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Originally Posted by Sharklops
Have you messed around with Calibre's settings for Metadata Plugboards? They are tremendously helpful, as they allow you to customize how Calibre generates field information it sends to your Kindle.
For instance, I have my Title and Series fields filled in as normal in Calibre. Then, when a standalone book is sent to my Kindle it uses the Title as normal but any books that are a part of a series have their titles automatically changed to look like this:
Code:
Series Name [1] - Book Title
So, when I sort by Title on my Kindle, all the series are automatically placed together in order without having to involve Collections in the process at all.
If I'm understanding your problem correctly, if you did this then it might keep you from needing to nest collections and thereby fix the issues you're having.
To accomplish this: - open Preferences and select Metadata Plugboards.
- to the right of Add New Plugboard, select from the dropdown lists the file format and device you want the plugboard to applied to (it's also possible to select email, content server, or save to disk as well as All Formats and/or All Devices). Note that Plugboards are given priority according to how specific they are.
- enter the following into the Source Template line:
Code:
{series:|| [}{series_index:g||] - }{title}
- select Title from the Destination Field dropdown
- Click Save Plugboard, then Apply
Note that you can use custom fields in Plugboards as well, so the things you can do with them are really only limited by your imagination.
A ton of great information about all of this can be found in the Calibre online manual, and if you have any questions just let me know! |
That sounds great but my reads are almost all library borrows so Calibre only contains empty books to front-end the Overdrive PI. Is there any way to get enhanced metadata either to Amazon before the book is downloaded, or to the Kindle after downloading? (PW2015 if that matters)
Thanks...