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Originally Posted by troro
Hi guys, thanks to all of you for your amazing work on mobileread.com!
Sorry, if this is the wrong forum, this is my first posting...
My problem: I added some additional information (genre, number of pages and the year of publishing) as a subtitle to the ebooks on my Kobo Glo HD (Firmware 4.24.15676) see (Fig.1). In Calibre (5.14 64bit) I created custom columns #genre, #seiten and #year. I'm using the KoboTouchExtended-Driver (3.4.4) to send the books from Calibre to the device, I select "subtitle" and enter the code {#genre} - {#seiten} Seiten {#year:| (|)} see (Fig.2)
When the ebooks have been sent to the device, the subtitles are missing (screenshot in Fig.1a). I need to plug it off, then plug in again, then open Kobo Utilities -> "Update metadata in device library" -> then select "subtitle" and "Use Plugboard" and put that code there (Fig.2b). When plugging the device off, the subtitles are there (Fig.1b).
Is there a way to achieve the desired result by sending the ebook via Kobo-driver only and skip step two (sending metadata via Kobo Utilities)?
I tried the metadata-plugboard, but there is no destination "subtitle"...
Thanks in advance!
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Metadata on a Kobo device requires a two step process. The first step is to send the book to your Kobo and then allow it to import the book. This creates the database entries which can then be updated with the series, subtitle, etc. on the second connect.
You could click on the arrow by the Device icon and then Update cached metadata on device instead of using the Kobo Utilities.
Alternately and my preferred solution is if you set metadata management to automatic (Preferences => Sending books to device => set Metadata management to Automatic Management), the next connect should automagically update the metadata.