Thread: sideloaded epubs showing in Nickel, not KOReader?
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Old 07-13-2021, 04:53 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Frenzie View Post
KOReader doesn't integrate with Nickel metadata, so nothing would be expected to change in that regard. If you click on the plus icon in the top right you can "choose extract and cache metadata" although I'm not sure otoh if that also updates.

What are the names of the files you copied onto the device? Under file browser settings (leftmost icon in the top menu → settings) you can enable show hidden files and show unsupported files.
It's not Nickel metadata I was trying to read. The series info, tags etc, all come from Calibre, and KOReader normally (though not always) updates its metadata listings when I update Calibre's and synch the device.

I decided to check the filename of the epub so connected the device to my PC from KOReader, not Calibre, and took note of the filename. When I ejected the device, I searched the directory structure, and found the epub and opened it successfully - it was not a hidden file, and it was not an unsupported filetype, just a stock epub. But it still doesn't show up when I do a Calibre metadata search "Browse series", "browse tags", "search books" - all come up empty.

One curiosity I did notice was that there are now 17 books by this author on my device, and KOReader finds the other 16 via a metadata search. The one it doesn't find is the only epub, the others are all kepubs. That struck me as curious.
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