MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Updating My Shelves Column from my Kobo eReader

davidfor · 06-06-2018, 09:31 PM

The Kobo Utilities plugin has a function to fetch the collections from the device and populate a column. But, it is intended more as a way to repopulate the columns in calibre after some sort of mistake or disaster. Using it frequently is probably not a good idea.

Personally I do this in the library. I use several reading lists (via the Reading List plugin) for the current state of the books. This include "ToRead", "Reading" and "Finished". When I move the books between the lists, they change a column to include the state which is then synced back to the device as a collection. Though I don't really use those collections as the device has the state and I can use the filters.

I also use the utilities plugin to fetch the reading status of the books when I connect the device. That sets a column to the percent read and I use that when doing the above steps. It wouldn't be hard to have a column set the collection based on this percentage, but, I find doing it manually is good as I also consider other things such as rating and any final edits for errors in the book.

06-06-2018, 09:31 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	The Kobo Utilities plugin has a function to fetch the collections from the device and populate a column. But, it is intended more as a way to repopulate the columns in calibre after some sort of mistake or disaster. Using it frequently is probably not a good idea. Personally I do this in the library. I use several reading lists (via the Reading List plugin) for the current state of the books. This include "ToRead", "Reading" and "Finished". When I move the books between the lists, they change a column to include the state which is then synced back to the device as a collection. Though I don't really use those collections as the device has the state and I can use the filters. I also use the utilities plugin to fetch the reading status of the books when I connect the device. That sets a column to the percent read and I use that when doing the above steps. It wouldn't be hard to have a column set the collection based on this percentage, but, I find doing it manually is good as I also consider other things such as rating and any final edits for errors in the book.