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BookHoarder · 05-10-2018, 12:21 PM

So I fixed the problem I was having.

It was strange. Whenever I buy a new book I use ALF to remove restrictions so I can work with the book.

I change the title to something uniform if it's within the set of a series. Then I manually select each title of a series in the order I want the series to display. Then I select Edit Metadata in Bulk. I select the options to clear tags and series just to make sure it doesn't have any of whatever the publisher put in. Then I covert the changes into the format I want. EPUB.

The problem I had was that if I had say....an eight book series I'd sideload them into the Inkpad, and then sort the Inkpad library by series. I would see my series, but I'd only see 7 of the 8. The book not showing would still be in the reader, but if you bring up it's info the Inkpad would show it as NOT part of a series. Even though Calibre confirms it is part of a series.

Tried converting to different formats to see if the series tag would take, but no luck. In the end I don't know enough about sigil or lines and coding to make my own tweaks. So to solve my problem I used the Plugin EPUB Merge, created an Omnibus of the entire series, did a series tag on that, and loaded it into Inkpad 3.

Thanks for the suggestions, though. It got me looking at the problem in different ways. My library has been built to best be utilized on a Sony PRS T-1 through T-3. Sony let me down, though, when they let Amazon push them out of the American market. Still 99 percent of my library works flawlessly with the Inkpad. I just get a problem book every now and then.

05-10-2018, 12:21 PM	#21
BookHoarder Member Posts: 10 Karma: 1000010 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 3	Fixed with Work Around So I fixed the problem I was having. It was strange. Whenever I buy a new book I use ALF to remove restrictions so I can work with the book. I change the title to something uniform if it's within the set of a series. Then I manually select each title of a series in the order I want the series to display. Then I select Edit Metadata in Bulk. I select the options to clear tags and series just to make sure it doesn't have any of whatever the publisher put in. Then I covert the changes into the format I want. EPUB. The problem I had was that if I had say....an eight book series I'd sideload them into the Inkpad, and then sort the Inkpad library by series. I would see my series, but I'd only see 7 of the 8. The book not showing would still be in the reader, but if you bring up it's info the Inkpad would show it as NOT part of a series. Even though Calibre confirms it is part of a series. Tried converting to different formats to see if the series tag would take, but no luck. In the end I don't know enough about sigil or lines and coding to make my own tweaks. So to solve my problem I used the Plugin EPUB Merge, created an Omnibus of the entire series, did a series tag on that, and loaded it into Inkpad 3. Thanks for the suggestions, though. It got me looking at the problem in different ways. My library has been built to best be utilized on a Sony PRS T-1 through T-3. Sony let me down, though, when they let Amazon push them out of the American market. Still 99 percent of my library works flawlessly with the Inkpad. I just get a problem book every now and then.