[almagary]

Thanks, Taming, sorry to tax your Main Memory on a Friday evening. But in Calibre when I either highlight or don't highlight "I'm Reading" titles in the Kobo memory, Calibre's Remove option only allows complete removal from the device; the other options are grayed-out, unavailable tools. Double-left-clicking the top of the Collections column doesn't do anything; double-right-clicking only brings up a menu for sorting the column etc.

In short, I still find no workable way to redesignate the 337 I'm Reading titles so that they get restored to the Books library.

It occurs to me that perhaps we are using Kobos and Calibre versions in an alternative universe, where things work for you but not for me. (Oh, and "42" doesn't work either.)

So, shall I (a) dare screw around with the Kobo db, or (b) do a factory reset and reload--gasp--447 ebooks? "b" would probably clean up Calibre's version of the Kobo db as it would start fresh.

One lesson I can relay to fellow newbies: Pick a library management tool and don't do sideloading/syncing with a second one. Calibre's Add Books function seems fairly capable of transferring stuff you purchase or acquire via another app like Kobo or Borders or Kindle or Adobe/ADE.

Another lesson: Don't have your Kobo plugged into your desktop via USB when you boot one of the secondary ebook apps as it may set up a sync you don't want.