Thread: Since Kobo update, series information doesn't transfer to device
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Old 11-07-2021, 08:48 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Liudprand View Post
I have a Kobo Libra 2. There was a Kobo update a few days ago, which now causes a warning to be triggered in Calibre when I plug the device into my laptop: "WARNING: Failed - Kobo Database version unsupported - See details".

The details explain: "You can still send books to your Kobo with calibre, but deleting books and managing collections is disabled."

I'm confused by this, because I wasn't aware there was any way of managing collections (as opposed to series information) from Calibre. But I now find that series information doesn't transfer to the device, however many times I reconnect it to my laptop.
Collection management for Kobo ereaders has been in the KoboTouch driver since shortly after Kobo introduced them. At the time, Kobo called them shelves. Updating metadata on the device is much newer. And I hadn't updated that message to include that.
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Will there be a fix for this, does anyone know? And, if not, is there any other way of editing/adding series information in Kobo directly, without using Calibre?
As stated by @theducks and the message, you can use the "Attempt to support newer firmware" to do this. Or wait for the next release of calibre as that bumps the supported firmware version. And it is always a good idea when seeing this message to check the Kobo forum. There will be discussion on any new firmware version and whether there are issues with any of the tools used with the devices.
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