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Originally Posted by TheArtfulDodger
Hello:
Well, in the absence of any further guidance, I decided to press on with the instructions as I interpreted them. Here's what I did:
1. I added a column called "% Completed" - Lookup Name: "percentread"; Column Heading: "% Completed"; Column Type: "Integers"; Format for Numbers: blank.
2. I restarted Calibre.
3. With the device connected, I navigated to the Kobo Utilities Options panel.
4. In the "Percent Read Column" dropdown list I selected "#percentread (% Completed)".
5. Under "Other Options", "Library Button default:" I chose "Store/Restore current bookmark" based on davidfor's comment:
6. I clicked on "OK".
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The configuration sounds correct.
Now, before commenting on the rest, a brief explanation.
The store/restore of the reading status is about getting the reading status from the Kobo device and storing it in the calibre library. To do this, the book has to both be on the device and in the library. That means that when the Kobo device is connected, calibre shows a green tick against the book in the library list. If that tick isn't there, as far as calibre is concerned, the book isn't on the device. If you response to that is "But it is on the device", the most likely reason is that the title is different. It could be a spelling error or one place includes the series name or uses a colon instead of a dash. You can fix this, but I think that's a different thread.
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That's all I did. I assumed that when I clicked the "Kobo Utilities" button and selected "Store/Restore Current Bookmark", the percentages for all of the books in the current library would magically appear in the appropriate column in the main window. Instead I am faced with another screen with my choice of either "Store" or "Restore". Neither one gets me where I want to go.
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When you use this, it works on the books selected in the library. My guess would be that one book was selected and it wasn't shown as on the device. Or it is a book you haven't started reading. To use this, find a book in the library that is shown as on the device and that you have started reading. Select it and try "Store" function. When finished, the percent read should be in the column.
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Instead, when I unplug the device, stop Calibre, connect the device, and restart Calibre, I get a small display entitled "Show Reading Position Changes" with 8 titles in it (all told there are 1,162 books in my library so I don't know where the '8' comes from) but nothing has changed since the last five times I've tried this. Besides the title and author there are four columns, "Current %", "New %", "Current Date", and "New Date". Under "New %" are small numbers except for two of them and they are "-2147483648" which I presume is a text value being interpreted as a number. None of this makes any sense, at least to me![/QUOTE]
This means you have configured the automatic store when the device is connected. The dialog shows the books that are on the device and in the library that have had a reading status change. As you have only configured the percent read column, this means that the books in the list have a different percent read on the device than in the calibre library. As this is the first time, that means that of the 1162 books in the calibre library, 8 are on the device AND have been opened. When this dialog is displayed, you can press OK to update the calibre library. Or press cancel to not do the updates. You can also untick one or more books so that when you press OK, only the ones with the tick are updated. Usually, you just press OK. Then, the next time you connect after reading one of the books a bit more, only that books should be displayed.
The "-2147483648" is probably from an unset value in the percent read column. I thought I had these working properly, but I might have missed a case.
Hopefully the above explains it. If I have missed something, please ask away until we get it sorted out.