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2nise · 10-08-2019, 11:17 PM

Hey everyone,

I just got a new e-book reader and wanted to transfer my collection, but I'm having some trouble to get things to show up exactly how I want it.
I'm switching from an old Kobo Touch to a Tolino Vision 4 HD - which, as far as I know, should work just like a Kobo device. It also has collections/shelves, similar to Kobo readers.

What I want to achieve:
If a book is part of a series, I want calibre to create a folder/collection with that series as the name and put all the books in there.
If a book isn't part of a series, I instead want them to be sorted into folders/collections by their tag(s), e.g.'oneshots'.

The series folders are created just fine, but books that aren't part of a series aren't put into any collections.
I played aroun with the "ifempty" function, but couldn't get it to work.

My collection is currently sorted like this on my old device, so I know it is possible. But I have since reset my computer, so I can't take a look at my old config. And as far as I remember, calibre just sorted it like this automatically anyway.
I feel like this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish, so I'm probably missing something obvious. I'd be greateful for any help, and thanks in advance!

10-08-2019, 11:17 PM	#1
2nise Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: TolinoVision 4HD	save template and collections/folders Hey everyone, I just got a new e-book reader and wanted to transfer my collection, but I'm having some trouble to get things to show up exactly how I want it. I'm switching from an old Kobo Touch to a Tolino Vision 4 HD - which, as far as I know, should work just like a Kobo device. It also has collections/shelves, similar to Kobo readers. What I want to achieve: If a book is part of a series, I want calibre to create a folder/collection with that series as the name and put all the books in there. If a book isn't part of a series, I instead want them to be sorted into folders/collections by their tag(s), e.g.'oneshots'. The series folders are created just fine, but books that aren't part of a series aren't put into any collections. I played aroun with the "ifempty" function, but couldn't get it to work. My collection is currently sorted like this on my old device, so I know it is possible. But I have since reset my computer, so I can't take a look at my old config. And as far as I remember, calibre just sorted it like this automatically anyway. I feel like this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish, so I'm probably missing something obvious. I'd be greateful for any help, and thanks in advance!