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Originally Posted by meme
This has gotten to be a long thread hasn't it.  No problem in asking questions, that's why its here 
Use the preview mode to test things out - saves lots of Restarts - and the report tells you what's setup.
2. If Calibre tags are showing up as Kindle collections, are you sure the tags row is unchecked - you may need to scroll the window to see it. Look at the preview report as it will show which Calibre fields are selected and will tell you if a collection comes from the Kindle or Calibre. Try a different prefix to see if its really using the tags info.
1. What do you mean by getting your collections to list author and series name? I'll take a guess but it may not be what you're looking for so, e.g. :
To simply show the Series names as Collection names, check the box next to 'series' in the customization window. Uncheck the other boxes if you don't want authors, tags, etc.
To create Collection names with names like 'MyAuthor - SeriesA' you probably need to create a custom column in Calibre,e.g. (are you sitting down...): - Make sure you are running 0.7.45 or later to support custom templates in the metadata on the Kindle
- Select Preferences -> 'Add your own columns' (or right click on Calibre's column header (where it says Author/Title/Series/etc) and select 'Add your own columns'
- Click 'Add custom column'
- Enter 'author_series' as the 'Lookup name'
- Enter 'Author - Series' as the 'Column heading'
- Select 'column created from other columns' in the drop down
- Enter the following text as the 'Template' - every book will show an author_series value of 'Author - Series' or 'Author')
Code:
{author}{series:| - |}
...or enter this text as the template to collect only books in a series - books not in series won't have a value, but those in a series will be 'Author - Series'
Code:
{series:'test(field('series'),strcat(field('author'),' - ',field('series')), '')'}
- Save, and restart Calibre
- You will now see your new column - check that it looks right
- You may need to use send books to device to force the column info onto the Kindle (still need to test this more)
- Disconnect and reconnect your Kindle - so that the new column information updated on the Kindle
- Customize the plugin and check the box next to 'author_series'
- And run Preview to see if its what you want
See 'Common composite columns' in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118563. And if anyone has a simpler way of doing the second template let me know. |
Thanks Meme for the plugin and the great step by step instructions. Will try later when I get home. Appreciate the effort !
