Unfortunately, the pseudo shelves "Im_Reading / Collection" etc are not available to us via calibre. What I have done though is make use of David's
Kobo Utilities plugin to create a "Reading" (and a "Finished") shelf based on the percentage read of a book. See this
post for how I did that.
Remember that you don't have to resend books for the shelving to change; as long as calibre is configured for Automatic Metadata management (Preferences | Sending books to devices | Metadata Management) the act of connecting the device to your PC and having calibre detect it is sufficient to force the shelving to be updated.
In fact, using David's Kobo Utility plugin, it's suffient to select the option in the plugin to "Refresh the list of books on the device" to force the shelving to be updated.
So now, to keep my lists current, my workflow is the following.
- Attach Kobo to PC
- Select all books in the Library view that have On Device set
- Right click and select Kobo Utilities | Store/Restore current bookmark
- Select the Store option
- Force the Kobo Utilities to Refresh the list of books on the device
- Eject the Kobo
(I should note that I have the Kobo Utilities plugin appearing on the
Main toolbar /
Main toolbar when a device is attached and
The context menu for the books in the calibre library menus)
Now, my Finished and Reading shelves contain the most recent books I am reading, and have finished.