Thread: Connecting Calibre and Forma
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Old 02-23-2021, 07:10 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
I went ahead and purchased the 32 GB Forma on the 19th and I'm sure it will show up one of these days. Got the confirmation email when I purchased it, but haven't gotten the shipped email yet.

I do have an Aura One eReader, so I have no problem with connecting to Calibre and side loading books. What I want to do is avoid the little gotchas that I ran into with the Aura, such as downloading all my ebooks from the Kobo store _before_ I connect to Calibre to avoid duplicates (though there are some formatting advantages to using the deDRM version).
Having multiple copies of the books on the device doesn't worry my much. But, my habit is to start reading the downloaded version, and if I hit formatting issues, to sideload and read that version. With any fixing that I need.
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Also the issue of series where I have some books in the series from Kobo (actually originally the Sony store) and some from Amazon. How to make sure they all show up in the same series grouping. Is there a way, or does the series info get tagged in a different way than Calibre use?
Consistency is the thing. If the series name you have in calibre matches the series name the purchased book has, then it will all be OK. If they don't match, they will be treated as different series. And this can be a problem with the purchased book as well. The series name can be different between the books. That is usually the publishers fault (I found a 10+ book series that changed publisher halfway through. They used slightly different series names and appeared as two different series) but Kobo can fix this.
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Also, any little things like reading list and the like would be helpful.
I'm not sure what to suggest. When I get new books, I make sure the metadata is correct (at least in my opinion, but, part of that is consistency with other books), and add them to a reading list for the devices I want them on. With a new device, I decide which books I want on the device and send them when connected. Or use the reading list to automatically send them. And then update the reading status if I an sending a book I am reading or finished (mainly if I want the finished books in a series available).

I always have a play with the device before doing much to check the differences in the options and behaviour. Then I'll copy some blocks from an old config file to the new one. This is includes the browser favourites and the hidden options.
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