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Old 10-16-2011, 11:15 PM   #2
PeterT
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Are you making use of the Metadata Plugboards to automate the title modification on the Kobo?

What I (and I think others do) is to:
  1. Make sure books in Calibre have their Metadata set to include Series and Number info, and the Title set to just the books title. For instance, "A Spell for Chameleon" by Piers Anthony, I have flagged in series Xanth, and Number 1.00.
  2. Configure the Calibre Metaboard Plugin to "massage" the title. See Metaboard Plugin thread. Mine is set to
    Quote:
    Format: epub
    Device: KOBO
    Source Template: {series:re(([^\s])[^\s]+(\s|$),\1)}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title}
    Destination Field: Title
    This changes the title of the book on the Kobo to the first letters of each word in the series, followed by a hyphen, the series #, another hyphen and the title.
    So the Piers Anthony book is listed on the Kobo as X - 01 - A Spell for Chameleon.
    Book 3 of the "Flavia de Luce" series "A Red Herring Without Mustard" comes over to the Kobo as FdL - 03 - A Red Herring Without Mustard.
    Books with no series info, come across as just the book.

Hope this helps.
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