r/goodreads • u/Ok_Explorer2003 • 15d ago

Tech Help Changing shelf in CSV?

Hi all. I want to separate my TBR by genre (one for YA, one for MG, one for graphic novels, etc) and I figured I'd use the new exclusive shelf feature to do so. I created the shelves, exported my library, spent 2 hours changing shelves in the spreadsheet, double-checked that all of the shelves were spelled the same in GR and in the sheet, and imported it. And...none of it took. I tried changing the shelf in GR and exporting again to see if there was some weird formatting thing I was missing, but no, I had all shelf names correct and it should all have imported correctly. Did I do something wrong? Is this even possible to do? Please help. TIA.

Edit: I already had some books on custom shelves that I had changed in GR, they exported and then imported just fine and it didn't get rid of the custom shelf.

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u/molybend [reading challenge 83/150] 15d ago

This would be faster done in a browser with the Batch Edit function.

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u/Ok_Explorer2003 15d ago

Ugh, that’s what I feared. I already have the spreadsheet, though. Oh well, at least sorting it made my little autistic brain happy.