I mostly have my ducks in a row

before I first send a book (and rarely choose to read 'by Author'. Title is King

)
But the Kobo Utilities Icon has a right-click: Update Device Metadata
Note that Kobos mus disconnect after adding books (or updating) for it to read the changes.. To that end, It takes a second connection-disconnect to get Series to show. So this may be for ANY DB entry (The first disconnect BUILDS the base entry. The later ones can then update it)