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Originally Posted by meme
My concern is that the plugin has modified the collection file in a way that confuse Calibre.
So if you add a book to a collection manually on the kindle, then connect and go to Device View - do you see that collection?
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Finally had time to test this. I added a book to an existing, Calibre-managed collection manually on the Kindle and connected - but the Collection column on Device View is still empty for that book (shows up correctly with plug-in using Edit Collections on Kindle). Then I tried creating an entirely new collection on the Kindle and adding some books to it (on the Kindle); again, nothing showing up on Device view.
I do recall quite clearly that there was a time that my Device View showed all my collections correctly. I used to copy over the values manually from Device View to my custom "collections" column in my Calibre library view, and then I'd unplug the Kindle and check against the Kindle itself. The Device View showed all the collections correctly. As I said, I don't know exactly when (much less why) this changed, but it was certainly after I started using the plug-in - I remember checking the Device View right after installing the plug-in, and the collections were still there. Of course this doesn't establish causation - just a fact.
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Originally Posted by meme
Oh, on the import to custom column - based on some simple tests and borrowed code from kiwidude, it looks like its fairly easy to do. Could be a bit dangerous as it will replace everything in the custom column.
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Lots of big warnings maybe? I think Goodreads Sync has this feature now; as long as you warn adequately, to my mind that's enough. Though I suppose you could possibly save the old values to allow a restore in the event of an error (well, assuming that's possible!).
(In case it matters, I use a K3.)