Thread: Firmware 4.20.14601 has been released
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Old 03-06-2020, 07:34 PM   #98
davidfor
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This has been partly answered later, but, I wanted to throw my 2cents in.

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Originally Posted by retro View Post
I have series info in my calibre data and that was working before the update. I only load a dozen or so books on my Clara and I noticed, after the update, that one book is showing in the series NOVEL and it is number 11 of that series.
I don't have a calibre series called NOVEL so it must be getting it from somewhere else.
If you meant that there was a series in the Series tab called "NOVEL", then it had to come from Kobo. At the version of calibre you were running, that was the only way for this to get populate. But, from the rest, I think you just mean in the main book list.
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I ran Modify epub with remove non dc checked and it removed the series from that book when I reloaded it.
Using the Modify epub didn't make any changes. And in fact, with that option set, it would have removed the series information from the book. But, if you sent the book to the device using calibre, all that removed metadata would have been added again. But, the Kobo devices do not read the series information from sideloaded books, so it didn't really matter.

What actually happened is that you cleaned up the metadata in calibre and connected the device. The driver updated the metadata in the device database. That included setting the series info to whatever you currently have for the book.
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Is there a way for me to identify the other books that show in that series without having to load everything on my Clara?
Just use calibre to cleanup the metadata in the library and then connect the device. That works for sideloaded books. You can update purchased books, but, a sync will probably reset the metadata.
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