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Originally Posted by KenDavies
Sorry Chaley, I have version 7.2 but I'm not quite sure what the custom fields as collections does. I'm quite happy with the default tags as collections
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Custom fields as collections is the same thing as tags, but coming from the custom field. People (want to) use these to make collections for genre, read, version, workflow status, whether Grandmother approves, and a host of other things. The beta (while will likely be 0.7.21) is the first release that supports building collections from information in custom fields.
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but I thought - being a beginner at this - that setting the sync to automatic would mean that Calibre would import new collections as tags for the books in those collections (on the ereader).
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Calibre never imports collections, no matter what the setting. It will show you the collections on the device view, but that information does not get copied to the library.
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If I create a custom field as Walt suggested, does this mean that a "true" sync can occur, with any changes I make to the collections on the ereader transferred to Calibre when I connect?
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No. As noted above, calibre will show them to you, but it does move the information from the reader to the calibre library.