Thread: Kobo collection management
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Old 12-16-2017, 05:03 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by gorskial View Post
Hi there,
I've tried to follow what you guys wrote out there but I'm at a loss, so I hope someone will be able to help me.
Long story short: I had a Kobo Aura on which all my books were organized in collections. I've had to reset my computer at one point but somehow Calibre kept recognizing the collections. Then I lost my ebook and had to buy a new one... and I just can't get the config right.
I still have the column #collection in calibre with the right parameters
I setup the ebook so that metadata would update automatically
I went into Customize Plugin, inserted #collection in the dialogue box... and nothing...
Now my kobo recognizes the collections but they all indicate 0 books.
The collections were probably recreated when you setup the device. The collections and which purchased books are on them are synced to the Kobo server. But, Kobo doesn't sync anything about sideloaded books.
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When I connect my ebook to my laptop and check its library, in the column collection I only see Read/Reading... which is weird
The collections column is details of what is on the device. So, this is the expected result if there are no books in the collections on the device. The "Read" and "Reading" collections are virtual collections, based on the reading status of the books.
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Finally, whatever I'm trying to setup on my kobo interface through calibre does not work.
Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?
I'm using Calibre 3.14 and the kobo firmware is 4.6.9995, and the ebook is still a kobo aura 1st edition...
The most common problem is that "Metadata management" is not set to automatic. This is on the "Sending books to devices" page of the preferences. Another common problem is configuring the wrong driver. Calibre comes with the KoboTouch driver but there is also the KoboTouchExtended driver. You need to configure the one you are using. Other than that, double check the driver configuration is right.

If checking the configuration doesn't fix it, then I need to see a debug log. Run calibre in debug mode (right-click the preferences and select the restart in debug mode option), connect the device and let the jobs run. When they finish, close calibre and the debug log will be displayed. Post or PM me the full log. Usually I can work out what is wrong from this.
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Then, since I now lost the history of what I did actually read or not, I might be interested in saving that info in calibre. Can anyone tell me how to do that?
My Kobo Utilities plugin has a function to fetch the reading status from the device when it is connected. This stored in calibre and can be restored if you need to reset the device.
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