? Where are you changing the property value-on the project card or from the note? Cheers!
Wish you had included the code in the template in the information about the template. As someone that is not so familiar with code, I hade to take screen shots to capture the code so I could use it.
Hey, you just need to store the number of highlights as a property in your book note. Then, enable that property from the "Include fields" dropdown menu in your project view.
This is the best! I copied this for my vault. Perhaps you can make a video on how I would apply this book template to what is produced from the kindle sync plugin using the my clippings file? I’m also not sure what the code does even after listening to your explanation. Love your videos!
Hey, thank you very much! I don't know about the kindle sync plugin but maybe I'll take a look at it. Regarding the templater code, Obsidian treats the information inside the "" as regular text instead of frontmatter. This prevents Obsidian from detecting metadata inside the template (e.g. during dataview queries). Cheers!
Hello Marco! Thanks for the video. I wanted to ask you, if it is possible to add the "Publisher" property, what is the function to write? Thanks in advance if you reply!
Hi, @@Bergerons_Review. Do you see the “- - -“ inside the book note you create? If so, did you install Templater? Maybe you can provide a screenshot of the template and the note? Cheers
I used Notion years ago and tried it again when they acquired Cron and launched the Notion Calendar. However, I don't think it's the right fit for me. Obsidian provides greater flexibility and customization, and I feel my notes truly belong to me (I’m sorry, but I don’t fully trust Notion). That said, Notion databases are powerful tools, along with other features. However, I prefer using ClickUp for my project and business management.
Hello Marco. The book search plugin does not work for me; when I try to search, it gives me: no results found. I tried to install this plugin on another vault, create my own api key for google books, install the plugin version as in your video, but all this did not solve the problem, could you help me?
Hey, sorry to hear that. I've tested reinstalling the plugin and simply copying and pasting the template from the video description. It works perfectly for me, and I don't use any Google Book API. Could you give it another shot? There might have been some temporary glitches. If the problem persists, I recommend sharing some screenshots on my Discord for further help, or report the issue directly through the GitHub plugin repository. Cheers!
@@Marco_Mindstone Hello! It means that in my obsidian, as soon as I search for the book, as you teach in the video, it does not download the information of the book, in the format of Properties, it does not look like yours. Download in simple format. I think I'm doing something wrong.
@@aparecidasemidio I see. Can you provide a screenshot of the plugin settings and your template? If you prefer you can DM me on X twitter.com/Marco_Mindstone
@@Marco_Mindstone Hello! I managed to solve it, I needed to insert the properties inside the template: books. But thank you very much for your attention. Your videos are very objective and really helped me. I really researched many, but to achieve my specific goal, only yours can help me. Gratitude.
This is the Book Template structure if you want to copy/paste it! created: tags: book title: "{{title}}" author: [{{author}}] publish: {{publishDate}} cover: {{coverUrl}} status: unread  # {{title}}
@@sambrosii Glad to hear that! The last line is a Templater option that allows your cursor to automatically jump in that section. If you try to create a note you will see that your cursor will be automatically places right under the H1 heading.
Hey! I totally get your point. But at the end, the Obsidian Community is very strong and even if a plugin stop working, I am 99% sure that we can find a solution!
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The easiest and most straightforward way I found as an Obsidian newbie. Thanks!
Glad to hear that! Thank you :)
Thank you so much. I've tried over 4 different tutorials that were way too complicated, this worked first try!
Happy to hear that, Jeremiah!
Dear Marco, yours is an excellent setup... excellent and very easy. Thanks a lot... If one uses Zotero for the source management and eventually uses the Zotero integration plugin for the Obsidian, YOUR setup can be enhanced tremendously just by placing the link to the file in the Zotero just below the book heading. I recommend reading in the Zotero, the pdf annotation features of Zotero are really high-class. Also, there is an added advantage. when you finish up the book, just import all your annotations and notes into the same file to keep the things in one place.
thanks for the setup though...
regards 😍
Hey Girish! Thank you very much :)
Zotero is a really good tool. Thank you for sharing this hint!
