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mr_abomination · 03-09-2021, 05:20 AM

To try and better explain the title, here is my situation:

I have a Kobo Aura (the original one) which splits multiple authors by the comma ',' delimiter. Calibre on the other hand splits authors by the ampersand '&' delimiter.

So what I did was add a simple metadata plugboard as follows:

Code:

epub:KOBOTOUCHEXTENDED = ([{authors:'re($, ' & ', ', ')'}] -> authors)

which replaces any '&' with ',' easily enough.

Everything works when I initially transfer the book, authors are separated. However, when I plug my kobo back in a second time to sync series data, the author tag gets set back to the version with the & and breaks everything again.

I'm not sure why this is happening, but it happens every time. I would like some help fixing it.

I am currently using KoboTouchExtended as my interface and I also have Kobo Utilities installed, however the problem showed up prior to having KU as well.

Calibre Version 5.12

03-09-2021, 05:20 AM	#1
mr_abomination Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2020 Device: Kobo aura	[Kobo] Author plugboard gets overwritten on subsequent metadata syncs To try and better explain the title, here is my situation: I have a Kobo Aura (the original one) which splits multiple authors by the comma ',' delimiter. Calibre on the other hand splits authors by the ampersand '&' delimiter. So what I did was add a simple metadata plugboard as follows: Code: epub:KOBOTOUCHEXTENDED = ([{authors:'re($, ' & ', ', ')'}] -> authors) which replaces any '&' with ',' easily enough. Everything works when I initially transfer the book, authors are separated. However, when I plug my kobo back in a second time to sync series data, the author tag gets set back to the version with the & and breaks everything again. I'm not sure why this is happening, but it happens every time. I would like some help fixing it. I am currently using KoboTouchExtended as my interface and I also have Kobo Utilities installed, however the problem showed up prior to having KU as well. Calibre Version 5.12