Pocketbook doesnt store series numbers correctly

igorius · 09-02-2022, 07:30 AM

I have some series where the series-numbers in calibre are like this:
1
2
2.1
2.2
3
3.5
4

Pocketbook stores this numbers as integer:
1
2
2
2
3
3
4

which is obviously completely wrong! I tried setting this numbers correct inside the explorer-3.db and the numbers are shown correct in the PB Library. So its not a problem of the PB-db.
Is it a kind of firmware-bug? Whatever plugin i use, the series-numbers never get stored correctly.
Does any other person have the same problem? Is there any way to get that thing working the correct way?
Thanks!

BecDiggity · 09-02-2022, 09:08 AM

I've been using the 'EpubMerge' plugin on Calibre. It makes an anthology of the series - so all the books are under 1 title and in order. The name of the new book becomes the series name and I just put Anthology at the end so I know what's going on.

Another idea is to just re-number the series into reading order rather than the proper number order. So instead of 2.1 in your example I would name that 3, and instead of 2.2 I'd name that 4, then 3 becomes 5 etc. Hopefully someone has a proper answer instead of these workarounds.

09-02-2022, 07:30 AM	#1
igorius Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 34 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: ipad & inkpad X	Pocketbook doesnt store series numbers correctly I have some series where the series-numbers in calibre are like this: 1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.5 4 Pocketbook stores this numbers as integer: 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 which is obviously completely wrong! I tried setting this numbers correct inside the explorer-3.db and the numbers are shown correct in the PB Library. So its not a problem of the PB-db. Is it a kind of firmware-bug? Whatever plugin i use, the series-numbers never get stored correctly. Does any other person have the same problem? Is there any way to get that thing working the correct way? Thanks!

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09-02-2022, 09:08 AM	#2
BecDiggity Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: Sony T2, Libra 2	I've been using the 'EpubMerge' plugin on Calibre. It makes an anthology of the series - so all the books are under 1 title and in order. The name of the new book becomes the series name and I just put Anthology at the end so I know what's going on. Another idea is to just re-number the series into reading order rather than the proper number order. So instead of 2.1 in your example I would name that 3, and instead of 2.2 I'd name that 4, then 3 becomes 5 etc. Hopefully someone has a proper answer instead of these workarounds.