Hi just wanna say thanks for this amazing tutorial! I'm new to Obsidian and am trying to build a library in it, this one is just neat and pretty :) Thanks a lot Marco!
Glad to hear that. Thank you very much!
very useful material! I've applied it to my book collection. thank you for sharing!
Glad to hear that!! Thank you!!
Hi Marco! just wanted to say thank you so much for this, I love how this turned out and I subscribed for you just because I'm looking for more tutorials like these! Btw if you could help me, I'm having trouble directly accessing the book notes from the gallery view, if I click on the note link it just gives me this popup to edit its properties, could you help me find a way to directly access the notes from the gallery view? thanks!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that!
To answer your question: by default, the Projects plugin opens the editor when you click on a note link. However, if you press Cmd (or Ctrl on Windows) and click the link, the note will open directly.
If you want to change the default behavior, go to the plugin settings and modify the "Link behavior" option.
Let me know if that works!
Cheers!
Thanks, it looks great! Very easy to follow your instructions.
Thank you Stelic!
Worked well for me. Appreciate the upload.
Thank you, Tez!
Thanks for the great instructions. This works fine for me with one exception: I can select all parameters in the Gallery View, except for covers. This parameter is not displayed. Do you have any idea what the problem could be?
The cover field in the template is filled in perfectly by Google, so that can't be the problem.
I made the template with the new properties function.
It looks like the problem existed because the property Type of the cover was a list instead of a text. After changing the property type it works great.
Hey, thank you!
Yes, this kind of issue can happen usually for two reasons:
1. If the property field is assigned to the wrong type
2. If at least one of the notes has an error inside that field.
Cheers!
Hi, thank you for the video, but if I want to create the same gallery, but with different subsections. Like: Books - Postmodern Philosophy - Derrida (and other authors) and only within the Derrida section (I would like to see his books, also as a gallery). How can this be realized? Would I have to create a pile of projects?
Hey there!
No need to create multiple projects for this. You can use a single project and set up multiple gallery views, each with its own filters to display specific books. Alternatively, you can stick to one gallery view and adjust the filters on the fly to show the books you’re interested in at any given time.
Bro, that was so helpful!!! I am happy as a little kid!! Thank you man!
Thank you! Glad to hear it :)
Hey Marco, thanks for this I've been using it and it works great! I'm a musician/producer and would like to have a music database and was hoping to do something similar to this video but with audio/music. Had a look for a music list plugin with no luck. Media DB looks like it could do it but I wouldn't know how to set it up, is this something that you might wanna consider? There are a couple of reddit posts out there with some accomplishing some sort of database but for somenone like me who's not experienced in connecting databases with queries and plugins this would be really useful, many thanks
Thank you Pilo!
I added your video request to the list 😉
Great video! I did it all right. The only thing I don't understand is why when I click on the title of a book in the gallery view, it doesn't switch to the book itself, but a window with metadata editing appears. And when I click on a book from the list in table view, I am properly thrown inside the book, where I can view all the information. What could be the problem?
Thank you, Tony!
Regarding your question, try to go to Settings > Projects and as "Link behavior" select "Open note".
Cheers!
@@Marco_Mindstone Thank you very much Marco. You are the best👍👍👍
Found your channel by accident. You're offering valuable information, but the zooming in and out makes me queezy....
You do you sir
Thank you!
I will try to improve the “zooming” somehow! 😅
Great video. Only one issue- when I change the status of a book from 'unread' to 'read', I get an error icon in the project inspector. It only goes away if I change it back to 'read'. Any idea why this is happening?
Thank you, Tray!
I tested it just now and it works fine for me. Could you provide more details about the error? Also, is the "status" property field a text type? Where are you changing the property value-on the project card or from the note?
Cheers!
Wish you had included the code in the template in the information about the template. As someone that is not so familiar with code, I hade to take screen shots to capture the code so I could use it.
Hi! You could find it in one of my comments.
Anyway, I will also add it to the description.
Thank you
under projects, how to make it to show the number of highlights i have per book ?
