Thread: [GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities
View Single Post
Old 12-04-2018, 07:23 PM   #1557
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,905
Karma: 47303824
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by Samanthaaaa View Post
Hey!

I've used Google to try and find an answer, but to no avail. If this has previously appeared in this thread, then I apologise beforehand.

I am trying to sync from Calibre my 'Read' column, which currently has a checkmark against the books I have finished.

I would like to sync this data to my Kobo H2O so that my finished books all say 'finished'.

From what I have read I believe this is possible.

Can someone please tell me how I do this? As in what steps exactly I need to take to make this column readable to my Kobo.
The plugin has three ways to set the reading status of books. Firstly there is the metadata update, which works on the books selected in the library. This includes a reading status update. The second is on the device list and can set the status. Again, it works on the selected books.

The last, and probably the one you want, is the "Store/Restore current bookmark" function. That can automatically fetch the current reading status for all books in the library that are on the device. You can also restore that status to the device whenever you want. The status is stored in three columns: percent read, last read and reading location. They aren't all mandatory, so it depends on what you want to do. If you have all three, you can restore the current reading position after a factory reset, or copy it to another Kobo devices.

The percent read can be treated as the overall status. If the book is finished, this gets set to 100. If you want to set the status on the device, then any book with 100% read will be set as finished. Zero or not set will be treated as "Unread" and anything in between gets set to "Reading" and that percent read.

How to do this is in the help. I'll make no claims that the help is perfect, but, I recommend looking at it and then asking questions for anything that is not clear.

But, how to do this also depends on what you are actually trying to achieve. If the purpose is that you have just gotten a new Kobo device, and want to put all your books on it and mark some as read and then read new books on the device, then the Metadata update is the way to start. That's a one-off status update. If you then plan to use the Kobo as your primary reading device, then automating status fetch is the best way to do it. And then manually syncing back anything read elsewhere. If the Kobo is not to be the main device, exactly what to do will depend on what you really need.
davidfor is offline