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AlexBell · 10-27-2015, 01:08 AM

This is a long and complex question, so please bear with me.

The background is that
- I have used a Sony PRS T3 ereader for years, and vaguely remember installing an 'extra' into calibre to get the Sony to show author's names as Surname, Given name.
- my old Lenovo laptop is dying, and I trying to set up a new laptop. They were both running Windows 7, and I am trying to 'upgrade' to Windows 10.
- I cannot make head nor tale of the calibre manual instructions for copying calibre libraries, so I copied the Calibre Library file from the c:\users\owner\documents\Calibre Library on the old computer to a flash drive, installed calibre on the new computer, and copied the complete folder to the same place on the new computer.
- Everything seemed to go well: all the 900 or so ebooks seem to be available when I open calibre on the new computer, and I can read them with calibre
- But when I saved a new ebook into calibre and loaded it on to my Sony I see PLUGBOARD TEMPLATE ERROR where the author's name should be, both the display of recently read ebooks and in the bookshelves view.
- the new ebook does not show at all in the bookshelves view even though I can open it and read it.
- I don't see this problem when I loaded the new ebook on to my old Kobo Touch.

To my really ignorant eyes it looks as though whatever it was that set the author's name when I first set up calibre was not contained in the folder I copied from the old laptop to the new laptop. Could this be right?

Whatever the original cause of the problem how do I fix it?

10-27-2015, 01:08 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	PLUGBOARD TEMPLATE ERROR with Sony T3 This is a long and complex question, so please bear with me. The background is that - I have used a Sony PRS T3 ereader for years, and vaguely remember installing an 'extra' into calibre to get the Sony to show author's names as Surname, Given name. - my old Lenovo laptop is dying, and I trying to set up a new laptop. They were both running Windows 7, and I am trying to 'upgrade' to Windows 10. - I cannot make head nor tale of the calibre manual instructions for copying calibre libraries, so I copied the Calibre Library file from the c:\users\owner\documents\Calibre Library on the old computer to a flash drive, installed calibre on the new computer, and copied the complete folder to the same place on the new computer. - Everything seemed to go well: all the 900 or so ebooks seem to be available when I open calibre on the new computer, and I can read them with calibre - But when I saved a new ebook into calibre and loaded it on to my Sony I see PLUGBOARD TEMPLATE ERROR where the author's name should be, both the display of recently read ebooks and in the bookshelves view. - the new ebook does not show at all in the bookshelves view even though I can open it and read it. - I don't see this problem when I loaded the new ebook on to my old Kobo Touch. To my really ignorant eyes it looks as though whatever it was that set the author's name when I first set up calibre was not contained in the folder I copied from the old laptop to the new laptop. Could this be right? Whatever the original cause of the problem how do I fix it?