Thread: "Read status" doesn't work
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Old 10-09-2017, 10:19 PM   #4
davidfor
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Originally Posted by jibjub169 View Post
Incorrect. I have only been using Calibre for a few months and at no point did it ask me to authorize any additional columns or anything else for that matter. I am using a Kindle Paperwhite 3. The only "read" stuff within the hardware device is a percentage, not a yes/no attribute.
Sorry, "Read status" is NOT a standard column in calibre. How the custom column was created in your library, I don't know. Most custom columns are created by the user, but, they can be created in the method that theducks mentioned. Some plugins will create columns, but I don't know of one that will create a "Read status" column.
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Even if what you say were true, upon syncing my device with my computer and Calibre the "Read Status" column should draw data from the device such as the percentage read. It does not.
Well, that is not something that calibre does. Doing it requires someone to have written the code for the device, and for the device to have the status somewhere it can be read when the device is connected to a PC. I haven't heard of anyone doing this for Kindles, so I assume the reading status is not somewhere that it can be read.
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