Hey, you just need to store the number of highlights as a property in your book note. Then, enable that property from the "Include fields" dropdown menu in your project view.
This is the best! I copied this for my vault. Perhaps you can make a video on how I would apply this book template to what is produced from the kindle sync plugin using the my clippings file? I’m also not sure what the code does even after listening to your explanation. Love your videos!
Hey, thank you very much!
I don't know about the kindle sync plugin but maybe I'll take a look at it.
Regarding the templater code, Obsidian treats the information inside the "" as regular text instead of frontmatter. This prevents Obsidian from detecting metadata inside the template (e.g. during dataview queries).
Cheers!
Hello Marco! Thanks for the video. I wanted to ask you, if it is possible to add the "Publisher" property, what is the function to write?
Thanks in advance if you reply!
Hi Jack and thank you! You can simply add:
publisher: {{publisher}}
Cheers!
Thank you so much@@Marco_Mindstone
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Hi, for some reason the 3 - - - are visible for me both top and bottom after using the template. Any idea why? Thanks.
Hi, @@Bergerons_Review. Do you see the “- - -“ inside the book note you create? If so, did you install Templater? Maybe you can provide a screenshot of the template and the note?
Cheers
@@Marco_Mindstone found the solution, but thanks for the reply.
@@Bergerons_Review Glad to hear that. Have a nice day!
quick question for you, why do you use obsidian and not notion ?
I used Notion years ago and tried it again when they acquired Cron and launched the Notion Calendar. However, I don't think it's the right fit for me. Obsidian provides greater flexibility and customization, and I feel my notes truly belong to me (I’m sorry, but I don’t fully trust Notion).
That said, Notion databases are powerful tools, along with other features. However, I prefer using ClickUp for my project and business management.
Hello Marco. The book search plugin does not work for me; when I try to search, it gives me: no results found. I tried to install this plugin on another vault, create my own api key for google books, install the plugin version as in your video, but all this did not solve the problem, could you help me?
Hey, sorry to hear that.
I've tested reinstalling the plugin and simply copying and pasting the template from the video description. It works perfectly for me, and I don't use any Google Book API.
Could you give it another shot? There might have been some temporary glitches.
If the problem persists, I recommend sharing some screenshots on my Discord for further help, or report the issue directly through the GitHub plugin repository.
Cheers!
It's amazing to know about it, but in mine, it's not in property format, only in simple format, can anyone say why, please?
Hey!
What you mean with "it's not in property format"? Can you give me more details?
Cheers!
@@Marco_Mindstone Hello! It means that in my obsidian, as soon as I search for the book, as you teach in the video, it does not download the information of the book, in the format of Properties, it does not look like yours. Download in simple format. I think I'm doing something wrong.
@@aparecidasemidio I see. Can you provide a screenshot of the plugin settings and your template? If you prefer you can DM me on X twitter.com/Marco_Mindstone
@@Marco_Mindstone Hello! I managed to solve it, I needed to insert the properties inside the template: books. But thank you very much for your attention. Your videos are very objective and really helped me. I really researched many, but to achieve my specific goal, only yours can help me. Gratitude.
@@aparecidasemidio Glad to hear you fixed the issue, and thank you very much for your words! :)
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This is the Book Template structure if you want to copy/paste it!
created:
tags: book
title: "{{title}}"
author: [{{author}}]
publish: {{publishDate}}
cover: {{coverUrl}}
status: unread
# {{title}}
Thank you for this tutorial! I wasnt able to get it done with the Medium explanation so this was very helpful. What is the last line in the code for?
@@sambrosii Glad to hear that!
The last line is a Templater option that allows your cursor to automatically jump in that section. If you try to create a note you will see that your cursor will be automatically places right under the H1 heading.
Unfortunately, I noticed that comment when I've already typed it by hand 🥲
I love Obsidian but the more plugins you install the greater the chance you have of something breaking especially if they are used together.
Hey! I totally get your point. But at the end, the Obsidian Community is very strong and even if a plugin stop working, I am 99% sure that we can find a solution!